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Highlights
- Live, online tour of the Grand Central Terminal area with Stan, your fantastic licensed New York guide
- Walk to, and through world-famous buildings such as Waldorf Astoria Hotel, RCA Building, Rockefeller Center
- Hear interesting stories about this area as you make your way from Broadway to the famous Times Square
Description
Join me for a live-streamed walk around the Grand Central Terminal area as I explain how the district came to be.
Take a walk north on Park Avenue, underneath which all of Grand central's trains run to the New York City suburbs. See the world-famous Waldorf Astoria hotel as well as take a distant view of architect Raymond Hood's 1930 original RCA building, an example of the Art Deco era. The building and the church next to it were featured in films like Salt and Mr And Mrs Smith.
Then we make our way through Rockefeller Center, built with oil money by John D. Rockefeller Jr., whose family owned 70% of all the oil wells in the USA. It was the only privately funded skyscraper construction project in the 1930s in New York and is lavishly decorated with sculptures, bas-reliefs, and paintings. In fact, you will be taken to the spot where two separate kinds of sculptures make sense together. One long block from Rockefeller Center is Times Square. We will look at the exteriors of a few Broadway theatres and Shubert Alley and finish at the center of all the signage.
About this experience
What's included
- Real-time walking tour of Midtown with a professional New York guide
- An interactive session where your local guide will tell you about the most famous buildings in the area
Instructions
- Please have a good internet connection and Zoom app installed on your phone or laptop
- The instructions to join the meeting will be sent via email shortly after the booking
Know before you go
- You can book this tour for $75 for a group of 3 screens or a private tour for $125 and invite up to 10 friends and family to join this activity with you from all over the world. You will see the option to book this experience as a private tour on the checkout page if it is available for that time slot.
- Since this tour involves walking to various places, the internet connection may sometimes be weak. However, we will attempt to minimize such disruptions
- Since these are live tours, they may be subject to last minute cancellation due to inclement weather, Internet disruptions or other unforeseen circumstances.
Meet your Host
Stan
I am a licensed guide in New York City, a certified member of the Guides Association of New York City (GANYC), and a member of the IATDG. My goal is to give entertaining, fun tours of New York City while imparting historic, scientific, architectural, natural, and other information during each tour. I’ve worked with school groups, seniors, organizations, travel agents and coach companies from all over. I enjoy those teachable ‘aha' moments when the customer leaps to a fuller understanding of the experience they’re having.
From USD 75 / Group
Important Information
- Fully refundable in case of any cancellation upto 2 days before the tour.