Private Gilded Age: "New Money" Tour
All Ages • 3 Hours • Up to 10 people
What to Expect
Note For all Private Tours:
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The Gilded Age: Old Money vs New Money
About
(You do NOT need to have taken my original Gilded Age tour to enjoy this tour!)
This route picks up where my original Gilded Age tour leaves off, beginning in Murray Hill near the longtime home of "The" Mrs. Astor. From there, we'll make our way uptown, discussing the evolution of the City and Society at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. We'll focus much more on the city "New Money" families such as the Vanderbilts. We'll see the home of J.P. Morgan Jr., discuss the "Weird Wendels," and visit landmarks like the NYPL and Grand Central Terminal. We'll finish with a walk up Fifth Avenue toward Central Park, discussing all the incredible lost mansions, many of them belonging to the Vanderbilt family, which used to stand in the middle of what's now Midtown. We'll discuss what happened to those homes and why the Gilded Age came to an end at the beginning of the 20th century. We usually end at the Cartier Store on Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street, one of the last surviving mansions from the Vanderbilt era.
Major landmarks:
Start Location
Morgan Library & Museum
End Location
St Patrick's Cathedral
Duration
3 Hours, 3+ Miles
Cash tips are always welcome but never expected.
Address
329 Smith Street, Peekskill, NY, 10566
Pricing
| One to Four People Private Tour | $520 |
| Five People Private Tour | $624 |
| Six People Private Tour | $728 |
| Seven People Private Tour | $832 |
| Eight People Private Tour | $936 |
| Eighteen People Private Tour | $1352 |
Cancellation Policy
Please email me at [email protected] if you need to cancel or reschedule. Please do so as early as possible so that I may attempt to re-sell your place on the tour.
100% Refund if you cancel more than one week before our scheduled start time.
50% Refund if you cancel within one week, but more than 24 hours prior to our scheduled start time.
No Refund if you cancel within 24 hours of our scheduled start time, and you will not be eligible to rebook.
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