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A tour through the Lower East Side explores the story of immigrant life following the arrival at Ellis Island for Eastern European Jews. One of the most famous neighborhoods on earth, the Jewish Lower East Side hosted remarkable political, social, artistic, economic, and culinary movements that would help to define the modern American experience.
Come learn about the origins of the bagel, pastrami, kosher pickles, socialist movements, iconic department stores, and Hollywood film studios by visiting the Yiddish Forward Building, Eldridge St Synagogue, the Gershwin brothers’ childhood home, a historic Loew’s Movie Theater, Kossar’s Bialys, The Pickle Guys, and a high school that minted many of the U. S. ‘s biggest movie stars.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: New York, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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A tour through the Lower East Side explores the story of immigrant life following the arrival at Ellis Island for Eastern European Jews. One of the most famous neighborhoods on earth, the Jewish Lower East Side hosted remarkable political, social, artistic, economic, and culinary movements that would help to define the modern American experience.
Come learn about the origins of the bagel, pastrami, kosher pickles, socialist movements, iconic department stores, and Hollywood film studios by visiting the Yiddish Forward Building, Eldridge St Synagogue, the Gershwin brothers’ childhood home, a historic Loew’s Movie Theater, Kossar’s Bialys, The Pickle Guys, and a high school that minted many of the U. S. ‘s biggest movie stars.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street at 103rd Street, New York City, NY 10029
We’ll see the stunning architecture as a monument to the wave of Russian Jewish migration at the end of the 19th century.
Stop At: The Pickle Guys, 49 Essex St Lower East Side, New York City, NY 10002-4617
Here we’ll have an option to taste a classic Jewish American nosh!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Essex Street Market, 88 Essex St, New York City, NY 10002-3809
Bathroom stop and an opportunity to see what the classic Lower East Side pushcarts evolved towards in the form of this market.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Economy Candy, 108 Rivington St, New York City, NY 10002-2204
Stop to see the best candy store in NYC (more of a candy museum from the Great Depresssion!).
Duration: 10 minutes
