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Seller: PatriotTours
(Patriot Tours, Inc.)
Seller Description:
Patriot Tours, Inc. specializes in daily historic tours that focus on specific eras of New York City's past. We have been conducting tours since Spring, 2005. Meticulous research is done for all of our tours. Every event is true and every person is real. Stories are taken from newspaper and eyewitness accounts, as well as historic texts. Our research is ongoing so that we may continue to refine and improve our tours.
(Our guides are licensed by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs and have passed the required Sightseeing Guide Exam.)
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Activity Information:
Activity Description
New York City's financial district is filled with stunning architecture. On a single street we can find intricate 19th Century terra cotta co-existing with a shimmering Art Deco tower. Block after block is filled with architectural beauty unnoticed by hurried pedestrians. Their original owners, stylists and architects are, sadly, long forgotten. They tell the story of the city's history and growth, of booms and busts, of joy and sadness .
It's time to slow down and look up!
Above us we'll see:
- Archways decorated with vines and cornucopias
- Gargoyles gazing down on us
- Symbols of wealth, commerce, trade and industrialism
- Fantastic Art Deco ironwork
- Ornate towers reaching into the sky decorated with Gothic carvings and Greek columns
At each stop we'll talk about the story behind the building. What was going on in the city when it was built? Why was it built and what did it's designers and architects want it to represent? How was it used then and how is it used now?
We'll learn about owners and events stretching from colonial taverns to 20th century skyscrapers and a lot in between. Finally, we'll end our tour near City Hall among the city's finest public buildings and in the neighborhood of its first skyscrapers.
Some of the great buildings we'll see include:
- US Customs House
- Delmonico's Restaurant
- Standard Oil
- Cunard
- CIty Services Building
- 20 Exchange Place
- NY Stock Exchange
- Trinity Church
- Woolworth Building
- Potter Building and more.
Remember to bring binoculars if you have them!
Meeting Location:
Financial District (New York, NY)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
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