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New York in the 1850s

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Sunday, May 15
2 p.m.
Community Room

Architectural Historian Barry Lewis, best known for his brilliant walking tours with David Hartman on Channel 13, will make a special appearance to take you on a “tour” of Antebellum New York: New York in the 1850s

In the decade before the Civil War, New Yorkers had plenty on their minds besides the slavery issue.  Industrialization had radically changed the city in the previous 20 years, immigrants needed for labor were beinging “foreign” cultures to our shore, the rising middle class was beginning to “ape” European high society and technology was changing  everyday lives.  Join us for a look at a city whose own thorny problems made

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