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OUR WALKING TOUR GUIDEBOOK
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 two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half miles in
approximately two hours. The tour costs a flat fee of $160 for groups of 1,
2, or 3 people; it is $40.00 per person if your party is larger than four
people. Discounts are available for student groups.
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.
Follow
this link for Customer
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Discovering
Riverside Park
 Every New Yorker
knows Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's monumental Central Park; this
tour takes a leisurely stroll through another of their great achievements, Riverside Park,
which hugs the coast of Manhattan
north of 72nd Street.
Planned stops include*:
- The monument
to Eleanor Roosevelt
- The Hudson River piers (both old and brand-new)
- The 79th Street Boat Basin
- The Soldiers
and Sailors
Monument
- The
"You've Got Mail" flower garden
- The Joan of Arc Monument
- Riverside Drive
- The
Firefighter's Memorial
- Wildlife
sanctuary
- Riverside Church
- Grant's Tomb
- PLEASE NOTE: If your
primary interest in this tour is in seeing Grant’s Tomb, please
visit our Morningside Heights
tour page, as this is the better
option.
- In addition,
the tour is supplemented with vintage 19th-century drawings and
photographs that illustrate the changing nature of park and the
neighborhood.
The tour covers about three miles in
approximately two hours; the tour is suitable for anyone, but appeals mostly
to New Yorkers, or to those who'd like a tour with more scenery than history.
If
your main goal in taking this tour is seeing Grant’s Tomb (pictured above),
you are encouraged to take our tour of Morningside Heights—CLICK
HERE for more information. (The Riverside Park
tour doesn’t always make it as far north as the tomb!)
Also,
please note that this tour is only given in certain seasons and may not be appropriate
for all groups.
*
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 Riverside Park, Morningside Heights or
The Upper West 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) Riverside
Park + Morningside Heights
2) Riverside
Park + The Upper West Side
(Please note that
you may only add one additional neighborhood to the tour.)
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