The Upper East Side Walking Tour # 1

This walking tour of Manhattan's past and present features the architecture and history of the Upper East Side and includes interesting pictures and stories that will help join us with the neighborhood's past. We will walk in part of the "Upper East Side Historic District" and through the "Treadwell Farm Historic District". Each participant Is given an itinerary with 31 stops that include 16 New York City Landmarks and 11 National LandmarksEach stop is fully discussed

• Christ Church, designed to look much older than it is.
• Edward Durell Stone redesigned this brownstone but sometimes it changes back
• Sara D. Roosevelt Memorial House (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt)
• originally: The Barbizon Hote, "The Bell Jar" - women only
• originally: Asia House designed by Philip Johnson
• Trinity Baptist Church, its Swedish roots are expressed in its architecture
• originally: The Pepsi Cola Bldg, a early example of Modern (the International style) architecture on Park Ave.
• Thomas R. Howell Mansion
• Andy Warhol lived here
• Lillian Hellman lived here
• originally: The Henry O. Havenmeyer Stable & Coach House now a garage
• The Seventh Regiment New York National Guard Armory
• The Colony Club; The Cosmopolitan Club; The Union Club
• A Row Of Four Park Ave. Landmark Mansions
• St. Vincent Ferrer Complex
• Parge House
• Park East Synagogue
• Milan House Apts.
• Richard Nixon former president of the U. S. lived here
• Six Buildings Originally Stables And Carriage Houses
• The studio where Mark Rothko worked, lived and comitted suicide

• The Railroad tracks on Park Avenue (The Avenue of Death)
• Lincoln Ellsworth and the South Pole
• Richard Nixon - Jimmey Walker -Tallulah Bankhead - Gypsy Rose Lee - Wila Cather - Montgomery Cliff- Lillian Hellman - Walter Lippman - The Third Avenue Car Barn and much more

Escorted by Alfred Pommer an informative native New Yorker, a college graduate and a Licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 19 years researching, creating, and guiding walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.