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The City Speaks: Experience the Langs & Slangs of Lower East Side

By The City Speaks
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$52 per adult
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Overview

A walking tour meets street theatre in this immersive performance of New York language and slang. Set in the historically linguistic melting pot of the Lower East Side, this two hour interactive experience brings the slang, accents, and languages of NYC to life through a performing guide in character as “The Tour” — but all guests participate.

•Break the ice with a small talk activity where chalk becomes the marker of your personal space.

•Participate in a scavenger hunt for stickers printed with common words New Yorkers pronounce in a funny way

•Find newspapers hidden in odd places as a delivery boy recounts in verse the impact media has on our everyday speech.

•Dance like it's 1990 in a demonstration of hip hop moves that originated in NYC

•Hail a ride from a multilingual Chinatown dispatcher…just be sure you know what street you're on.

•Listen to “Nico Ramone” rant about the problems in his bohemian life as you try to guess the words he borrows from Yiddish.

Activity location

  • Sara D Roosevelt Park
    • E Houston St, Between Chrystie & Forsyth St
    • 10002, New York City, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 117 E Houston St
    • 117 East Houston Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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The City Speaks: Languages & Slang of Lower East Side
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 3:00 PM
Price details
NZ$51.67 x 1 AdultNZ$51.67
Total
Price is NZ$51.67
Until Fri, 27 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge for quality service are strongly encouraged.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • PLEASE ARRIVE 10 MINUTES EARLY for check in. We cannot accommodate late arrivals, and once we begin we cannot answer the phone out of respect to other guests. If you are unsure you will be able to arrive on time, please contact us by email, and we will reply as soon as the tour is over. To plan accordingly, Subway commutes from Midtown and the Financial District are approximately 20 minutes; taxis and Ubers are also abundantly available but may take longer due to Manhattan traffic.
  • Travellers should feel comfortable walking across a distance of 1.8 miles/2.9 km over 2 hours

Activity itinerary

Sara D Roosevelt Park

  • 15m
Make small talk with fellow guests in an ice-breaker activity about personal space and making acquaintances.

Arlene Grocery

  • 5m
Is it a "bodega" or a "deli"? Do you pronounce a place where one can buy everyday food items as a "gro-ce-ry" or a "gro-SHER-y" store?

Orchard Street

  • 5m
Know your Yiddish slang? Guess which words have been borrowed from this language while interacting with "Nico Ramone" as he endlessly monologues about the problems in his bohemian life.

Tenement Museum (Pass by)

Solve riddles and join a scavenger hunt that partners you with a fellow guest in search of stickers printed with common words that New Yorkers pronounce in funny ways.

Seward Park

  • 15m
Find newspapers hidden on the street while a newspaper delivery boy performs in verse about the slang we've borrowed from media.

Chinatown

  • 20m
Decode not only the logic behind Chinese characters ("Hanzi") but also hail a ride from one of Chinatown's multilingual ride service dispatchers...just be sure you know what street you're on.

Beastie Boys Square

  • 5m
The shopfront featured in the iconic album cover of "Paul's Boutique" serves as a backdrop for a dive into the world of hip hop as an old-school b-boy demonstrates the words and dance moves that originated in NYC.

Location

Activity location

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    Sara D Roosevelt Park
    • E Houston St, Between Chrystie & Forsyth St
    • 10002, New York City, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    117 E Houston St
    • 117 East Houston Street
    • 10002, New York, New York, United States

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