The walking tour & the slideshow focuses on a part (3rd Ave. - Ave. A & E. 14 St. - 18 St.) of a slum neighborhood known as the Gashouse District. Early on in the 1840s part of the area was cut out and developed as a wealthy enclave called Stuyvesant Square, the area immediately surrounding Stuyvesant Park. About a century later another part of the area, that was once known as the Gashouse District, developed into Stuyvesant Town. I am focusing on the history & the architecture of both these neighborhoods with the help of interesting pictures & stories. And I hope to aid our understanding of what was here before & what survives from the past.

The Walking Tour & the Slideshow explore 2 Stuyvesant Neighborhoods.:
Stuyvesant Town & the Stuyvesant Park Historic District & its environs

Highlights Include :

The Stuyvesant Historic District

• Henry Hill Pierce House, early 1850’s, looks as if it may have come from a midival German town
• The site of: The Woman's Medical College of NY & The New York Infirmary - both founded by:
  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the 1s woman doctor in the U.S. & her sister Dr. Emilly Blackwell - see what they looked like
• originally St. George’s Memorial House, 1888, home to St. George’s Club
• A row of landmark Italianate brick houses from 1852
• The Lying in Hospital (J.P. Morgan Sr., Dr. James Markoe)now an apartment house
• Saint George's Church & Chapel, where J.P. Morgan worshiped (Rev. William S. Rainsford)
• The site of "Silent Charlie" Murphy's mansion
• The Sidney Webster Mansion designed by, Richard Morris Hunt, the "where do I stand" letter
• Elegant, Anglo-Italianate Townhouses from 1860's
• The mansion where "The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing" lived at the turn of last century
• The site & picture of the Hamilton Fish Mansion
• Friends Meeting House & Seminary
• "Peter Stuyvesant" by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
• Saint George's Chapel
• "Antonin Dvorak" his bust & the site where he lived (Harry T. Burleigh)

Stuyvesant Town

• Find out about the site's history with "the Gashouse District" & Clubber Williams
  along with a the names of some of the well known or famous New Yorkes that lived in Stuyvesant Town
• Imaculate Conception Church   -  Dumbell Tenements  -   The 2nd Ave. El on 1st Ave.
• Typhoid Mary   -   Meyer London

Find Out About:

• The development of Stuyvesant Square Park & "Manhattan's Four Squares"
• The site of Dr. Kreizler's home in the novel: "The Alienist"
• The sites on Stuyvesant Square where William Deans Howel, William Merritt Chase & Reginald Marsh lived

The tour starts at: the Northeast corner of E. 14 St. & 1 Ave.
#4, #5, #6, N, R, Train to Union Square or E & F or # 1, #2, #3 trains to W. 14 St. & transfer to L train to 1 Ave.

The walking tour consultation & the private slideshow presentation are hosted by Alfred Pommer a college graduate, an author,
an informative native New Yorker & a licensed New York City Guide, who has spent over 30 years researching, creating
& leading walking tours in Manhattan's many diverse neighborhoods.

These are links to Alfred Pommer's author page at: amazon.com & at: goodreads for information about
4 Manhattan Neighborhood Walking Tour Guide Books authored by Alfred Pommer
& published by The History Press (Arcadia Publishing)

Publisher needed for new nonfiction neighborhood walking tour guide books

Interested in a Private Walking Tour Consultation or a Private Slide Show Presentation ? - Call: (212) 979-2388 for details
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