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Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour

Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour

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This Midtown Manhattan walking tour is a comprehensive look at the city's historical development as told through the buildings themselves. Fascinating strands of social, cultural, technological, real estate and zoning law histories are woven together in this wide and deep look New York's Midtown art and architecture.

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Thu 20 Mar

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Dodatkowe informacje

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
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

Czego oczekiwać

Eighth Avenue

We begin at the boundary of Hells Kitchen and Times Square with an overview of the city's historic move uptown. We cover the basics of historical (academic) architecture up to the Modern period, and from overblown Beaux Arts to ornament-free skyscrapers. We learn the fundamentals of zoning in this POPS (Privately Owned Public Space). Works by Sidney Simon and Matt Mullican.

Times Square

We stop at the Allianz Building and Warner Music Group to take in the view of Times Square from the north. Zoning laws achieved a look inspired by Tokyo!

6 1/2 Avenue

We look as far uptown as we can along this 6-block long quirk in zoning, so-called "6 1/2 Avenue," a mid-block arcade that doesn't quite connect Times Square with Central Park.

UBS Art Gallery

They have a world renown collection and their lobby is divided between temporary and permanent exhibits that include Frank Stella and Sarah Morris.

Exxon Building

Monumental is the common theme to works by Hiroshu Senju and Kan Yasuda. Outside on the plaza is La Gran Manzana.

Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)

We stop in 1221 (the McGraw Hill building) the see a work by visual artist Mark Bradford. Out onto Sixth Avenue stand below "Skyscraper Alley," some of the worst products wrought by man and zoning law. Across the street begins the art and architecture, and story Rockefeller Center, one of the greatest civic-minded entrepreneurial (seriously) projects in modern history. The Art Deco of Rockefeller Center would come to define the style. Most interesting to point out are the subtle shifts from the "Modernistic" (Art Deco) to the Modern as the project progressed after the passing of Raymond Hood.

Radio City Music Hall

We learn the origin story of the name for every venue today named Roxy.

Rockefeller Center

The politics of the day, and the Rockefeller family dynamic, are the most interesting backstories to the art history of likely the most important corporate lobby in Modern history. The story of radio and David Sarnoff is also integral to the story.

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Art and architecture reach their apex outside where the Christmas tree goes every year. There is a mix-bag of interesting history: holdouts, Diego Rivera and the Rockefellers, the story of the ice-skating rink and perhaps the greatest reversal-of-fortune in Rockefeller Center history.

Rockefeller Center

The lobby of the International Building is a work of art itself. Light and Movement by Michio Lhaza are the wall "center pieces." Atlas by Lee Lawrie stands outside facing St. Pat's

St. Patrick's Cathedral

The history of Fifth Avenue is told through its buildings.

Park Avenue

Architecture. We learn the evolution of Park Avenue from open train tracks, to high end residential, to today's corporate buildings. Buildings discussed are: The Health and Racquet Club (1918), St. Bart's (1919), The New York Central Building (1929), The Waldorf Astoria (1931), The GE Building (1931), Lever House (1952), The Seagram Building (1958), and the Met Life Building (1963).

Eighth Avenue

Times Square

We stop at the Allianz Building and Warner Music Group to take in the view of Times Square from the north. Zoning laws achieved a look inspired by Tokyo!

6 1/2 Avenue

We look as far uptown as we can along this 6-block long quirk in zoning, so-called "6 1/2 Avenue," a mid-block arcade that doesn't quite connect Times Square with Central Park.

UBS Art Gallery

They have a world renown collection and their lobby is divided between temporary and permanent exhibits that include Frank Stella and Sarah Morris.

Exxon Building

Monumental is the common theme to works by Hiroshu Senju and Kan Yasuda. Outside on the plaza is La Gran Manzana.

Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)

Radio City Music Hall

We learn the origin story of the name for every venue today named Roxy.

Rockefeller Center

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center

The lobby of the International Building is a work of art itself. Light and Movement by Michio Lhaza are the wall "center pieces." Atlas by Lee Lawrie stands outside facing St. Pat's

St. Patrick's Cathedral

The history of Fifth Avenue is told through its buildings.

Park Avenue

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Recenzje (24)

MaryD151

Dec 2024

You think you’ve seen it all in Midtown! Well, we were wrong and you’ll be surprised too. The art, the history, the intrigues to get structures built, the families behind it all….Rob knows it all and shares it with enthusiasm and a sense of the awe and fun of NYC. The three hours raced by and we decided to take two more tours with him with our remaining two days in the City. Best use of our time we could have hoped for. He’s a scholar with a gift for connecting dots not unlike Robert Caro. In fact, if Rob writes a book about NYC history, you’ll want to read that too?

Odpowiedź od gospodarza

Dec 2024

Thank you!!!

davidsN1816OR

Dec 2024

An excellent tour guide, very knowledgeable and personable! Opened our eyes to much that we had just walked by in mid-twon in the past.

Odpowiedź od gospodarza

Dec 2024

Thank you so much for the review, I hope to see you again!

suzanneb417

Nov 2024

What a terrific walking tour this was (albeit a long tour - 3-1/2 hours - so we were tired by the end), but it was so worth every minute. Rob is enormously knowledgeable on NYC history, art installations in unexpected locations, how building codes and regulations influenced architecture. He comes fully prepared with maps and photographs illustrating his points so that it became easy to understand what we were looking at. We learned so much and are still talking about how much fun we had.

Odpowiedź od gospodarza

Nov 2024

Thank you for such a great a review! It was wonderful taking you around and I hope to see you again!