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

This tour originally scheduled for Friday, October 23rd is now rescheduled for Friday, November 13th. I am sorry if the new date doesn't work for you. I may have space available for new group members and first timers who land on the waiting list. Email me at hankorenstein@gmail.com to request a spot. 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. Note: This tour works well in colder weather as we have 5-6 indoor attractions and art galleries. 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. We will venture inside several buildings that were constructed as gilded age mansions and are now public spaces.