NEW YORK CITY CULTURAL WALKING TOURS

The Upper East Side (Yorkville) Tour Consulation & Slideshow Presentation

Exploring a Part of The Upper East Side's Past and Present

View a Yorkville Neighborhood slideshow

The walking tour consultation & the slide show presentation focuses on the history and architecture of a part of the Upper East Side known as Yorkville and includes interesting pictures and stories that help join us with the area's diverse past. We will walk through part of the area that used to be well known as Yorkville and by exploring its landmark buildings we will uncover different parts of its varied past.
Starting with a Georgian inspired mansion that once belonged to a man who almost prevented the stock market crash of 1929,
was elected president of the New York Stock Exchange four times and went to prison.
There is much more including Landmarked townhouses, row houses, model tenements and some typical tenements.
Immigrants, middle income New Yorkers, well to do / wealthy New Yorkers all share a part of Yorkville's rich history and we will get a little taste of each through our tour that includes 18 stops 11 of which are New York City and / or nationa landmarks.

Some of the Tours Highllights Are:

The Lewis Spencer Morris Mansion, 1923
The George and Martha Whitney Mansion, 1930
The Clarence Dillion Mansion, 1930.
The Vincent Astor Mansion, 1928
The Vanderbilt Tenements and the Avenue A Estates, both known as "model tenements"
Five landmark, modest townhouses from 1860
Six row houses from 1865
Landmark example of the Palladian style seen on London clubhouses
Henderson Place Historic District
Holy Trinity Church and
The Rhinelander family memorial
John Finley Walk
Gracie Square
Carl Schurz Park
Gracie Mansion (who was Archibald Gracie?)
General Slocum disaster

Interesting Facts About:

The man who almost prevented the stock market crash in 1929 and later went to prison
Harry Houdini (The boarding house where he lived as a child)
The Cottages on Third Avel. that were demolished.
The house where a teenage Jimmy Cagney lived when he was first married
York Avenue, who is it named for?
Carl Schurz - Robert Wagner - Irving Berlin - Gentleman Jimmy Walker and The Lunts

About three hours long

The tour starts at: the Southeast corner of East 80 Street and Park Avenue
#6 Train to E. 78 St. & Lexington Ave. or #4 & 5 to E. 86 St. & Lexington Ave.

The walking tour consulation is provided by Alfred Pommer, a college graduate, an informative native New Yorker, an author & a Licensed New York City guide, with over 30 years experience researching, creating & leading walking tours that focus on the history & architecture of 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.

(212) 979-2388 see my homepage www.nycwalk.com for free slideshows click here or: e mail

GANYC.org (Guides Association of New York City) Click here

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