Immigrant Experience Tour:Lower East Side and the Financial District
New York City is famous for being the center of the “melting pot” of the world. Explore the very beginnings of immigration to New York City and understand the motivations and experiences of the first immigrants. Take an in- depth look at the immigrants’ daily lives, see the tenements they lived in, the factories they worked in, and the places they worshiped. Study the grueling conditions and persecution many immigrants faced, and gain knowledge of how they formed community and support structures to help combat adversity. Learn how the forced migration and enslavement of Africans played a key role in contributing to New York’s economic success. Examine the acculturation or integration process of different immigrant groups, and discuss the changing ideals and values of the American nation.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- The former location of Five Points
- Chinatown and Little Italy
- The Lower East Side
- Castle Clinton National Monument
- Irish Hunger Memorial
- *Optional addition: Lower East Side Tenement Museum or Eldridge Street Synagogue for an additional fee
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