The Landmarks of 42nd Street Walking Tour

A Walking Tour of Manhattan's Past and Present

Meet At Northwest Corner of E. 42 St. & 1st Ave

The tour guide is Alfred Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and Licensed New York City guide,
with over 20 years experience researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.
This walking tour focuses on history and architecture of 42nd Street along with interesting pictures and stories that join us with the street's past.

We start at 1 Ave. and 42 St. and walk through the Ralph Bunch Peace Park and the Tudor City Historic District
across 42 St. into Grand Central Terminal and across E. 42 St. through Bryant Park, Times Square & and W. 42 St. to 9th Ave.
Plus an optional walk: past Theatre Row, the original The New York Actors Studio and The Film Center Bldg.
All stops are fully discussed.
About 2 hours or 2 ½ hours or 3 hours or 3 ½ hours or 4 hours long

Highlights of the 2 hour tour are:

“Single Form” a memorial for Dag Hammarjkold
“Peace Form One” dedicated to Ralph Bunch ‘The Great Peace Maker of the UN’
Tudor City "a city within a city" and America's first private urban renewal project
A Beaux Art Monumental Styled Bank
Ford Foundation Bldg. & its 130 ft. high greenhouse
The (old) Daily News Bldg.
The Chann Bldg.
The Chrysler Bldg.

Grand Central Terminal (Pictures of the original Grand Central Terminal)
CorneliusVanderbilt’s statue -
the Pershing Square Building
The first abstract sculpture on a New York sidewalk
The first bank designed in the International Style in the United States
New York City Research Library

Find Out About:

The Winthrop Mansion, Dutch HIll, Corcoran's Roost
America’s finest example of Lewis XVI Renaissance form of Beaux Arts architecture.
A little known fact that you can see for your self about the Chrysler Bldg.

The 2½ hour tour includes:

NewYork’s First Black Skyscraper

Beaux Arts Studios (built by a artist for artist) -
Times Square
The Bush Tower
formerly the Knickerbocker Hotel (where Caruso sang from his balcony & George M. Cohan stayed)

Find Out About:

The history of Bryant Park, its memorials, the Crystal Palace & the Croton Reservoir
1 Times Square, 1904, & 1964

Optional (extra ½ hour in Times Square):

A landmark facade from 1929, with statues of: “ Drama “ “ Comedy “ “ Film “ “ Opera “
The Paramount Bldg. & site of The Paramount Theatre
"Father Frances P. Duffy" statue, the hero priest portrayed in the movie "The Fighting 69th"
"George M. Cohan" statue, the only person to get the Congressional Medal of Honor for a song
site where Eugene O'Neil was born

The 3 hour tour includes:

The oldest functioning Broadway theater
The landmark New Amsterdam Theater
The Old McGraw Hill Bldg. (The UnorthodoxMasterpiece)
The Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church was Father Duffy's church

The 3½ hour tour includes:

Theater Row - off Broadway Theaters

The 4 hour tour includes:

The New Dramatist Theater
New York Actor's Studio Building
Film Center Building

Two hour version ends at 5th Avenue (New Your Public Research Library)
Two and a half hour version ends at Times Square. the Paramount Building
Three hour version ends at 9th Avenue, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
Three and a half hour version includes Theater Row (off Broadway theaters)
Four hour version ends at the Film Center Building,

Interested in a private walking tour ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com