YOUR VOICE COUNTS: Interested in architecture, preservation, landmarking, and the Lower East Side? This NEW TOUR is definitely for you!

The LESJC and LESPI have joined forces to provide a tour that walks the historic Lower East Side to view venerable buildings in order to determine if they are eligible to be preserved.

Your guide will be Barry Feldman, our urban historian and architectural specialist. A glossary of architectural terms, a list of criteria for land marking in NYC, plus a list of historic districts will be distributed. Tour narrative will include a history of land-marking with opportunities for questions and discussion. See how your considerations compare with experienced preservationists.

The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) is comprised of preservationists and local residents and who want to save what’s left of the historic architecture and streetscapes of Manhattan’s historic Lower East Side, which includes such neighborhoods as the East Village, Lower East Side below Houston St., Chinatown, Little Italy and the Bowery, extending from East 14th Street south to Fulton and Franklin Streets, and Broadway east to the East River. They are a grass roots not-for-profit organization, formed in 2007.

We will be limiting registration to 35 people. In order to enable you to hear the guide, we will be using an app for smart phones. Bring earphones for your cell.

If you are not feeling well, DO NOT ATTEND. If you have been exposed to anyone with symptoms of the virus DO NOT ATTEND. Call the LESJC office (212) 374-4100, and arrangements will be made to either have your money refunded, or you will be issued a credit with no expiration date.

Tickets are $28 when purchased in advance, and will be an additional $3 PP when purchased the day of the tour - pending availability.

WE TOUR RAIN OR SHINE