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
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