The Landmarks of 42nd Street Walking Tour

The tour guide is Alfred Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and Licensed New York City guide, with over 19 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. & 9th Ave.
Plus an optional walk: past Theatre Row, the original The New York Actors Studio and The Film Center Bldg. Each participant is given an itinerary  with 23 stops including 15 New York City landmarks and 9 national landmarks.  All stops  are fully discussed. About three hours long or three and a half hours with the optional stops included,

• “Single Form” a memorial for Dag Hammarjkold 
• “Peace Form One” dedicated to Ralph Bunch ‘The Great Peace Maker of the UN’
• 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) 
• Cornelius Vanderbilt’s  statue   - 
• The Lincoln Memorial  
• New York City Research Library  
• NewYork’s First Black  Skyscraper
• Beaux Arts Studios (built by a artist for artist)  - 
• The Bush Tower
• formerly the Knickerbocker Hotel (where Caruso sang from his balcony & George M. Cohan stayed) 
• 1 Times Square, 1904, & 1964  
• 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

• America’s first privately financed urban renewal project and see it today
• 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 history of Bryant Park,  its memorials,  the Crystal Palace & the Croton Reservoir
• The first abstract sculpture on a New York sidewalk
 

• 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
 
Two hour version ends at 5th Avenue (New Your Public Research Library)
Two and a half hour version ends at Times Square
Three hour version ends at 9th Avenue
Three and a half hour version includes optional stops (listed in above paragraph)
Four hour version includes optional stops plus "Theater Row" (off Broadway Theaters)
Interested in a private walking tour ?
Call: (212) 979-2388 for details www.nycwalk.com

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