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| 92nd Street Y Announces Fall Walking Tours |
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| Tickets/Registration: 212.415.5500 |
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| Media Contact: Lauren Phillips, 212.415.5402, email |
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| 92nd STREET Y WALKING TOURS GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND OFF THE BEATEN PATH |
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| Fall 2007 |
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| New York, NY, August, 21, 2007—This fall, take a walking tour with the 92nd Street Y and see New York City as you've never seen it before! From Grand Central Station to the United Nations, get an inside look at some of the Big Apple's most famous attractions. If you're up for something new, discover unique restaurants and shops in neighborhoods like the Bronx, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side. |
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| **MEETING PLACE FOR ALL TOURS PROVIDED AT REGISTRATION** |
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Mon, Sep 24, 9:30-11:30 AM, $25
GOURMET WALKING TOUR OF TRIBECA
Visit Tribeca's most delightful gastronomic destinations. Stop at gourmet stores, wine and cheese shops, bakeries and more. Taste samples and get an inside look at new products. Francine Segan, a noted food historian and the author of four cookbooks, guides the tour and offers tips for buying and using specialty ingredients.
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Sun, Sep 30, 3-6 PM, $60
NEW YORK SOUNDWALKING EXPERIENCE
Explore the city through sound on an excursion whose primary "focal" point is listening to the environment, rather than seeing it. This kind of listening uses sight deprivation, but soundwalkers also "listen" by touch. The soundwalking experience will change the way you think and feel about sound and perhaps change how you "view" the city. Your guide, Katie Down is a composer, sound artist, and multi instrumentalist who has created and performed sound scores for US and European theater and dance companies and international festivals. She performs in many different genres including jazz and free improvisation, Sephardic songs from the Balkans with her group Adelantre, and 20s and 30s swing music with Ukuladies.
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Sun, Sep 30, 11 am, $150 (includes lunch and transportation)
THE STONE BARNS CENTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN POCANTICO HILLS
Take a break from city life to visit an 80-acre organic sustainable farm in Westchester County, where you'll learn how organic seasonal produce is raised alongside free-range chickens. The day begins with lunch at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where you'll taste the bounty of the Hudson Valley such as fresh vegetables, meats, eggs, and honey. Meet the chefs and hear how they prepare food that combines resources from Stone Barns and other area farmers.
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Tue, Oct 2, 2-4 PM, $25
HISTORIC TRIBECA WALKING TOUR
Discover the secrets of Tribeca's cobblestone streets on this tour of the Triangle Below Canal Street led by Pamela Skillins, an author and journalist who covers New York for the New York Times Company's about.com. From farmland to commercial warehouse district to stylish celebrity zip code, Tribeca has enjoyed a rich history. Explore trendy restaurants, lounges and boutiques and learn about this history and architecture that make the neighborhood unique.
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Sun, Oct 7, 11 am-1 pm, $25
BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND BEYOND
Take a brief tour of City Hall Park then walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and back across the Manhattan Bridge. Enjoy great skyline views and fascinating history. Tour ends in Chinatown/Little Italy, where you may enjoy lunch. Bring water; wear comfortable shoes.
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Tue, Oct 9, 10:15 am-1 pm, $55
UNITED NATIONS TOUR AND LUNCH IN THE DELGATE'S DINING ROOM
Take in the splendor of the celebrated United Nations building with a private guided tour — right after the conclusion of the General Assembly! Afterwards, enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime meal alongside United Nations members in the legendary Delegate's Dining Room, which appropriately features an international buffet.
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Sun, Oct 14, 11 am-1 pm, $25
RESTORING THE LOWER EAST SIDE—SYNAGOGUES RENEWED
Venture inside Kehila Kedosha Janina, the last remaining Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, and see traditional and cultural treasures. Visit Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, renowned for its gothic architecture and Russian Jewish history. Walk the streets of Kleiner Deutschland and discuss the first wave of German Jewish immigration.
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Mon Oct 15, 2-4 PM, $25
FIVE POINTS WALKING TOUR
The Five Points District is the site of one of the most notorious slums in New York's history. Charles Dickens said it was worse than any slum in London; Davy Crockett claimed he'd rather tackle a mountain lion bare-handed than a Five Points gangster. Learn how an attempt to improve the city in 1800 went horribly wrong and see what they did about it. The tour includes the African Burial Grounds, the Tombs and a bit of Chinatown.
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Tue, Oct 16, 2-4 PM, $25
EAST VILLAGE GOURMET TOUR
St. Marks Place and the surrounding area is home to many cutting edge, fun gourmet spots. A visit to a famous tea house offers a chance to sample several types of teas and taste foods cooked with tea. The tour also includes stops at an automat, coffee venders, cheese mongers and a trip to chocolate paradise — Max Brenner: Chocolates by the Bald Man.
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Fri, Oct 19, 12 pm, $55
WALDORF-ASTORIA TOUR AND HIGH TEA
Get a behind-the-scenes view of the Waldorf-Astoria, one of the world's most luxurious hotels. Afterwards, enjoy a lush tea service on the hotel's fabled Cocktail Terrace, where you can sample an assortment of freshly prepared sandwiches, buttermilk scones, and, of course, a variety of gourmet teas.
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Fri, Oct 19, 2 pm-7 pm, $95 (includes lunch and transportation)
ARTHUR AVENUE, THE BRONX
Discover the Bronx's Arthur Avenue district, a great place for ingredients like fresh mozzarella, classic Italian deli meats, handmade sausages and fresh fish. Talk to the characters behind the scenes, tour the stores and enjoy a great meal. Mike Colameco, host and producer of public television's Colameco's Food Show, is your guide.
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Sat, Oct 20, 8-10 PM, $20
DOWNTOWN NIGHT SAFARI WALK
Explore the Financial District under the stars, on streets that are among the oldest in New York. Learn about the famous people buried in Trinity Church, hear about the origins of early street names and walk through the "canyons" of Wall Street. Highlights include the Fire Department's 9/11 memorial plaque, Trinity Church, Federal Hall, the Customs House and the remnants of the Wall Street explosion of 1920.
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Tue, Nov 6, 11 AM- 1 PM, $25
GREENWICH VILLAGE GOURMET TOUR
Join cookbook author and food historian FRANCINE SEGAN for a tour of Bleecker Street and beyond. Stop at a wide range of gourmet spots including pastry and cheese shops, an award-winning bakery, coffee and tea emporiums, a wine store and more. Taste samples and get buying and cooking tips.
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Thu, Nov 8, 8:30 am-6 pm, $65 (Includes museum admission and transportation)
PUT THE "GRAND" BACK INTO THE GRAND CONCOURSE
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the cultural revitalization of the South Bronx and the Grand Concourse. Visit the beautifully expanded Bronx Museum and its featured show of Quisqueya Henriquez installations. View nearby artworks commissioned in old and new public schools, libraries and courthouses by WPA artists and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Cai Quo-Qiang and Alan and Ellen Wexler. Lunch on your own at the Bruckner Café.
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Fri, Nov 9, 10 am-1 pm, $35
NOSHES AND NIBBLES ON ST. MARK'S PLACE
St. Mark's Place and the East Village are home to a great variety of the world's cuisines—Japanese, Israeli, Belgian and Jewish-American, to name a few, so the area is perfect for adventurous noshers and nibblers. Join culinary historian Alexandra Leaf as you sample the freshest hummus outside of Israel, unique chocolate confections, hibiscus sangria, brick oven pizza made with mozzarella di Bufala and other treats.
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Sun, Nov 11, 11 am-1 pm, $25
BIALYSTOKER THE BEAUTIFUL, SHTEIBL ROW AND THE SITES OF HISTORIC EAST BROADWAY
Discover 150 years of Lower East Side history on Shteibl Row, noted for its abundance of 19th-century one- and two-room synagogues. Visit the meticulously restored Bialystoker Synagogue and hear the story of this sacred site's role in the Underground Railroad. See the original site of the Henry Street Settlement and learn about the critical role played by settlement houses in this community.
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Sun, Dec 2, 11 am-1 pm, $25
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
Tour New York's most magnificent railroad station, which was restored to its original grandeur only a decade ago, and learn how Grand Central Terminal changed its neighborhood and the city. Visit the Whispering Gallery, the Biltmore Room, the grand waiting room and some of the surrounding area.
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| ABOUT THE 92nd STREET Y |
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Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the 92nd Street Y has grown into a wide-ranging cultural, educational and community center serving people of all ages, races, faiths and backgrounds. The 92nd Street Y's mission is to enrich the lives of the over 300,000 people who visit each year — both in person and through the Y's satellite, television, radio and Internet broadcasts. The organization offers comprehensive performing arts, film and spoken word events; courses in the humanities, the arts, personal development and Jewish culture; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and health and fitness programs for people of every age. Committed to making its programs available to everyone, the 92nd Street Y awards nearly $1 million in scholarships annually and reaches out to 7,000 public school children through fully-subsidized arts education programs. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org. |
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© 2008 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
All Rights Reserved. |
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