The Italian Heritage Walking Tour

This tour features history and architecture along with interesting pictures and stories which will help us understand the ordeal experienced by the early Italian immigrants who settled on the Lower East Side in Little Italy and in the South Village. .

This walking tour of Manhattan's past and present features:

A walk through part of the South Village, past the MacDougal- Sullivan Gardens Historic District and through So-Ho and Little Italy and ending up where the old Five Points neighborhood of the Lower East Side used to be. Everyone is given an itinerary with 16 stops which include five New York City and National Landmarks. All stops are fully discussed and include stories about Little Italy, the Stabile Bank and the early Italian neighborhood that was here before Little Italy.

This tour's highlights are:

  • Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Joseph Zito
  • "Fiorello H. LaGuardia" 1994
  • "Giuseppe Garibaldi" 1888
  • Judson Memorial Church
  • The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii
  • The Little Red School House was originally: Mission Church Settlement House for Italian immigrants
  • Macdougal - Sullivan Garcens Historic District and the site of Fiorello H. LaGuardia's birth
  • The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Pompeii
  • Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
  • New York City's third oldest bar
  • The Original Saint Patrick Cathedral and Complex
  • The Elizabeth Street Sculpture Gardens and the space age across the street
  • Cafe Roma (Farfariello) a clown beloved by Little Italy
  • originally: The Astor Memorial School from 1889
  • Find out about the neighborhood, Stabile Bank from 1865
  • Odd Fellows Hall and what it looked like when it was first built
  • The First Central Police Headquarters Building in New York City
  • Church of the Most Precious Blood
  • A landmark example of the typical Federal style, single family home that used to populate this artisan neighborhood in the early 1800s
  • Also sites of: Ravenite Social Club - and the first, infamous Umberto's Clam House
  • Find out about Mulberry Bend and Five Points (gang)
  • Find out about Tenements and Dumbbell Tenements

    • About three and a half hours long

    Meet At: the front of Guiseppi Garibaldi's statue in Washington Square Park
    N and R Trains to E. 8th St. or #6 Train to Astor Place or F and E Train to W. 4th St. Station

    Guided by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an informative native New Yorker and a Licensed New York City guide, with over 19 years experience researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.
    Interested in a private walking tour ?
    Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com

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