Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 11:00 AM until 12:45 PM
Join fellow TTN members for our Explore NYC walking tour: Rooms of Their Own: The Social and Architectural History of Women's Institutions on the Upper East Side.
Licensed tour guide and historian Lucie Levine will bring us to locations from east 62nd to east 86th Streets - buildings you may have walked past, totally unaware of their importance to the history of women in New York.
The Upper East Side boasts the first private women's social club in New York, the first public women's college in the nation, and the first Black working women's settlement house in the city.
| The Barbizon Hotel |
The Colony Club |
Since the 19th century, the neighborhood has been home to clubs, schools, residences, political institutions, and professional associations catering exclusively to women. The women who founded, joined, lived, worked and learned in these institutions used them to shape their lives, their city and their nation.
On this walking tour we will dive into the architectural and social history of these establishments, and delve into more than 100 years of local women’s history through the spaces they made their own.
After the tour you can stay for a pay-your-own-lunch, outdoors at Green Kitchen on 2nd Avenue. Our tour guide may also be able to join us for lunch.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Walking tours are rain or shine; the tour will only be re-scheduled if a National Weather Service Emergency is issued.
We will travel approximately 24 blocks on the tour-wear comfortable shoes and bring water.
Masks are not required, but attendees will be in close proximity. You are welcome to wear a mask if that makes you more comfortable.
ALL registrants to date are fully vaccinated.
Our Guide: Lucie Levine
She is a writer, historian and New York City tour guide. She founded the historical tour and event company Archive on Parade, and has offered tours and lectures on New York City history in collaboration with The New School, CUNY, NYU Langone, The American Institute of Architects, The Municipal Art Society, The Historic Districts Council, The New York Public Library, The 92nd Street Y, Village Preservation, The New York Preservation Archive Project and Landmark West. She is also the Public Programs Consultant at FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, and has published widely on New York City history at outlets including The Gotham Center for New York City History Blog, Jstor Daily, and 6sqft, where she is the Contributing History Writer. TTNer's who have attended Lucie's tours have praised her as both highly knowledgeable and engaging.