A Walking Tour of The West Village

This tour features the writers, poets, artist and famous people of the West Village with information about it's history and architecture along with interesting pictures and stories that help join us with the neighborhood's past.

The West Village is an unofficial name for a part of Greenwich Village that roughly speaking falls between West 14th Street and St. Luke's Place and west of Greenwich Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas.

This walking tour of Manhattan's past and present features:

A walk through part of the landmark Greenwich Village Historic District known as "The West Village" including Abingdon Square, Bank Street, Christopher Street, Bedford Street, Grove Street, Hudson Street and Sheridan Square and a neighborhood once known as the West End. Each participant is given an itinerary with over 20 stops that includes 6 New York City landmarks and 3 National landmarks. Each stop is fully discussed.

Some Highlights are:
About four and a half hours long
Meet at: Southeast corner of Christopher St. & Washington St.

Guided by Alfred Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and a Licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 18 years researching, creating and leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.

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