NEW YORK CITY CULTURAL WALKING TOURS

The Murray Hill Neighborhood / Historic District Walking Tour

This walking tour focuses on the history and architecture of the neighborhood known as Murray Hill from its colonial days to the gilded age to the present along with interesting pictures and stories that help join us with the area's past.

This Walking Tour of Manhattan's Past and Present Features:
A walk through the Murray Hill Historic District, the Sniffen Court Historic District and the surrounding neighborhood. Each participant is given an itinerary with 25 stops that include 16 New York City Landmarks and 11 National Landmarks. Each stop if fully discussed.

Some highlights on the two and a half hour tour are:

The site of Robert Murray's farm and the story how Murray Hill got its' name
The Estonian House and the story about its previous owner
The New York New Church
The Armenian Orthodox Cathedral of America - 23 Karat Gold Leaf Dome
The Empire State Building, who built it, why it was built so tall and what was here before?
J.P. Morgan Library & one of the last free standing italianate styled mansions in Manhattan
originally: the James F. D. Lanier Mansion
Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt's first home together
Admiral David G. Farragut's home - "Dam the torpedoes, full speed ahead"
Admiral Matthew Perry lived here
"The Collector's Club" originally: The Fanny and Thomas Clark Residence
originally: The J. Hampton Robb Mansion
Some Manhattan "brownstones" - What are they? Why were they so popular? When were most of them built and who were they built for?
Sniffen Court Historic District
Where "The Lunts" lived - where Guston Borglum had his studio - where Dashiell Hammett stayed
originally Adelaide L. T. Douglas Manion
originally the Raphael De Lamare Mansion
The Empire State Building and the history of its site
Optional, 2 landmark retail buildings from the turn of last century:
Tiffany's and the Stewart Co. Store
plus the site of Mark Twain's Funeral in 1910 at the Brick Presbyterian Church (demolihed)

Extended three and a half hour tour includes:

The Marble Collegiate Church, Norman Vincent Peal
Church of the Transfiguration, (The Actor’s Chapel / The Little Church Around the Corner)
American Academy of Dramatic Arts originally: The Colony Club,
Gilbert Kiame House also known as: The Grolier Club
originally The Vanderbilt Hotel and the "Della Robbin Bar & Grill (The Crypt)

About two and a half hours long or a extended three and a half hour version

Meeting at: the Southeast corner of East 35 St. & 2nd Avenue
#1, 2, 3, or A, C, E to Penn Station (W. 34 St.) or N, R, B, D, F to West 34 St. & 6 Avenue (M34 Bus to 1st Ave.)

Guided by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an informative native New Yorker and a licensed New York City guide with over 19 years experience researching creating and leading 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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