Private tour in New York Ann M

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Base cost of tour
  • $ 263 USD

The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue

Tour #1335275
Pricing Details
Base cost of tour

Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

up to 8 people

2 hours

walking

Party size:

1

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Overview of your New york tour:

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. They all 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!

Your New york tour 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

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Transportation Details
Type: Walking

Walking, maybe Madison Avenue bus if necessary

What's included
  • Other
  • Private Guide
What's extra
  • Other: Personal expenses.
  • Public Transportation
  • Food Drinks Snacks
Meeting location

Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide: 1 East 65th Street, New York, NY

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Tour categories

History

Off The Beaten Path

Architecture

Languages
Fluent

English

Activity level
Minimal

Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

Size:

up to 8 people

Duration:

2 hours

Transportation:

walking

Party size:

1

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Includes all fees

Book with a 20% deposit

Size:

up to 8 people

Duration:

2 hours

Transportation:

walking

Party size:

1

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Select tour start time

View our cancellation policy

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