East Village, New York
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The East Village was home to wealthy families such as the Astors and the Vanderbilts in the nineteenth century until they moved uptown. In fact, the area got its start when the Stuyvesant family located here in the late eighteenth century. By 1900, immigrant Irish, Germans, Jews, Poles, Ukrainians and Puerto Ricans moved into the area. Attracted by the low rents, the beats, then the punks and later the punks moved into the East Village. Today, the area still is home to cutting edge music clubs and theaters. Alphabet City, named after the Avenues A, B, C and D, is being redeveloped, but can be a dubious place at night.
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Merchant's House Museum
The Old Merchant's House is a Greek Revival brick townhouse that still has its original fixtures, decorative objects, clothing and the kitchen from the nineteenth century. Built in 1832, the three floors illustrate how well New York's merchant class lived at the time.Today the house is open to the public as a museum. On display are some of the possessions of the Tredwell family who owned the house. Visitors can either walk through the house on a self guided tour, or join a guided tour for more in depth information on the house and the family that once lived here.
Ukrainian Museum
The Ukrainian Museum was founded in 1976 by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Inc. (UNWLA). It is the largest museum of its kind in the United States. On display are collections of folk art, fine art, and photographic / documentary pieces.The museum features several exhibitions a year, and also offers various programs, with speakers, conferences, and other presentations.Some of the collection highlights include Ukrainian costumes, ceramics, metalwork, wood, jewelry, and paintings and drawings by Ukrainian artists from within and outside the Ukraine.
Amato Opera Theatre (closed)
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED.Throughout its existence, the Amato Opera has produced full productions of over 50 operas of the standard repertoire, as well as many world- and American premieres of lesser known works. Tony Amato and his late wife Sally trained and nurtured generations of opera singers from all over the US and all over the world.
Cooper Union
Cooper Union was built by Peter Cooper, a wealthy industrialist who built the first U.S. steam locomotive. Because he had no formal education, Cooper founded New York's first free, nonsectarian college. Today, the school remains much sought-after. The Great Hall was inaugurated in 1859 by Mark Twain. Lincoln delivered his 1860 "Right Makes Might" speech.
Public Theater
Formerly the Astor Library, The Public Theater is now the place in New York to see Shakespeare. It is also home to the New York Shakespeare Festival. Many of the productions now shown are experimental, but the theater was the original home of Hair and A Chorus Line. The large redbrick and brownstone building is designed in the German Romanesque Revival style.
St Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church
St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Church is one of the city's oldest churches, it was consecrated in 1799. Seven generations of Stuyvesants are buried here, as well as many prominent early New Yorkers. Poet W.H. Auden is commemorated here.The church is in a designated historic district bounded by East 9th, 10th, N and Stuyvesant Streets.
Tompkins Square
Tompkins Square was the site of America's first organized labor demonstration in 1874. In the sixties it was a gathering place for hippies and in the early nineties the scene of riots when police tried to evict the homeless who had taken over the grounds. In more recent years the square has become a lovely common area with a playground and sports areas.
Colonnade Row
Colonnade Row was completed in 1833 and subsequently occupied by the Vanderbilts and the Astors. Since then, the row of nine Greek Revival townhouses has been reduced to Corinthian columns spanning four buildings. Writers, Washington Irving, Makepeace Thakeray and Charles Dickens once lived here.
Bayard-Condict Building
The Bayard-Condict Building is noted for its graceful columns, filigreed terra-cotta facade and cornice. This 1898 building is the only work of Louis Sullivan, the Chicago architect who taught Frank Lloyd Wright.
Grace Church
Grace Church has Gothic lines on the exterior and pre-Raphaelite stained glass in the interior. The church is considered architect James Renwick Jr's finest design.
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