Private Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour

New To The Site! New York City, USA

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3 to 4 hours (Approx.)
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Overview

This Midtown Manhattan walking tour includes every aspect of the built environment: the city's historical move uptown, public and private works of art and architecture. This tour is unique for the underground passages, tunnels and POPS (privately-owned-public-places) that link these curated blocks of the city's most interesting and engaging spaces.

What's Included

  • Expert guide
  • Gratuities

Meeting Location

Meeting point

810 8th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

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We meet in front of the Food Emporium supermarket on the northeast corner of 49th Street and 8th Avenue.

End point

727 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, USA

The tour ends on 57th Street below the residential "pencil towers" of Billionaire's Row, near the corner of Tiffany's and Fifth Avenue.

Start Time

Opening Hours

  • 11/11/2024 - 3/2/2026

    Monday - Friday | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

What To Expect

Hell's Kitchen

We start the tour by dipping our toe into the tenements of Hell's Kitchen, a good juxtaposition for the residential history we see on Fifth Avenue at the end of the tour.We discuss zoning laws and POPS (privately-owned-public- spaces) at Worldwide Plaza.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Times Square

At the Citizen Hotel in tims Square we discuss the history of New York and its move uptown.In the hotel lobby we see works by Julien Opie
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Times Square (Pass By)

787 Axa Equitable (now, BNP Paribas). Here we deconstruct a Roy Lichtenstein mural, then head out back to more works of art and 6 1/2 Avenue, a quirk of zoning and creative urban planning.
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Midtown

We pass into an underground tunnel netwoek that links a series of Midtown Manhattan corportate lobbies with stunning works of art, from Frank Stell and Fritz Glarner to Sarah Morris and Mark Bradford.Skyscraper Alley is the nickname for these buildings by Wallace Harrison, part of the consortium of architects who built rockefeller Center.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rockefeller Center

We pass through Rockefeller Center and along the way discuss the fascinating, inordinate history, incuding: Columbia University, holdouts, Alexander Hamilton, Diego Rivera, radio and televison, the Rockefellers themselves , the architectural genius of Raymod Hood, and an incredible array of art. One key to understanding the hisotry of Modern architecture is in Rockefeller Center's program of art, not ornament, in its architecture (thoguh we'll see where John. D. Rockefeller Jr. won out over his architects and got a bit of ornament in his buildings)
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Patrick's Cathedral

You will always remember the view up the escalator to behold St. Patrick's Cathdrel across the Street.We admire one of New York's most beautiful spaces, the last room in Rockefeller Center before heading out on Fifth Avenue.Becuase they are long gone, pictures bring back the era when Venderbilt manisons stretched from this part of Fifth Avenue up to Central Park.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fifth Avenue (Pass By)

We discuss the history of Fifth Avenue and its periods of development.
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Olympic Tower

We pass through the POPS of Olympic Tower and depending. We may use this time to discuss history or architecture if seating is availabe,
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20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Seagram Building

This building represents the height of Modern architecture; we put it in context with the development of the rest of the block.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Park Avenue

There's a tone of hiostry to talk about here: Grand Central Terminal, the grid, the transformation of Park Avenue, twice! And the current "history" underway.
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20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Monkey Bar

A must see stop on the tour.
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3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Midtown

The tour ends with two of New York's most prized POPS that are across the street from each other: 550 Madison and the IBM building's POPS.
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20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-44899P17

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