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Jewish Influence During the Gilded Age: A Walking Tour

Walk from the Plaza to the Met on Fifth Avenue looking at the mansions and talk about the Jewish influence in the neighborhood. The Harmonie Club, Guggenheim’s, Adler’s, Strauss’, Goldman, Berkman and Frick, Temple Emanu-El, and even Jeffrey Epstein.

Your guide on this tour will be Bradley Shaw, an urban historian and educator, was born on the Lower East Side, has a BA in History and Education from Brooklyn College, and is a licensed NYC tour guide. He has been a docent, walking tour guide, and manager at the Museum at Eldridge Street, in addition to serving as a guide with the LESJC.