Join GVSHP staff member Dana Schulz as she takes you on a journey through the East Village, peeling back the layers of the cultural gastronomy scene that have made this neighborhood so eclectic (and delicious!) over the years. Explore how immigrant groups established restaurants to serve their own community as well as share their heritage with the uninitiated. Learn the little-known facts that make these spots famous and infamous and discover how the emerging food scene of today reflects the changing culture of the neighborhood. Stops will include John’s of 12th Street, Moishe’s Bakery, and the Big Gay Ice Cream Shop. Food samples are not included, but you’ll surely have some good dining ideas!

Time: 11:00am-12:30pm

Date: Monday May 23, 2012

Event Start/End: TBD

Hosts: The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP)

Registration: Limit of 30 participants. Register by emailing rsvp@gvshp.org or by calling 212-475-9585 x35

Accessibility: Fully Accessible – children and seniors welcome.

The BROADWAY: 1000 Steps Baton – 190th Street to 112th Street: Newcomers and Old Timers: Fort George, Washington Heights and Harlem

Acclaimed artist, Matthew Jensen, will heighten awareness of this area’s topography and geology, addressing features of the urban landscape often unnoticed. CB9 community activist Linda Walton will help to identify landmarks of Harlem’s cultural history over time and provide projections for the neighborhood’s future. As we walk past the prolific Columbia University, environmental scientists Sabine Marx will speak about the work of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions.

BROADWAY: 1000 Steps is a project by Mary Miss to turn the oldest avenue of NYC into a “green corridor” where insights into our surroundings – from streets and buildings, to transportation and waste, to energy and the climate – can be made apparent and accessible at ground level. This project, to be inaugurated next spring 2013, will be implemented at up to twenty “hubs” dispersed along its length, from the Bronx to the Battery. Each hub will serve as a site for installations that reveal the urban infrastructure, decode the environment and suggest what the future city might be. This project is intended as a catalyst for interventions and projects by other artists, environmental designers, and citizens along Broadway, at additional sites in NYC and cities across the country.

NOTE: This walk is part of a continuous series of walks taking place on Sunday, May 5th. 

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

Date: Sunday May 6, 2012

Event Start: Broadway, between 190th and 189th St., next to Gorman Park

Event End: The intersection of Broadway and 112th St., in front of Tom’s Restaurant

Hosts: Matthew Jensen, Linda Walton, Sabine Marx

Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting place.

Accessibility: Fully Accessible

The History of the Lower East Side: Immigration, Religion and Culture

Starting on East Broadway, and continuing on to the Henry Street Settlement, the “real” Chinatown under the Manhattan Bridge, and ending at Folly Square, this Jane’s Walk revolves around the cultural history of Lower Manhattan. Exploring 18th and 19th century history, Jane’s Walkers will learn of early Christian churches, Jewish immigration of the 19th-20th centuries, modern Buddhist temples, and sites of Puerto Rican influx in the 1960s and 70s.  

*This walk will be happening on both May 5th, and May 6th

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm

Date: Sunday May 6, 2012
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm

Event Start: F Train Stop on East Broadway

Event End: Folly Square

Host: Mark Herdter

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks