The Sinking of the General Slocum The Rise and Fall of Kleindeutschland or the German East Village -- 3:30 PM, Saturday
Discover how this area was the capital of German America, the Theodore Roosevelt connection to the Germans, and the impact of New York City's greatest disaster befire 9/11 upon this community, the sinking of the General Slocum, on June 15, 1904. We will view churches and a synagogue associated with the community.
Meeting Place: In front of Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library
135 Second Avenue The cross street is St. Mark's Place or Ninth Street Street.
Fee: $15.
Subway
6末 to Astor Pl.; walk east two blocks.
FV 末 to Second Ave.; walk north on Second Ave. from Houston St. to St. Mark's Pl.
R 末 to East Eighth St.; walk two blocks east.
Bus
M2, M3 末 Fifth Ave., to East Eighth St. transfer to M8, East Eighth St. crosstown bus, to Second Ave.
M15 末 Second Ave., to St. Marks Pl.
M15 末 First Ave., to St. Marks Pl.; walk west one block.
M101, M102 末 Lexington Ave. to St. Marks Pl.; walk east one block.
Twilight Walk of Edgar Allan Poe and His Ghostly Friends -- 6 PM, Saturday
See if you can spot Edgar Allan Poe and his ghostly friends such as Peter Stuyvesant and the Astor Library ghost in Greenwich Village and East Village.
Meeting Place: In front of St. Marks in the Bowery Church, northwest corner of Tenth Street and Second Avenue. The cross street is Second Avenue.
Fee: $15.
Directions -- Same as Kleindeutschland walk exept we are meeting two blocks further uptown.
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