Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Orchard Street
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Street Scene
Lower East Side and East Village
T
HE LOWER EAST SIDE IS ALIVE
with memories, a neighbor-
hood still seeming to echo the calls of immigrants crowded
into tenements, peddlers hawking wares from pushcarts, and
children playing in the streets, the only open spaces to be found.
Early churches became synagogues for the Jews who came in record
numbers between 1880 and 1920. Some remain, but in recent
years, Latinos and Chinese have moved in, adding to the area's
rich history. Meanwhile, Orchard Street
tempts with bargains, and a hip, young generation
is rediscovering the old neighborhood. Nearby, the
East Village has its own layers of history, an early
Dutch enclave that changed from German to
Jewish before becoming a 1960s haven for hippies
and the place where punk rock was born. A
Ukrainian community has remained through most
of these changes, including recent gentrification.
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Third Av
First Av
EAST 14TH STREET
Painting,Ukrainian Museum
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Sights
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Eighth St
NYU
Tompkins
Square
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Astor
Place
ST MARK'S PLACE
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Lower East Side
Tenement Museum
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Orchard Street
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Bialystoker Synagogue
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Eldridge Street
Synagogue
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Beth Hamedrash
Hagadol Synagogue
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Guss' Pickles
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St Mark's Place
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St Mark's-in-the-
Bowery Church
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Renwick Triangle
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Ukrainian Museum
East Village
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leecker St
Second Av
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Delancey St
Essex St
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Spring St
Bowery
Delancey St
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Lower East Side
Grand
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W H Seward
Park
East Broadway
Canal St
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