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PUBLIC TOURS
(On select dates we will be offering public walking
tours. For reservations and further information, click the link above.)
About
Our Tours
All tours are led by Michelle or
James Nevius and feature a mix of stops that highlight the history, architecture,
and cultural development of the neighborhood. We are both historians who
believe that the best way to experience New
York City is up close and on foot.
Booking
All tours are given exclusively on a private basis so
that you can pick the time and date that best accommodates your schedule. The
tour covers between a mile-a-half and two-and-a-half miles in approximately
two hours. The tour costs a flat fee of $80 for groups of 1, 2, or 3 people;
it is $20.00 per person if your party has four or more people. Discounts are
available for student groups and parties of more than 10 people.
To contact us about
booking this tour
please email
walknyc@gmail.com
or
call (toll-free) 1-877-572-9719
or
in NYC: 212-666-2903
Questions?
Follow
this link to our Frequently Asked Questions page.
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this link for Customer
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Exploring
Historic Chinatown
 The neighborhood we
now know as Chinatown has a long and rich history—this tour traces the
development of the area from the establishment of farms along the Bowery by
the Dutch West India Company in the 1620s to its present life as the largest
Chinese community in America.
Along the way, visitors will explore the layers of the city’s history, as
what was once bucolic fields gave rise to the predominantly Irish Five Points
neighborhood, which in turn was melded into Little Italy, and then,
ultimately, modern Chinatown. Sometimes all of these layers can be seen in
one building, such as Church of the Transfiguration on Mott Street.
Planned
stops on the tour include*:
- Chatham
Square and the Kim Lau Memorial
- The
burial ground of Congregation Shearith Israel,
the first Jewish congregation in America (celebrating its
350th Anniversary in 2004)
- Mott Street, the first Chinese Street
in New York,
and still the center of “old” Cantonese Chinatown
- A
storefront Buddhist temple
- The
Church of the Transfiguration
- Columbus Park
- New York's oldest
tenement building and other typical dwellings
- The
heart of “new” Fujianese Chinatown
- St.
James’ Church, at one time one of the largest Irish Catholic churches in
the city, with over 20,000 members
- Sites
associated with the American Revolution
- The
Mariner’s Temple,
the oldest Baptist church in the city
- The
Edward Mooney House (constructed ca. 1785)
- The
so-called “bloody angle” of Doyers
Street
- The
remnants of Five Points
- This tour uses
historical maps, drawings, and photographs to illustrate the changes
that been made—as well as those that have not been made—over the
last 400 years in this neighborhood.
*
all walking tour itineraries are subject to change
“Add an
Hour”
For
an additional $10 per person (or a flat fee of $120 for groups of 1-3
people), you can add an hour to the length of your tour and spend some time
exploring one of the neighborhoods that borders Chinatown, such as Lower
Manhattan, Soho/TriBeCa or The
Lower East Side.
For more information, please visit our Add
an Hour page by CLICKING HERE; to book this tour, click on one of
the following email links:
1) Chinatown
+ Lower Manhattan
2) Chinatown
+ the Lower East Side
3) Chinatown
+ SoHo/ TriBeCa
(Please note that
you may only add one additional neighborhood to the tour.)
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