The Bowery & Lower East Side
100 Years Ago
Followed by Q & A and signing for his new book
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City, 1898-1919 Mike Wallace teaches history at John Jay College and CUNY Graduate Center. He is the founder of the Gotham Center for NYC History. “From Wall Street to immigrant slums, from vaudeville to the Metropolitan Opera, from Tammany Hall to union radicals . . . a kaleidoscope of New York life in the two pivotal decades in which it emerged as the nation’s largest city and center of commerce, culture, and political radicalism.” —Eric Foner Free Event! Sponsored by:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning GOTHAM: A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace & Edwin Burrows set a new standard for urban history. Wallace continues the story with GREATER GOTHAM: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919, which surveys its move from national to global prominence:
“Magisterial” —Publishers Weekly
“A tour-de-force” —Phillip Lopate
Where: Grace Church School Auditorium, 46 Cooper Square
(South of Astor Place) Trains: 6 to Astor Place R, W to 8th Street
When: January 23 (Tuesday) at 6:30pm
RSVP by Jan. 19th: ban62007@gmail.com or call 212-674-9073
