The Upper East Side Carnegie Hill Historic District Walking Tour

This tour features the architecture & history of the Carnegie Hill Historic District - which at the turn of last century was part of a neighborhood on the Upper East Side once known as Millionaire's Mile.

The Walking Tour Of The Past and Present Features:

A walk through the Carnegie Hill Historic District starting at E. 97 St and ending on E. 86 St. -between 5 Ave and Lexington Ave.
Included are interesting pictures and stories that will help join us with the neighborhood¹s past.
For the 2 hour walking tour each participant is given an itinerary with 18 stops including 14 New York City landmarks and 4 national landmarks.
For the 3 hour walking tour each participant is given an itinerary with 23 stops including 18 New York City landmarks and 4 national landmarks
All Stops Are Fully Discussed

Some highlights in 2 hour tour:

Saint Nicholas Rusisan Orthodox Cathedral and much more
The Lucy Dahlgren Mansion
The Livingston Mansion
The Ogden Codman Mansion
The Mrs. Amory S. Carhart Mansion
The Edith and Earnest Fabbri Mansion
William and Dorothy Whitney Straight Mansion
Frank Lloyd Wright And The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The National Academy Of Design - Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington Mansion
Andrew Carnegie And His Mansion
Felix M. Warburg Mansion
James A. & Florence Vanderbilt Burden Mansion
John Henry & Emily Vanderbilt Sloan Hammond Mansion
John B. & Caroline Trevor Mansion
Harriet S. Clark Mansion
George L. McAlpin Mansion
Otto Kahn Mansion
John Purroy Mitchell Memorial (New York City's youngest mayor)>
landmark remnant of the Squadron A Armory
A row of Romanesque Revival Row Houses
The Church of the Heavenly Rest
The Stele commerates William Thomas Stead
Find out about the Henry Phipps mansion and see "Polyhymnia" plus find out about the person "Julia" was based on

Some highlights included in the 3 hour tour:

Landmark wood frame homes from the mid 19th century
A Neo Federal Urban Complex of 3 landmark mansions
Virginia Graham Vanderbilt Mansion
William Goodley and Florence Baker Loew Mansion
"Night Presence IV" by Louise Nevelson
the block & address wher the Marx Brothers lived and more

About three hours long or a shor two hour version

Meet At: Northwest Corner of E. 97 St. & 5 Ave.
#6 train to E. 96 St./Lexington Ave.

Escorted by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an informative native New Yorker and a Licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 20 years researching, creating and giving walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.
Interested in a private walking tour ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com

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