Private Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour
This Midtown Manhattan walking tour includes every aspect of the built environment: the city's historical move uptown, public and private works of art and architecture. This tour is unique for the underground passages, tunnels and POPS (privately-owned-public-places) that link these curated blocks of the city's most interesting and engaging spaces.
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Private Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour
What's included in Private Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour
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Hell's Kitchen
We start the tour by dipping our toe into the tenements of Hell's Kitchen, a good juxtaposition for the residential history we see on Fifth Avenue at the end of the tour. We discuss zoning laws and POPS (privately-owned-public- spaces) at Worldwide Plaza.
Times Square
At the Citizen Hotel in tims Square we discuss the history of New York and its move uptown. In the hotel lobby we see works by Julien Opie
Times SquarePass-by Only
787 Axa Equitable (now, BNP Paribas). Here we deconstruct a Roy Lichtenstein mural, then head out back to more works of art and 6 1/2 Avenue, a quirk of zoning and creative urban planning.
Inclusions
- Expert guide
- Gratuities
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- We meet in front of the Food Emporium supermarket on the northeast corner of 49th Street and 8th Avenue.
End Points
- The tour ends on 57th Street below the residential "pencil towers" of Billionaire's Row, near the corner of Tiffany's and Fifth Avenue.
