New York Sightseeing: History, Cultural and Architecture Tour

First things first: Let's get acquainted! We'll walk from your hotel, or where you're staying, and with me you'll very quickly get into step with how casual New York is. I like to take each street as part of a tasting menu - so we'll check its "flavors": the pulse of its traffic; the sound of its people; and we'll walk into a few of its stores (particularly if we're in a shopping district!) to get a sense of the commerce that nourishes the neighborhood. I know - that sounds almost clinical! But it's a way of orienting you to your "new" neighborhood - your new home, at least for a while. I've lived in Manhattan for 44 years, and have absorbed and ingested the history of this city both as it's changed and grown in my time, and as it grew through the centuries since before Henry Hudson made his voyage. Maybe we'll walk by the Barbizon 63 - and imagine Grace Kelley as a single girl among many in that women only hotel? Or I could take you on a symphony of a walk down to Washington Square - let's go!