Price from:
40 USD
Join Us as We Unveil the Vistas of New York’s Greatest Work of Art
*This is an in-person walking tour.*
Duration
2 hours
Overview
This walking tour focuses on the natural and man-made beauties of Central Park, New York’s greatest works of art.
Central Park is the largest surviving piece of open space in Manhattan, but its landscape and scenery are actually artificial, constructed from designs by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux starting in the late 1850s.
Tour Highlights
* The Literary Walk with its magnificent elm trees
* Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
* The Boat House
* Sheep Meadow
And many, many more of the elements assembled to give the visitor a moment of ease and tranquility, far from the frenetic life of the city just outside the park walls.
Central Park is also a fine example of 19th-century ideas about the power of a city’s government and government officials to positively affect the lives of its citizens. We will see how Vaux and Olmsted designed a democratic space for all New Yorkers and visitors, no matter their social or economic status, an essential aspect of the park’s history that still applies today.
Please Note
*The tour takes place rain or shine. We will send you the meeting location after you sign up*
Booking Notes
##We can't wait to share New York's history with you!
Your guide for the Central Park Walking Tour is Emma Guest-Consales. She will meet you in Grand Army Plaza next to the Pulitzer Fountain located at 5th Avenue and 58th Street, just across from the Plaza Hotel.
- Please **dress for the weather**, as our walking tours are conducted rain or shine. After all, New York doesn’t stop for the weather!
- Please arrive **5 minutes early!**
- Please note that tips for the guide are not required, but always appreciated, especially after the financially devastating year that COVID-19 had on tourism in NYC.
If you have any questions about the tour, you can email info@boweryboyswalks.com.
In the meantime, you can listen to a Bowery Boys podcast on the park to study up for the tour:
https://omny.fm/shows/the-bowery-boys-new-york-city-history/54-the-creation-of-central-park
##See you soon,
Bowery Boys Walks
