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List of Walks: Architecture

Architecture of New York

PRICE: $65 per person or $300 per group

This three-hour walk traverses one of the world's greatest thoroughfares, 42nd Street, to discuss architecture in New York City. Stretching from the East River to the Hudson River and cutting... more >>

Central Park, American Landscape

PRICE: $65 per person or $300 per group

More than any single landmark, Central Park lies at the physical and spiritual heart of New York. Conceived as the green lungs for a rapidly urbanizing metropolis in the 19th century, it has evolved... more >>

Brooklyn, Portrait of a City

PRICE: $65 pp or from $300 per group

During this three-hour walk of Brooklyn's major neighborhoods, we'll paint a portrait of the social and economic history, the architecture, and the dynamic cultural make-up of New York City's most... more >>

Jackson Heights, Immigration & Architecture

PRICE: $65 per person or $300 per group

In the 1990s, the borough of Queens, NY became the most ethnically diverse county in America. Often compared to Manhattan's Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th century, today's Queens is a... more >>

Morgan Library

PRICE: group: $55 pp / private: $250

In the midst of the hustle and bustle of midtown Manhattan is an oasis dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and the appreciation of beauty: The Morgan Library & Museum. Originally the private... more >>

Cloisters: Medieval Art & Architecture

PRICE: small group $55 pp / private: $250

Hidden away at the top of Manhattan in Fort Tryon Park is one of the jewels of the city-- the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of Medieval art and architecture of Western Europe. The... more >>

The Frick

PRICE: $55 pp (small group), from $250 (private)

The art collection of Gilded Age industrialist Henry Clay Frick stands among the best collections of European art in America. This two-hour visit to the collection, led by an art historian, aims to... more >>

Greenwich Village

PRICE: small group: $65 pp / private: $300

Greenwich Village has always been a place apart from the rest of New York. Not only does the city's grid find exception here; but the residents of this hamlet within the city have always defined... more >>

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MoMA Seminar

Context walking tour
  • The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) holds one of the world's premiere collections of modern art. Completely renovated and expanded in 2004 by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi, the museum provides the... >>
  • 3 hours

Tasting the Immigrant Experience

Context walking tour
  • Manhattan's Little Italy and Chinatown have been home to Italian and Chinese immigrants since the 1870s and retain much of their nineteenth and early twentieth century feel both in the scale of the... >>
  • 2.5 hours