Subscribe
Sign up to our monthly e-mail about the latest and greatest places for food, wine art and history
Architectural Highlight of Little Germany
& why it made the Carpe City list
At the time when the library was built, this area was called Kleindeutschland which means (“Little Germany”) as it had a population of over 150,000 people of German descent.
Speaking of Germans… In the 1850s this little Kleindeutschland area which, consisting of the East Village and Lower East Side, was the third-largest German-speaking population in the world after Berlin and Vienna. (BTW – If you don’t know the meaning of Ein Mass Bitte, you should try it out a few blocks away at one of our favorite German spots, Zum Schneider.)
There are nine terracotta busts on the exterior featuring famous figures from the history of medicine and science. The only non-person represented is the one named Aesculap. This refers to the figure we know as Aesculapius, the ancient Greek god of healing. You might know him more by snake-entwined staff as it remains a symbol of medicine today.
Be in the know about all of the latest and greatest places!
© 2022 Icebreaker Entertainment, LLC All rights reserved
Sign up to our monthly e-mail about the latest and greatest places for food, wine art and history