This Thanksgiving, our Chief Experience Officer reflects on his gratitude for the play that changed his life!
This now-obscure holiday was once bigger than Thanksgiving...and the 4th of July!
🎟️ Buy 1 tour ticket, get your 2nd ticket 50% off with code SUMMERINTHECITY
Applies to select tours running
until September 1
🗺️ Remnants of Dutch New Amsterdam
🏛️ Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions
🚆 NYC Underground Subway
✨ Remnants of the Worlds Fairs
⏰ Everyday at 10 am + 2 pm ET
📍Grand Central Terminal
Uncover remnants of a lost movie theater, peek inside hidden tennis courts (that used to be an indoor ski slope!), learn what secret messages are on the celestial ceiling, and discover more little-known facts about this famous landmark!
🎉 Celebrate NYC's 400th birthday with a special orchestral retrospective of NYC big band music led by eight-time Grammy Award-winner Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Bryant Park Picnic Performances presented by Bank of America
🎷 Catch free live musical performances all weekend long at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Marcus Garvey Park and Tompkins Square Park
⏰ 11 am - 1 pm ET
📍The Bowery at Bayard St.
Dive into the oft-ignored history of Chinatown from before it became a famous cultural enclave. On this tour, you will uncover what few visitors know: the rich history and scattered remnants of the district's pre-Chinatown eras, from the Revolutionary War period to the days of the notorious Five Points neighborhood.
⏰ 11:30 am - 3 pm ET
📍The Battery Ferry Terminal
Access buildings that are usually off-limits to the public on this exclusive tour led by a Save Ellis Island docent. As you explore, you'll discover large-than-life images from the Ellis Island archives pasted on the walls, windows, and doors as part of a site-specific art installation.
*Not included in SUMMERINTHECITY sale
⏰ 2 pm - 4 pm ET
📍50 Court St, Brooklyn
⭐ Untapped New York Members at the Insider tier and higher get 50% off!
Join us for the Brooklyn version of our popular NYC Underground Subway tour! Connected to the IRT in 1908, Brooklyn's subway system is packed with hidden histories and abandoned stations.
🛥️ Hop aboard an elegant 1920s-style yacht for a cruise along NYC's architectural landmarks, led by a member of the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) NYC chapter
🏙️ Join a PhD architect for a guided tour of the art and architecture of Chelsea, the High Line, and Hudson Yards
⏰ 11am - 1 pm ET
📍 Northwest corner of 139th and Lenox Avenue
Join a music industry professional for a stroll down Swing Street, Striver Row, and more streets of Harlem where Jazz greats lived, performed, and recorded timeless music.
🇺🇸 Commemorate The Battle of Brooklyn—the largest battle of the Revolutionary War—right where it happened, on land that is now part of The Green-Wood Cemetery. Meet costumed interpreters, see historical demonstrations, listen to stories of the Revolution, and participate in fun, hands-on activities at this free, family-friendly event.
🏆 Break out a red bowtie and slick your hair back for Coney Island's first-ever I Know You Are, But What Am I? A Pee-wee Universe Look Alike Contest in honor of actor Paul Reubens' birthday
🍸 Head to Gage & Tollner's nautical-themed speakeasy, Sunken Harbor Club, for a New Orleans cocktail workshop with bartender Abigail Gullo
🎾 Celebrate the start of the US Open with special cocktails and dishes from NYC restaurants, like this edible tennis court dessert at Industry Kitchen
📖 Bestselling author Russell Shorto joins Village Preservation for a free virtual talk, Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
🏛️ Uncover the hidden gems of Manhattan's west side on a virtual stroll up the coast with author William J. Hennessey as he shares his insights from his new book, Along the Hudson: Walking Manhattan’s Western Waterfront
💻 Explore the extraordinary life of Eve Adams—a woman whose story connects the bohemian world of Greenwich Village and horrors of the Second World War—in a free virtual talk with award-winning journalist Kellie B. Gormly, Deported from Greenwich Village: The Story of Eve Adams Across Continents
🌅 Check out the views from the rooftop of 499 President Street, and explore the luxury amenities of this new building on an exlclusive tour
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