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4.84 out of 5 average rating, 201 reviewsStep inside Fifth Avenue's gilded age mansions
Wander through Gilded Age mansions along Fifth Avenue. Trace tales of power, love, and architecture.
4.98 out of 5 average rating, 281 reviewsBrooklyn Heights and Dumbo Highlights
Discover architectural, cultural and historical gems as you explore two of the most picturesque neighborhoods in Brooklyn in one epic experience.
4.99 out of 5 average rating, 112 reviewsUncover New York's hidden art and architecture
Explore NYC's hidden gems and stunning structures with John, a retired civil engineer and licensed guide. Uncover art secrets while enjoying stories of iconic bridges and vibrant murals.
5 out of 5 average rating, 2 reviewsArt Deco Icons of NYC Tour
From towering spires to subteranean passageways, this Art Deco tour reveals the unseen side of New York’s most famous and overlooked skyscrapers from the 1920s and 1930s!
5 out of 5 average rating, 10 reviewsStroll amid Lower Manhattan’s public art scene
With an urban art insider, take in modernist sculptures, uncover the surprising history behind the FiDi skyline, and hunt for secret spaces created by corporate compromise.
5 out of 5 average rating, 2 reviewsSoHo: A Walk from Astor Place to The Five Points
The most requested tour of 1840s New York was to go from the elite residential neighborhoods to the Five Points, today it is a walk through SoHo, an architecturally rich Manhattan neighborhood.
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New place to stayPowering NYC: East River Ferry Tour
Visit the birthplace of America’s first power plant, see the plants powering the city today, and sail past iconic bridges and abandoned islands as we explore a clean energy future.
New place to stayThe Tenement History & the Lower East Side
This tour explores the evolution of the New York City tenement building-type and tracks the massive immigrant waves who came through one of history's most iconic neighborhoods.
New place to stayMidtown Manhattan Art & Architecture Walking Tour
This tour covers the fundamentals of architecture, from the Classical to the Art Deco to the Modern, while engaging with dozens of works of public and private art along the way.
New place to stayExplore the Gilded Age City around Madison Square
Explore the ruins of a forgotten city around Madison Square when the finest shops, theaters and hotels radiated out from 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
New place to stayArchitecture, Holdouts and the Midtown Streetscape
On this tour of the Midtown Business District we look at how holdouts--property owners and leaseholders who refused to sell to a developer--changed the city's streetscape in a variety of ways.
New place to stay'Under the High Line' Walking Tour
Explore the Meatpacking and Chelsea’s transformation since the High Line opened, trace its history and discover the hidden link between various buildings that have added to the city's built legacy.
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