Event Pass Information Event Pass TypePriceQuantity In-Person - Student with Valid ID$25.00 USD 0 1 2 3 4 In-Person - General Public$35.00 USD 0 1 2 3 4 In-Person - AIA Member (not AIANY)$35.00 USD 0 1 2 3 4 Event Details Join Amanda Davis and Ken Lustbader, the experts from the award-winning NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, for an LGBTQ walking tour of the East Village. Learn how the neighborhood, shaped by economic forces, became home to some of the most influential LGBTQ artists, writers, activists, and clubs beginning in the 1950s. Historically part of the Lower East Side, the East Village became a counter-cultural and avant-garde haven that included many LGBTQ figures, from poet Allen Ginsberg to drag queen Ethyl Eichelberger. Its affordable housing drew the likes of young lesbian activist Ellen Broidy, co-planner of the first NYC Pride March (1970), and gay "musical host" David Mancuso, whose egalitarian underground house parties influenced the city's club scene, including the Saint. This 90-minute walking tour will begin in front of architect Louis Sullivan's Bayard-Condict Building, 67 Bleecker Street, and end near the Phoenix, 447 East 13th Street, for networking and drinks. Rain or shine. Speakers: Amanda Davis, Project Manager, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Ken Lustbader, Co-founder and Co-director, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project About the Speakers: Amanda Davis is an architectural historian who has managed the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project's initiatives since its founding in 2015. In this role, she has written National Register of Historic Places nominations and a diverse range of historical narratives for the project's website. Davis has also developed and led public programs and walking tours and spoken to various stakeholders at the city, state, and national levels on the importance of documenting the LGBTQ community's cultural heritage. She previously worked for Village Preservation, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, and the Central Park Conservancy. Ken Lustbader is a co-founder and co-director of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. For over 30 years, he has been a national leader in issues related to LGBTQ history, documentation, and historic preservation. His prior work experience includes serving as the Historic Preservation Program Officer at the J.M. Kaplan Fund, consultant for the Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund, and Director of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Program. Lustbader holds a B.A. in Economics from Vassar College and M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University.