Riots in New York
4h — Lower Manhattan to Greenwich Village — English 🇺🇸 / French 🇫🇷 — $88 per person
New York was not built by people who waited patiently.
The version of history you usually get focuses on the people who held power. This tour is about everyone else. The craftsmen who tore a king's statue from its pedestal. The Irish immigrants who bored musket loopholes into a cemetery wall and held off a mob. The garment workers who died in a burning building and became the symbol of a movement. The drag queens who held the line against a police raid and changed the law.
None of them were supposed to matter. All of them did.
Starting at Bowling Green and ending at the Stonewall Inn, this tour moves through three centuries of New York history, the one that happened on the streets, in the parks, and in front of buildings you can still stand in front of today.
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Bowling Green Where New Yorkers first decided some things were worth fighting about. The opening image of this tour is a crowd tearing metal off a royal fence.
Federal Hall and Trinity Church A printer. A royal governor. The foundation of press freedom in America, decided right here.
City Hall Park Where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in July 1776. The crowd didn't applaud and go home.
Foley Square and the African Burial Ground Two stories, one block apart. The emotional center of the tour. We'll take the time this deserves.
Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mott Street There are musket loopholes bored into the cemetery wall that still stands here. We'll explain why.
A natural pause — Little Italy is right here, and the second half of the tour is worth arriving at with fresh legs.
Tompkins Square Park Two different centuries, same park, same pattern. Samuel Gompers was in the crowd the first time. The second time, there was a video.
Astor Place The only theater-related riot in American history. Nearly 300 people were killed or wounded. Over a performance.
Washington Square Park The building on the corner of the square is still standing. So is everything that happened in front of it.
The Stonewall Inn, Sheridan Square June 1969. The people with the least to lose and the most at stake. The law changed because of what happened here.
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Starts at
Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
Ends at
The Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village
Duration
4 hours
Languages
English 🇺🇸 / French 🇫🇷
Price
$88 per person
Group size
Maximum 10 people
Schedule
Wednesday: Morning from 9:30AM to 1:30PM
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Comfortable shoes.
A bottle of water.
What’s not included:
Subway fares
Food and beverages