Itinerary
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Stop At: 599 Broadway, New York City, NY 10012-3235
Broadway is one of the busiest streets in New York. Originally a track that allowed passage
across the island’s swamplands, it has transformed into one of the most well
-
known
thoroughfares in the world.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Times Square, Broadway, New York City, NY 10036
In 1904, the offices of the New York Times newspaper were moved to 42nd Street on what
was th
en called Longacre Square. The influence of the newspaper and the volume of
employees it brought here led to the construction of a subway station, as well as the
renaming of the area to Times Square.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: James A. Farley Post Office, 421 8th Ave, New York City, NY 10001
The James Farley Post Office is the main post office building in New York City. Above the
Corinthian colonnade at the building’s front the words "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor
gloom of night stays these couriers from swift completion of their appointed rounds" are
inscribed.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Empire State Building, 20 West 34th Street, New York City, NY 10001
The Empire State Building is one of the country's most popular skyscraper buildings.
Named after the State of New York itself, it is another of the city’s buildings which
epitomizes the roaring 1920s.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 1 Herald Square at 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, New York City, NY 10001-2902
Herald Square is named for the
New York Herald,
a no longer functioning newspaper,
which was founded by James Gordon
Bennett in 1835. The newspaper, famous for its
sensational coverage of scandals and for its widespread circulation, stopped its publishing
in 1924
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington and 42nd St., New York City, NY 10174
The Chrysler Building is one of the most majestic and beautiful skyscrapers in America, if
not the world. As a structure, fewer buildings encapsulate the optimism or commercia
lism
of the American 1920s more than this building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 59th to 110th Street Manhattan Borough, from Central Park West to 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10022
Central Park is the first landscaped public recreation area in the United States. Fully completed in 1859, the immense green expanse in the middle of the city has offered a retreat to tourists and locals alike for well over 150 years.
Duration: 15 minutes