Kleindeutschland – German Immigration in the East Village

With Sylvia Laudien-Meo

During the mid 19th century, millions of German immigrants arrived in the US via Castle Clinton and many of them made NY’s East Village their new home. We will virtually travel from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park, passing many of the landmarks that still remain as testimonies of this era, but we’ll also be able to travel through time via shared images and explore the socialist meetings, beergardens and dancehalls, cigar making, piano factories, breweries, sports clubs and processions…until the General Slocum Disaster and WWI brought an end to it all with a big shift to the Upper East Side and assimilation.

All tours are Eastern Time and last approximately 60 to 90 minutes.

Registration is now closed.

Sunday, May 23
11:00 AM

Virtual Tour

Tickets:
Member: $15
Non-member: $25

The Ottendorfer Library in the East Village, Manhattan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Alex Lozupone. Modifications: photo cropped.