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CENTRAL PARK TOUR

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  • All tours durations can be adapted to the needs of our customers.
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Itinerary

  • Visit the Plaza Hotel/Pulitzer Fountain area

    • Discuss the history of the hotel and its famous occupants
    • How and why the Pulitzer Fountain was built
    • The Vanderbilt Mansion/Bergdorf Goodman’s
    • The toy store that everyone pronounces incorrectly
    • Learn about General Sherman’s connection to NYC

  • Walk into Central Park

    • Discuss the gates and their names
    • View the art work and changing exhibits
    • Learn about the street vendors and performers
    • Find out the secret of knowing where you are in C Park
    • Central Park conservancy

  • Central Park Zoo

    • The Arsenal (see original plan for Central Park)
    • Delacorte Clock
    • The arches of Central Park

  • Visit one of the most beloved statues in the Park – Balto

    • Learn his fascinating story
    • Find out why he is so shiny
    • Discover interesting facts about many of the other statues in the Park

  • Literary Walk

    • The Promenade
    • Shakespeare
    • Robert Burns
    • Sir Walter Scott
    • Fitz-Greene Halleck (who?)
    • The benches and the “rocking chair riot”
    • The Casino and the Bandshell Bathesda Terrace
    • Jacob Wrey Mould – architect
    • Bathesda Fountain and statue
    • Emma Stebbins and Charlotte Cushman
    • Croton Reservoir
    • Rebeautification project
    • The Lake
    Conservatory Waters • Discuss bird sanctuary
    • Rich and famous
    • Hans Christian Anderson
    • Alice in Wonderland
    • Foraging in Central Park

  • Learn about the Metropolitan Museum of Art

    • Discuss the history of the Museum
    • View the “Obelisk” and learn its fascinating history
    • Find out about the contributions of the Vanderbilts and Cecile B. De Mille

  • Visit the King of Poland Statue and learn its connection with the Park

    Turtle Pond and how it got its name
    Manhattan schist

  • Belvedere Castle: Climb to the top of

    • Shakespeare in the Park and Joseph Papp
    • Fire lookout tower
    • Discuss the named apartment buildings and the growth of Central Park West (move to a vertical city)
    • How the Great Lawn came to be
    • Discovery Center for students

  • Walk and visit Shakespeare’s Garden/discuss Shakespeare

    Experience the West side of the Park

    • See the Swedish Cottage
    • Visit the site of the Lake
    • Discuss the construction of the bridges of Central Park
    • Stop by a cast iron bus enclosure (Ladies Pavillion) and learn about New York City pollution and the growth of the automobile industry
    • Seneca Village (African-American and Irish settlement)
    • Visit the Dakota Building and learn its fascinating history
    • See “Strawberry Fields” • History of the statue of Daniel Webster

    Tavern on the Green
    • Learn the history of the restaurant
    • Find out about Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon
    • Sheep Meadow

  • Visit the “Kinder” section of Central Park

    Ride the Carousel ( Optional)

    • Dairy and the pasteurization of milk (health conditions of NYC in the 1860’s)
    • Chess and Checkers Earn about Columbus Circle and...
    • Hearst and Yellow Journalism
    • The Maine Memorial
    • Time Warner Building and its $ 30 million apartments

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