Practicing artist, student of tech and computer art. Have lived in New York for going on 8 years. I love how I keep finding cool treasures in the city. I’m from Texas. I have been giving tours of art and architecture for 10 years, working at modern art museums as well as New York City guided tours.
New York City is a world center for art and culture. We will explore art and architecture in the midtown area of Manhattan ranging from some of New York’s most iconic buildings like Saint Patricks Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal and the Chrysler Building, while learning about the history and growth of the city. We will also be looking at the city as art museum, examining the blue chip art (read million dollar price tags) found on display in the stores of Fifth Avenue and the Hedge Fund Buildings on Park Avenue. We will also see one of the last standing gilded age mansions on 5th Avenue, once the neighborhood to New York’s wealthy elite like the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts.
Sights on our tour : Bergdorf Goodman Department Store, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, KAWS sculpture “BFF’, Cartier, Tiffany’s, including highlights from its impressive in store art collection including “Equals Pi” by Jean Michelle Basquiat, the Seagrams Building and Grand Central Terminal. Our tour will end at the Chrysler Building with a peak into its amazing art deco lobby.
We will have a lot of fun learning about the history of New York City as well as contemporary art history analyzing the art on display in its public buildings as it shapes the city and reflects its people.
Look for multi colored strawberry umbrella, meet outside the Apple Store across the street from the Plaza Hotel.
The site of Cornelius Vanderbilts gilded age Chateau is now the home to one of New Yorks luxury department stores.
Tiffany’s newly finished flagship store has an impressive art collection.
The last gilded age era mansion remaining on 5th avenue, once a center for New York’s mega rich.
The grandfather of the Modern American skyscraper.
The Vanderbilts transportation hub shines , saved from demolition in the 1970s.
We will ‘peak into this grand art deco lobby.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
