Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

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New York City’s past is filled with stories that reveal how people lived with death long before modern medicine and reform. This extended walking tour examines the city’s history of burial grounds, epidemics, and public executions across Lower Manhattan. Participants visit sites in Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown to learn how disease, faith, and policy shaped the city’s development. From colonial churchyards to early cemeteries and prison sites, the tour offers a detailed look at how New York’s attitudes toward mortality helped define its growth.

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