The Midtown Architectural Walking Tour
Architecture - History - Interesting Pictures and Stories

This two and a half hour walking tour covers a section of Midtown Manhattan that contains a number of landmark buildings
with a selection of historic and anti historic architectural styles more diverse than any other part of Manhattan.
Also Included are, some of the area'a history, interesting pictures and stories that help join us with the area's past.

This Walking Tour of the Past and Present Features:

A walk in Midtown with landmark examples of Art Deco, Modern, Post Modern, and even an example of deconstructionism in a New York skyscraper.
Mixed with landmark examples of: neo-Georgian, neo-Tudor, Romanesque Revival, neo-Moorish / Islamic Revival, along with the 16th Century Italian Renaissance Palace style of architecture.
We will see buildings by such well knwon modern architects as: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Gordon Bunshaft.
Also, Post Modern skyscrapers including two by Philip Johnson plus one with a nice optical illusion.
And to Make the mix more interesting will see an early modern interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and a landmark interior by,Philip Johnson.

For the two and a half hour walking tour each participant is given an itinerary with 18 stops which include 12 New York City landmarks and 4 national landmarks
The charge for the two and a half hour tour is $150.
All stops are fully discussed.

This Walking Tour of Midtown's Past and Present Features:

Meet in front of 300 Park Ave between E.49 St. and E. 50 St.
#6 train to East 51 St. & Lexington Ave. or the E or F Train to Lexington Ave. (53 St.)

You can choose a special tour that focuses exclusively on the public art in Midtown. Works by such well known artist as:
Frank Steller, Ramond Mason, Jean Dubuffet, Fernand Leger, Robert Cook, Damien Hirst, Alexander Calder, Andy Warhol, Stuart Davis, Luis Sanguino, Michael Heizer, and others.
Click for a special: "Midtown Art on Display Walking Tour"
or "A Walking Tour of Rockefeller Center's Public Art Display"

All Tours Guided by Alfred Pommer, college graduate, an informative native New Yorker and a licensed New York City guide,
with over 20 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
Or : Click Here for advance ticket sales



The Vanderbilt Row & Other 19th Century Mansions Walking Tour
Architecture -- History -- Interesting Pictures and Stories

A Walking Tour of the Past and the Present

The walking tour is about 2½ to 3 hours long or a 3 to 3½ hour version
Each participant is given an itinerary:
The 2½ to 3 hour tour has 21 stops which include 17 New York City landmarks and 6 national landmarks
The 3 hour to 3½ hour tour has 26 stops which include 19 New York City landmarks and 6 national landmarks
The charge for the 2½ a half hour tour to 3 hour tour is $150.
The charge for the 3 hour to 3½ hour tour is $180. - All stops are fully discussed.

The prosperity generated in New York by the dramatic technological advances (the telephone, electric lights, the safety elevator, skyscrapers, the early automobile and more) and the infrastructure development (Croton Reservoir, rapid transit, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Depot) encouraged the explosive growth that included new institutions such as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Museum of Natural History, The Lenox Library, the New YorK Public Library and others along with the luxurious private mansions came opulent theaters, opera houses and restaurants. The grandeur and size of New York city escalated into what became known as The Gilded Age (a period that started at the end of the Civil War and lasted in to the turn of the 20th century). This era created a unprecedented number of large individual fortunes that may well have been symbolized by the mansions appearing on 5th Ave. at the turn of the 20th century. "Vanderbilt Row" was an excellent example / symbol of the Gilded Age, It consisted of consisted of 10 Vanderbilt mansions on 5th Ave that mingled with the mansions of other wealthy New Yorkers from W. 51 St. to W. 58 St.
Also on 5th Ave. there was "Marble Row" between E. 57 St. & E. 58 St. and Mansard Row" between E. 55 St. & E. 56 St. These mansions were demolished but as we walk through the area we will see many existing buildings that started as mansions of other prominent and wealthy New Yorkers of the era - also I will point out the sites of a number of demolished mansions of the past - show pictures of what they looked like and discuss some related information about the mansions and their owners.

We will pass the sites of:

All (except for 7) of the below listed stops are survivors from the Gilded Age on / or near 5th Ave. and Vanderbilt Row.
All the structures listed below are still there and make up the bulk of the tour

This 2½ to 3 hour Walking Tour Features Present Day Survivors of the Past:

The 3 to 3½ Hour Version Includes:

Meet at: Northeast corner of E. 58 St. and Madison Ave.
#4, #5, or #6 train to East 59 St. & Lexington Ave. or the E or V Train to Lexington Ave. (53 St.) or R Train to 59 St. & 5th Ave.

All Tours Guided by Alfred Pommer, college graduate, an informative native New Yorker and a licensed New York City guide,
with over 20 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
Or : Click Here for advance ticket sales
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