Newspaper Row Today
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"Moneybags of Wall Street...fear Linclon...in league with slaveholders." - Horace Greeley, NY Tribune 1860
"...a terrible mental disease, under which all manliness was lost to the utmost cowardice, unreasonableness and fiendish
inhumanity." - Frederick Law Olmstead, 1862
"The town is taken by its rats." - Herman Melville, July 1863
We'll start at Bowling Green, in front of the landmark Customs House, and begin the tour with a walk along historic Stone Street, lined with buildings that have
been restored to their 1800's beauty. We'll make a stop at Delmonico's, New York's first restaurant, then India house, and up to visit the titans of Wall Street. Then
we'll head to John St. Methodist Church and Tammany Hall, home of 1800's New York's Democratic party.
India House
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We'll pass the site of Barnum's American Museum, visit St. Paul's Chapel and turn North along Newspaper Row and past City Hall. Next are the notorious Brewery and Five Points.
A final stroll South along Broadway, the city's busiest street and the dividing line between the wealthy to the West (Dollar Side) and poor to the East (Shilling Side), will take
us to the African Burial Ground. We'll end at the Tweed Courthouse, the city's most famous monument to political corruption.
As we walk we'll talk about the city's rise to becoming the most prosperous port in the world. We'll walk through time as the city grows into a
sprawling metropolis, opposes Lincoln, threatens to secede and ultimately becomes a willing part of the Union, only to
be torn apart by anti-draft riots. You'll hear about Horace Greeley, his newspaper, the Tribune, and his support for President Lincoln. You'll also
hear about New York's Tammany mayors, and the incredible, corrupt city politics that ruled the day.
