Midtown Manhattan and Central Park Half-Day Walking Tour

Midtown Manhattan is the world's largest business district, and home to the world's most expensive and iconic real estate. Central Park borders on Midtown and is arguably the world's most famous urban park. In this tour, we experience the stark and wonderful contrast of these next-door neighbors. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Beaux-Arts movement gave architects a way to convey the city's growing wealth and prominence in the very grand Grand Central Terminal and New York Public Library. In the 1930s, sleek skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building and 30 Rockefeller Plaza introduced the glamour that made Midtown Manhattan the phenomenon it is. Based on innovative design, Central Park is rich with varied landscapes, uncommon structures, and delightful surprises. All my adult life I've lived within walking distance of these areas, and explore them regularly. Let me show you what makes them so special.

There are numerous restrooms and opportunities for food along the route. It being Midtown Manhattan and Central Park, the itinerary below lists just the major points of interest. There will be many others, including more exemplary examples of Art Deco. If it's more convenient for you, we can flip the itinerary and begin at the end—that is, at the Dakota. On 42nd Street: Grand Central Terminal Chrysler Building New York Public Library Bryant Park On Fifth Avenue: Rockefeller Center St. Patrick's Cathedral Trump Tower Plaza Hotel In Central Park: Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Strawberry Fields Just outside the park on Central Park West: The Dakota