This trip is sold out. If you would like to be added to the wait list, or would like information about future trips, please contact us at 610-253-1222.
$105 per person (price is all-inclusive – bus, museum admission, lunch, gratuity)
Reserve your spot with a $10 deposit or pay in full
Full payment is due by August 27, 2018
NCHGS is heading to New York City for our fall bus trip. Join us for visits to:
- Tenement Museum
- Fraunces Tavern (lunch)
- Merchant’s House Museum
Depart Easton: 8:00 am from the Rt. 33 Park and Ride lot on William Penn Highway (5715 William Penn Hwy, Easton, PA 18045) – Trans-Bridge bus coach
Depart New York City: approximately 3:30 pm
Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum tells the stories of immigrants who started their lives anew on Manhattan’s Lower East Side between the 19th and 21st centuries in the recreated apartment and businesses of real families in two historic tenement buildings. The tenements housed over 15,000 working class immigrants from over 20 nations while they served as residences.
Choose between two guided tours:
“Under One Roof” (new exhibition) at 103 Orchard Street: 90 minutes, accessible by elevator, limited wheelchair accessibility – Please indicate if you need a wheelchair when making your reservation.
In the decades after World War II, the Lower East Side became one of New York’s most diverse neighborhoods. Visit the homes of Bella Epstein, whose parents survived the Holocaust, Jose and Andy Velez, whose mother left Puerto Rico for garment work, and the Wong siblings, whose stories of their mother and other garment workers are highlighted in an interactive, recreated Chinatown garment shop.
“Hard Times” – 2nd floor, 97 Orchard Street: 60 minutes, no elevator accessibility (24 steps up, 23 steps down); participants will have time to watch a short documentary or visit the Museum Shop after their tour.
Discover how the Baldizzis, an Italian-Catholic family, lived through the Great Depression. Explore their daily lives, the challenges they faced, and how they supported themselves in the Lower East Side of the 1930s.
Fraunces Tavern – Lunch
Established as a colonial tavern in 1762, Fraunces Museum and Restaurant now occupy five buildings on the historic Fraunces Tavern Block. The tavern was once a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British during the American Revolution, and home to federal offices in the Early Republic. Guests will dine together in the Bissell Room with the following lunch options:
- Chicken Salad Sandwich (tomato, lettuce, celery, and eggs) OR
- Roasted Portobello Sandwich (red peppers, lettuce, tomato, mozzarella, sweet balsamic reduction)
Dessert: Brownies with whipped cream
Unlimited soda, juice, tea and coffee service
Merchant’s House Museum – Guided Tour
Note: not wheelchair accessible. This house has multiple levels and no elevator. Be prepared for stairs.
In 1832, Joseph Brewster built a brick and marble row house on Fourth Street in what was then a quiet, exclusive suburb of New York City. In 1835, just three years later, the house was purchased by a prosperous hardware merchant, Seabury Tredwell, and the Tredwell family continued to live in the house for almost 100 years. Today that merchant’s house still stands. It has been open to the public as a museum since 1936.
Considered one of the finest surviving examples of domestic architecture from the period, the 1832 late-Federal and Greek Revival Merchant’s House is a designated landmark. The museum’s collection of over 3,000 items comprises the possessions of the Tredwells, the wealthy merchant-class family who live in the House from 1835 to 1933. The collection includes furniture, decorative arts, clothing, photographs and books, household items, and personal items.
RESERVATION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION
Reserve your seat with a $10 deposit or pay in full.
Full payment is due by August 27, 2018.
We must have 40 participants by August 27 or the trip will be canceled. If the trip is canceled, you will be issued a full refund for any deposits or payments made.
There will be no refunds after August 27. If you make a reservation but are unable to make the trip after that date, you are welcome to find a substitute to come in your place.
Reservations and payment may be made via mail, online, or over the phone at 610-253-1222.
Checks should be made payable to: NCHGS
If reserving via mail or online, please include:
- a phone number or e-mail so we may contact you with final details of the trip
- your choice of tour for the Tenement Museum (“Under One Roof” or “Hard Times” – maximum of 30 people per tour – choices are assigned on a first come, first served basis)
- your luncheon entree choice – chicken salad sandwich or roasted portobello sandwich
Pay online:
- Click the “Support” tab on this website then click “Make a donation.”
- Type in the dollar amount.
- Click the blue “Donate with Paypal” button to pay via Paypal or the white “Donate with a Debit or Credit Card” button.
- In the notes/message section please type:
- NCHGS NYC bus trip
- your choice of tour for the Tenement Museum (“Under One Roof” or “Hard Times” – maximum of 30 people per tour – choices are assigned on a first come, first served basis)
- your luncheon entree choice – chicken salad sandwich or roasted portobello sandwich
- phone or e-mail contact where we can reach you with additional details