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$250 USDPER TOURForupto8people(duration: 2 hours)deposit ?
Tour Number
Activity Level
1335275
Light
Categories
City, Hiking and Walking, Museums / Culture
Details
Kid Friendly: No.
Friendly: No.
Maximum travelers: 8
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How the very wealthy lived in a time of great wealth and poverty in NYC - 1860 to 1895
The tour will take us up Fifth Avenue stopping at the former homes of some of New York's most prominent and wealthy families. We'll examine the lives of people like the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Carnegies, the Woolworths, the Dukes and the Fricks. All of whom had opulent homes on New York's most fashionable street, Fifth Avenue. These homes were single family residences complete with ballrooms and space for plenty of entertaining. We'll discuss how each of these families made their fortunes and in some cases, how they lost them. We'll also see how Fifth Avenue was transformed from a boulevard of mighty mansions to one with more modest, yet still opulent apartment buildings, which became the home of people such as William Paley, founder of CBS as well as Mary Tyler Moore.
This tour would not have been possible with out the help of my friend Emma CG . . thank you Emma!
Itinerary
1) Starting at today's Temple Emanuel - 1 East 65th Street
2) The Frick Collection - 1 East 70th Street
3) 740 Park Avenue - who lives there today!
4) Gertrude Rhinelander Mansion, The Ralph Lauren Store - 867 Madison Avenue -
5) Former home of Joseph Pulitzer - 11 East 73rd Street
6) Anna and Edward Harkness - 1 East 75th Street
7) James B & Nalene Duke House - 1 East 78th Street
8) Payne and Helen Hay Whitney House / Henry Clay Cooke House - 972 & 973 Fifth Avenue
9) Isaac and Mary Fletcher, Harry F. Sinclair, Augustus and Anne Van Horn Styuvesant House - 2 East 79th Street
10) The Woolworth homes - 2, 4, 6 East 80th Street
11) Benjamin and Sarah Duke House - 1009 Fifth Avenue
12) The Cornelius Vanderbilt III House - 1048 Fifth Avenue
13) Cooper Hewitt Museum / The Andrew Carnegie House - 2 East 91st Street
14) The Otto Kahn House / Convent of the Sacred Heart - 1 East 91st Street
15) The Vanderbilt Sisters Houses - 7 & 9 East 91st Street
Meeting Point + Tour Duration
Meeting Point Options: Suggested by Guide: 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY
Duration: 2 hours
Transportation
Walking, maybe Madison Avenue bus if necessary
What’s Included
- Guiding Services
Estimated Local Cash Needed
No cash is needed for this tour
What’s Extra
- Personal Expenses
- Souvenirs
- Public Transportation Tickets
- Food, Drinks, Snacks
Restrictions
I am not a driver and prefer to do tours by foot, subway or bus.
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Maximum travelers: 8
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