This walk traces the transformation of the are from the city's premier residential district to the home of New York's textile and publishing industry. In the early 1830s, red brick row houses stretched north of Soho between Second Avenue and Washington Square. These row houses were soon joined by the ambitious ecclesiastical institutions of the city. The city's mercantile gentry moved east from Greenwich Street making this district the prime residential area from the 1830s through the Civil War. By the second half of the 19th century, Fifth Avenue had become the premier address of the upwardly mobile. First publishers and then textile firms moved into the area vacated by its wealthy residents and replaced the row houses with practical buildings which are greatly admired to this day.
East Village Walking Tour Places
Old Merchant's House
29 East 4th Street,
design attributed to Minard Lafever;
builder, Joseph Brewster [1832]
LaGrange Terrace (Colonnade Row)
428-34 Lafayette Street,
design attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis;
builder, Seth Geer [1833]
Joseph Papp Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street, South wing,
Alexander Saeltzer [1853]; Center section,
Griffith Thomas [1859]; North wing,
Thomas Stent [1881]
Grace Church
800-804 Broadway,
James Renwick Jr. [1846]
Cooper Union Foundation Building
Cooper Square,
Frederick Peterson [1859]
The ethereal Tribute in Light memorial was designed to help lessen the aching loss felt across the country since 9/11. It is a profound symbol of strength, hope and resiliency.
The New Yankee Stadium
New Yankee Stadium is the working title for a new stadium for the New York Yankees, currently under construction. It will open in 2009, replacing the third-oldest stadium in the Major Leagues.
The Bronx
In popular culture 'The Bronx' has often symbolized violence, decay, and urban ruin. In fact, there are guidebooks that say you must never go to the Bronx! Sheer ignorance, that is all we have to say! Interactive Bronx map
Interactive Bronx map
