After Hours Tour at Eldridge Street Synagogue

Come discover the history, architecture and the magical sanctuary of the landmarked Eldridge Street Synagogue, a beautiful house of worship built by Eastern European immigrants in America, in an After Hours Tour and Wine Reception on Wednesday, July 22nd, co-presented by Untapped Cities and the Museum at Eldridge Street. This will be our Summer Happy Hour event for our readers and contributor community, so come on down, we’d love to meet you.

The event will begin with a tour from Rachel Serkin, the Museum at Eldridge Street’s Education Associate of the hidden history and current life of architectural gems of our Lower East Side neighborhood. We’ll walk by the abandoned Loew’s Theater, Jarmulowsky Bank, Forward Newspaper Building and even a former red light district. The neighborhood tour has limited spots, but we’ll then be opening up the Eldridge Street Synagogue after hours for a wine and evening exploration of the breathtaking National Historic Landmark.

You’ll step into the footsteps of the synagogue’s immigrant founders who finally got to celebrate their religion gloriously and openly in the free land of America. Swap historical facts and quirky architectural detail over vintage cocktails and wine. Be on the lookout for the parts of unrestored lath and plaster in the building’s balcony, which reveal how the building is put together, with brick, lath, plaster, even pieces of horse hair, used to bind the plaster.