from the VillagerPreserving Chinatown’s doo-wop era The web site of Lonnie’s Coffee Shop Eric FerraraEric is a 4th generation Lower East Sider, professional NYC history author, movie & TV consultant, and founder of Lower East Side History Project.
Thomas Greene Wiggins (1849-1908) was a former slave and indentured servant who began playing piano by the age of four and became one of the most celebrated musicians of the Civil War era. Thomas was born autistic and without sight… Read More »The story of Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, former slave and musical genius