Lower East Side

The Lower East Side

From the earliest times in the 1600s, Niew Amsterdam (later renamed New York) settlers stayed down at the southernmost tip of Manhattan. Here is a scene of crowded life on the lower east side on Hester Street in the early part of this century.

This Lower East Side image is part of the "Vintage New York" exhibit, created by the New Rochelle Council on The Arts (NRCA); Thea Eichler, Program Chairman; with the assistance a grant from the Michael and Helen Schaffer Foundation. © All images in this exhibit are the property of their respective copyright holders, and may not be reproduced without permission.