Recreate the Most Requested Walking Tour of 1840s New York

Points forts

Itinéraire

1. 1

   We start at the ruins of Colonnade Row, the early 1830s residence in the country's elite. We will lay the groundwork of history and the forces that passed through a landmark location of many histories. What's most to be appreciated is the high ground setting of once was a pleasure garden when "the city" was far downtown.

   15 minutes•Entrée libre

2. 2

   We walk down Broadway and decode the streetscape making sense of history through the buildings, noticing their styles, and sizes, and how they may have been adapted (and re-adapted) for re-use. Images from the past show the evolution of the SoHo section of Broadway. What went on before the fashionable shops and the artists gallery before them? Who were the people who walked the sidewalks?

   15 minutes•Entrée libre

3. 3

   Roosevelt Island

   We stop to appreciate Louis Sullivan's only building in the city, and learn its role in the evolution of the skyscraper style.

   5 minutes•Entrée libre•Voir sur la carte

4. 4

   SoHo

   At Houston Street and Broadway the ancient geography makes it apparent in the asphalt why the grid began here. It was an early site of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, and an upper class residential neighborhood. The tour continues through SoHo, a name place only since the 1950s, which begs the question, how did people refer to this part of town at different times in the past? We go down Broadway with explanations, descriptions, and images that deconstruct of the streetscape and reveal the brick-and-mortar history of New York City.

   Passage sans arrêt•Entrée libre•Voir sur la carte

5. 5

   Canal Street

   The walk down to Canal Street

   The walk down to Canal Street is a roster of social and retail history, with stories and characters from a by-gone era.

   Passage sans arrêt•Entrée libre•Voir sur la carte

6. 6

   Foley Square

   Today's Civic Center

   Today's Civic Center was a lake, the shore of which had been the African Burial Ground through much of the British colonial period. The lake would be filled in, and along its old shoreline would develop The Five Points, the most notorious slum in New York City history.

   5 minutes•Entrée libre•Voir sur la carte

7. 7

   The tour ends at the location of The Five Points, now 500 Pearl Street. From the high historical social standing of the beginning of the tour, we end where the most long-lived desperate and deplorable living conditions once existed, from the Irish (and The Five Points), through the tenements of Mulberry Bend, the area is now at the border of the Court District and Chinatown.

   10 minutes•Entrée libre

Point de rendez-vous

We meet inside the Public Theater, New York's first public library. (Bathrooms are available)

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Prise en charge

• Rendez-vous au point de départ pour tous

À savoir avant de partir

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted
• One per booking
• • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended

Annulation et remboursement

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

• Annulé et intégralement remboursé si la météo l'exige
• Annulé et intégralement remboursé si trop peu de participants