Jack Eichenbaum’s Tours and Classes Summer, 2005

Up Newtown Creek Sunday, July 10 9:30 A.M- Noon
This tidal arm of the East River, forms the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. At peak industrial build-up, the busiest waterway in the world, it carried more traffic than the Mississippi. Newtown Creek developed from marshland to a flourishing industrial center and then declined into urban brownfields. We’ll discuss the bridges, neighborhoods and industry at its edges from Greenpoint to Maspeth. .>Meet at Fulton Ferry Landing,, foot of Old Fulton Street, opposite the River Café (exit west end A,C, High St)
>Sponsored by the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment BCUE 718-788-8500 Fees $45/35 non-member/ /member,senior student. Pre-payment required. Book early!

Onboard the Left Bank Bus Saturday, July 16 3-7:00 PM
View cultural change along the industrial waterfront from Long Island City, Queens to Red Hook, Brooklyn, an area that has continued to develop despite its decaying fringe and limited public transportation. We’ll travel aboard the B61, one of NYC’s fascinating bus routes, stopping for walks in Long Island City, Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Vinegar Hill-DUMBO and Red Hook.
>Sponsored by the NY Transit Musuem. Reservations and advance payment required: $20, Museum Members $15. For reservations please call: 718-694-1867

The Geography of NYC Five Wednesday evenings June 29, July 6,13,20,27

This short course will explain why things are where they are in New York City. Four illustrated lectures give an overview of different aspects of our geography. Topography and shoreline explain settlement and expansion. Transportation and technology, from sailboats to automobiles, reworked the city for speed and construction. Demography and migration explain how different kinds of people have sorted themselves, or have been sorted into neighborhoods. Lines on the land describe the private and public geographic decisions and plans that define, separate and govern our activities.
Lectures meet at Municipal Art Society 51`St/Madison, A walking tour of East Harlem and the Upper East Side will conclude the course by summarizing the lectures in context. >Meets 6 PM @ SE corner 5th Ave and 125 St on 7/27. All sponsored by the Municipal Art Society 212-935-3960

Ethnic Monday Evenings sponsored by Jack Eichenbaum
Each walk begins at a Queens subway stop, Mondays at 6:15. All within 30 min of Midtown Manhattan. All walks end near a subway stop and a choice of restaurants for dinner. Fee $12, no need to pre-register.

July 11: Forest Hills @ Corona: Bukharan Jews, Latinos and a defiant Little Italy.
>Meets 6:15 at the Ridgewood Savings Bank 108 St/N side Queens Blvd, (71 Av/Continental on E, F, R)

July 25: Astoria: Vestigial Central European, Italian, Greek and Arab commerce.
>Meets 6:15 at NW corner 48 St/Broadway (46 St R,V- use 48 St exit.)

August 1: Flushing’s South Asians and Religious Diversity
>Meets 6:15 at St George’s Church, 39 Ave and Main St (l block north of #7 Main St. station).

Jamaica: From the Foothills to the Tracks Saturday, August 27 11AM-1:30PM
The narrow band of land between the terminal glacial moraine and the LIRR tracks, settled in colonial times, is the historical funnel for road and rail transport eastward on Long Island. For much of its history, Jamaica was the commercial center of Queens and is now the terminus of the JFK rail link.
>Meets inside the “Food Fest” Market @ 159-19 Jamaica Ave E,J (Jamaica Center). This FREE tour is limited to 25 participants. Reservations may be made with the sponsor, Jamaica B.I.D., (718-526-2422)

To receive email updates of my tour schedule, email jaconet@aol.com or check my website <www.GeogNYC.com> To arrange custom tours for academic, business and social groups, call Jack Eichenbaum 716-961-8406