The Original - H.T. Tsiang Walking Tour (The Village Trip 2025)

THE ORIGINAL is an immersive walking tour through Greenwich Village following the strange, hilarious, radical life of Chinese American author H.T. Tsiang. Alternatively ignored and ridiculed in his own time, Tsiang is now known as a visionary forebearer of modern Asian American literature. His two major novels, The Hanging on Union Square (1935) and And China Has Hands (1937) challenged mainstream representations of Chinese Americans and presented a deeply unhinged satire of the American Dream. THE ORIGINAL explores how the cafeterias, hand laundries, and radical arts scene of the Depression-era West Village inspired Tsiang’s writing and made him an “original.”

THE ORIGINAL is presented as part of The Village Trip, an annual festival celebrating culture and community across Greenwich Village and the East Village. For more info and full lineup, visit www.thevillagetrip.com

Tour runs rain or shine. Questions? Email [email protected]

About Michael Salgarolo:

Dr. Michael Menor Salgarolo is a New York City-based historian and walking tour guide. He was once a frequent performer in Greenwich Village's standup comedy clubs. He holds a PhD in History from New York University, where he currently teaches courses in Asian/Pacific/American Studies. He is the founder of UNASSIMILATED, a walking tour company that tells a people's history of Asian America.

About Unassimilated:

UNASSIMILATED is a New York-based walking tour company that tells a people’s history of Asian America. We bring knowledge from the archive to the sidewalks to amplify silenced Asian American voices from the past. Walks include Blood and Water, The Original, Manila Bayou, and Chinatown ‘75.

Host or Publisher Michael Salgarolo