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1645 - Stroll on land once owned by a freed Dutch slave!
1824 - Walk where body snatchers were caught in the dead of night!
1834 - Stand where the Sacred Music Society waged a race riot!
1894 - Hear a Madam's tale of police corruption, in front of her bordello!
1898 - Stop by a Pure Milk station, and hear why milk was often fatal!
1924 - Loiter where cops shot it out with gangsters!
1964 - Pause where Bob Dylan wrote "A Hard Rain" and Lenny Bruce was arrested for offending a cardinal!

All this and much more!   Literary figures!   Artists!   Con men!   Charity workers!   More Riots!

New York City, what a place!

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1857 - Stand where Walt Whitman cruised friendly working men!
1900 - Stop where fairies at the Black Rabbit staged sex shows!
1926 - Loiter where Eve Addams wrote steamy Lesbian love tales!
1939 - Hear an NYU student's stories of men's lust at the Judson!
1969 - Thrill to the story of the Stonewall Riots!

All this AND highlights of the changing history of sexual minorities in New York City!

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A NOTE ABOUT ACME!

ACME Walking Tours are led by Edgar Carpenter, a certified New York City Sightseeing Guide and rogue historian.   The tours are thoroughly researched, accurate, AND fun!   Approach real history through the lives of real people.   Real people do amazing things!

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Getting around New York on public transportation is cheap and easy. Click HERE to go to City's site for maps and facts about the buses and subways.

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