The Gilded Age Revisited! Upper East Side Art & Architecture Tour

**Repeating the tour scheduled for Friday, October 9th due to the long waiting list. Priority given to those who were on the waiting list before RSVPs open to our general membership on October 14th at 9pm.** **Email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot.** Space is set aside for new group members, first and 2nd timers who land on the waiting list, space permitting. Only email me to request a spot AFTER you have RSVP. **No repeats if you attend this tour previously.** **Cost**: This tour is free with a voluntary donation to your guide/organizer at the end via cash, Venmo or Zelle. **Overview** This tour we will indulge in the East 80's between 5th Avenue and Park Avenue and the residential architecture of the gilded age which consists of mansions and elegant townhouses often built in the Beaux Arts, and Renaissance Revival styles, and even the Chateau style. We'll cover the history of this area and how and why it developed as an enclave for NYC's wealthy elite and how gilded age wealth gave rise to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and helped establish the Upper East Side as a center of the art world. Starting out at the garden of the Cooper Hewitt museum (pictured in photo), which was originally the mansion home of Andrew and Louise Carnegie, we'll visit several local art galleries during our journey, along with several other indoor locations with spectacular architecture.