Tin Pan Alley: Birthplace of American Popular Music

Janes Walk

Led By Miriam Berman AND George Calderaro, Tin Pan Alley American Popular Music Project

Tin Pan Alley is the cradle of the music industry in the United States. Here, American popular music as we know it was first created and promoted. This one block of 28th Street offers a glimpse into what has become a worldwide cultural force – pop music – at its specific place of creation. As an enclave of 19th-century structures, it is also largely intact as architecture. Author and guide Miriam Berman will tell the story of Tin Pan Alley sheet music publishers, songwriters and performers who worked on 28th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue to create what would become “The Great American Songbook.”

Accessibility

Walk takes place outdoors on one level block

Location Information

RSVP is required and capacity is limited. Meeting location, ending location, and directions will be provided via email before walk date.

guided

Saturday, May 4, 2024
3:00 PM
1 hour

Borough: Manhattan
Theme: History & Culture
Language: English
A plaque for Tin Pan Alley: 28th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Manhattan Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Ben Sutherland.