Jim Kaplan writes:
For those of you who missed my summer tours, I am giving new ones in the fall. As these tours are given at 1 pm, unlike the 2 A.M. July 4 tour, they may not be sold out and there could be space available if you sign up quickly:
Harlem: The Historic Capital of Black America, October 11, 1 pm-3 pm at 135th Street and Lenox Ave (in front of the Schomburg Library). This tour, sponsored by the OHNY.org, repeats a highly acclaimed tour that I previously gave on August 9, of this year and from 1989 to 2000 for the 92nd Street Y, and discusses Phillip Payton and the Afro American Realty Company, visits the world famous Schomburg library, and the site of Marcus Garvey’s Liberty Hall. I will be assisted by my daughter Olivia who now works on 125th Street.
To sign up, visit www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=tours.
The Great Crashes of Wall Street, October 24, 1 pm. Richard M. Warshauer and I have given this tour for the past 20 years (since the 1987 Crash). We discuss the vagaries and vicissitudes of Wall Street as well as its history from its founding by the Dutch. This year I expect to cover more extensively than in the past Henry Hudson in honor of the 400th Anniversary of his discovery of New York. I have recently done more research on Hudson whom I now view as the archetypal driven corporate entrepreneur and a harbinger of things to come.
The Great Crashes tour is sponsored by the American Museum of Finance, and you should sign up through their website at www.moaf.org/events/walking/evt_20091024.