The Lower East Side has never been a polished neighborhood, and neither are its cat stories. This walking tour starts near Cooper Square and moves through the block's grittier corners, from old dive bars to tenement alleyways, tracing the cats who lived close to the street alongside generations of immigrants, saloon keepers, and eccentric neighborhood characters.
Guests hear about tavern cats who have called a historic ale house home since the 1800s, feline bar flies who once ruled the neighborhood's rougher dive joints, and heroic cats credited with saving lives during tenement fires. The walk also passes the site later known for its place in punk music history and closes with the story of one of the Lower East Side's most beloved eccentric residents, pulled straight from old newspaper archives.
The Lower East Side has never been a polished neighborhood, and neither are its cat stories. This walking tour starts near Cooper Square and moves through the block's grittier corners, from old dive bars to tenement alleyways, tracing the cats who lived close to the street alongside generations of immigrants, saloon keepers, and eccentric neighborhood characters.
Guests hear about tavern cats who have called a historic ale house home since the 1800s, feline bar flies who once ruled the neighborhood's rougher dive joints, and heroic cats credited with saving lives during tenement fires. The walk also passes the site later known for its place in punk music history and closes with the story of one of the Lower East Side's most beloved eccentric residents, pulled straight from old newspaper archives.
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Unused Experience Vouchers can be returned within 14 days for a full refund to the original purchaser, no questions asked.
If you have any unused Experience Vouchers, you can exchange them for anything else in our marketplace, no matter when. If you choose an experience that's more expensive, you'll need to pay the difference, but if you choose one that costs less, you'll receive a credit towards your next booking.
No refunds are allowed once the experience is booked, but you can reschedule up to 24 hours before your experience, for a date within a year of the original booking. To reschedule, contact the experience provider directly. No-shows or rescheduling less than 24 hours in advance means losing the value of your experience.
