2 to 3 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
6 people
English
Walk along Fifth Avenue and learn about its history on this guided tour. Associated with glitz and glamour, Fifth Avenue was once lined with the homes of New York's wealthiest residents. Hear about New York’s Gilded Age and the people of that time including the Vanderbilts, the Astors, and the Rockefellers. End the tour listening to live jazz.
A starting point of the tour, the Plaza was hailed the “greatest hotel in the world.” You will find out about its colorful history connected to the Vanderbilts, Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, just to name a few.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
An elegant bronze sculpture represents Pomona, the Roman goddess of abundance holding a basket of fruit. There is a tragic story behind what meets the eye.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Edwin Goodman, the first couturier to introduce ready-to-wear fashion, built the store on the site of the former mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the largest private residence ever built in New York City
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Tiffany Blue Box is possibly one the most recognizable and probably one of the most desired retail containers in history. The story of Tiffany’s is worth a stop.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The headquarters for the Trump Organization, the building has quite a unique exterior.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Another one of the Gilded Age grand hotels, St. Regis is not only stunning but has a great story.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
This French High Gothic Revival structure marks the place of Consuelo Vanderbilt wedding to 9th Duke of Marlborough.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
One of the surviving Gilded Age mansions which used to line up 5th Ave.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The last surviving on the many Vanderbilts’ mansions on 5th Avenue
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The largest Gothic Roman Catholic Cathedral in the US, it was ridiculed for being built in the wilderness, way too far outside the city. Like most NYC landmarks, St. Patrick’s has a fascinating story.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Home to some of the most recognizable tourist sites, like a Rockefeller Christmas Tree, the dramatic story of the Rockefeller Center centers around the Great Depression and the Rockefeller family.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Not just a department store, but one of the New York institutions since 1924
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The gilded lobby of the Fred F. French features the only Art Deco-cum-Babylonian design you’ll ever see
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The fabulous Grand Central Terminal – a Beaux-Arts Masterpiece built to house Cornelius Vanderbilt’s railroad network and envisioned as a gateway to the city.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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