The Midtown Architectural Walking Tour

The tour starts and ends by the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and covers a section of Midtown Manhattan that contains an 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.

The Tour of Manhattan's Past, Present and Future Features:

A walk in Midtown from the Waldorf Astoria's Art Deco to Trump Tower's Post Modern style and back with landmark examples of Romanesque, Moorish / Islamic Revival, Gothic along with 16th Century Italian Renaissance Palace styles of architecture and a dozen landmark historically styled turn of the century mansions by such well known architects of the era as: Stanford White, Henry J. Hardenberg, John Ducan, Robert H, Robertson, Warren & Wetmore and others.

Along the way we will see buildings by such well knwon modern architects as: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Gordon Bunshaft. Also, randomly mixed in with the historically styled buildings (mansions, club houses, hotels, office buildings) and the Modern skyscrapers (office buildings) are a large number of Post Modern skyscrapers including two by Philip Johnson and one with a nice optical illusion. And to Make the mix more interesting will see an early example of deconstructivism in a Manhattan skyscraper.

For the three hour walking tour each participant is given an itinerary with 26 stops which include 19 New York City landmarks and eight national landmarks.
All stops are fully discussed.

The Two Hour Walking Tour Features:

The Three Hour Walking Tour Also Includes: