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Teen + Young Adult Second-Hand Shopping Day in New York City

It's a fun day for the young shopper who is on a budget and enjoys the thrill of the hunt. Get ready to second-hand shop your way through the city at the best shops for fun and inexpensive clothing! Young shoppers shop very differently from older women: They prefer current trends worn by their peers; renew their wardrobe far more frequently than adults do; are less fussy about fabric content; spends far less on a garment than an adult would. Experience 2.5 to 3 hours of guided shopping in New York City like a true New Yorker with your guide helping you to select pieces she thinks you may enjoy. We’ll walk approximately 1.5 miles, visit up to 6 second-hand stores, and spend 20 min at each location. • Enjoy your guide's personal attention on this tour, capped at 8 shoppers • Time to try-on clothing • Receives a complimentary online mapping of 70+ additional stores to shop like a local • Hassle-free meet-up location in Manhattan
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3 Hour NYC Photography Workshop

Join us for a safari Manhattan style! Using Manhattan as both background and classroom you'll get all your photography questions answered by a working professional photographer. We'll take you to the best locations to get your shot and show you how to improve your compositional skills. You'll get to learn a new skill while exploring the sites of New York City
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Heart & Soul of Greenwich Village Food & Culture Tour by FNYT

2 INDOOR restaurant tastings are included on this tour! At Foods of New York Tours we are the pioneers of NYC food tours since 1999! Join us on a delicious “multi–ethnic” food tasting and cultural/historical journey through the Heart & Soul of Greenwich Village (The Central Village – the area surrounding Washington Square Park and New York University). Find out why this area of the Village is so popular for its diverse food scene, rich history, culture, counter culture, distinct architecture, and vibrant Greenwich Village nightlife. We will also visit Washington Square Park and learn about its radical protesters, infamous hanging tree, the Washington Square Arch, and walk the same streets that Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Amy Schumer did while learning about the music and comedy scene, and why this section of NYC can only be described as The Village!
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The Ground Zero Walking Tour

One of the most important historic days in our lifetime, the events of 9/11 have shaped who we are today. Come with us as we bring you into the story of the day, the tragic loss, the effort to move forward, and the resilience that has propelled the revitalization. With sensitive care, the events of the day will be explored as you walk in the footsteps of the heroes, survivors, and victims. Along the way you will visit sites like Saint Paul's Chapel, The Oculus, the new World Trade Center site, and finally the official memorial grounds. Your guide will share with you all the unique features and details to be found throughout the memorial, such as the Pools, FDNY Memorial Wall, The Sphere, The Glade, and finally the Survivor Tree. We will deepen your experience by sharing the details you could easily miss on your own. The story of this day is about and for all of us. Sharing it together is how we can come to understand, grieve, honor, and ultimately find peace in loss and survival.
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The Best of Brooklyn Walking Tour: "The Brooklyn Revolution!"

Brooklyn is Revolutionary! Step back in time and experience the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights. Discover the borough’s amazing history and modern reinvention. Some of what you will do: *Walk over the entire Brooklyn Bridge and learn the story of its creation *Take in incredible views from the bridge. *Enjoy breathtaking waterfront vistas in DUMBO *Walk through the elegant and quiet tree-lined streets of Brooklyn Heights with hundreds of beautiful townhouses from the 1800s *See a fully-restored sensational 1922 carousel on the river *Enjoy the picturesque piers of Brooklyn Bridge Park *Visit locations where movies such as "Moonstruck," were filmed Come along on this grand adventure into Brooklyn's monumental story. The Revolutionary Brooklyn Walking Tour is led by a historian and licensed New York City tour guide with 20 years of experience. The tour is given by a licensed tour guide and New York City historian with over 20 years of experience.
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Explore the Ruins of a Forgotten City in the Middle of Manhattan

This 2-3 hour guided walking tour around Madison Square Park seeks out what's left to be found of the Gilded Age city. On this tour we read the architecture and decode the street walls in a neighborhood that was once the New York's city center at the height of the Industrial Age.  Where the city came from (Soho), and where it moved to (Times Square, Museum Mile, and the shops of Fifth Avenue) is integral to understanding how New York, and Madison Square, developed. You’ll learn answers to questions you didn’t know you had about New York City, and leave with the deeply satisfying sense of understanding a city that author James Baldwin called 'spitefully incoherent'.
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Harlem guided tour in French

Through this French tour of Harlem, you will dive into the heart of a district steeped in history that has crystallized the hopes of social and cultural emancipation of the African-American community. Our French guides, expatriates in New York for years, are keen to make you spend a friendly moment full of original discoveries!
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Central Park Walking Tour

Daily 9am & 12pm Daily (starting May 1st 2022) • Discover the restorative power of Central Park from the stress of big city life • Recognize how natural landscapes and cultural landmarks intermingle in this urban oasis • Photograph many famous park locations featured in hundreds of movies and TV shows • Enjoy the songs of birds and the laughter of children Experience Central Park on a deeper level by taking a professionally guided walking tour. Discover Central Park's origins, witness its design and visit many movies sites on this 2-hour narrated walk in the park! Our casual 2-hour walking tour has been getting great reviews and is professionally led by a highly experienced licensed guide. Written and often led by a former Central Park employee, this tour is a great way to experience a lot of the park in a short amount of time.
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New York City Superheroes Tour Marvel and DC Comics Origins

Come on our Walking Tour presented by Junket! People of all ages will enjoy and be entertained by the New York Superheroes and Skyscrapers Tour. You'll see filming locations for Marvel, DC, and other films, as well as superhero TV shows. You'll get a behind-the-scenes peek at where your favorite movies were made, as well as a thrill ride through the New York of old comic books, games, and shows. This adventure is "Superhero Themed, With Everything Cool in Between". The compelling passion for American pop culture, fan-favorite characters, and cinema will be brought to life in this action-packed, yet informative tour.
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Broadway Musical Theater Walking Tour

Highlights of this Broadway Extravaganza Walking Tour include the origins of musical theater and the history of Broadway and famous songs and show stoppers (performed with your tour guide!). As you explore Manhattan's Theater District, learn about Broadway stars and New York City's theater culture from Vaudeville to today.
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The Comedy Bus Tour of New York City

Sightseeing is suddenly... funny? Join On Location Tours as they introduce a hilarious way to see the city with The Comedy Tour of NYC! Join a stand-up comedian tour guide and cruise Midtown Manhattan as you laugh your way throughout the bustling streets. Their only requirement: That you have a sense of humor! The tour is available Thursday and Friday nights at 6pm, and is approx. 2 hours long. It ends at a popular comedy club (admission is included with the ticket). A 2-drink minimum at the comedy club is required. This tour is only for ages 18+. This is an “R-Rated” tour, and adult language is used and adult situations are discussed. Please also keep in mind that the end stop on the tour is a comedy club that serves alcoholic beverages. The entire experience is approx. 3 hours long: The tour is approx. 90 mins long and the show after the tour is also 90 mins long.
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New York City Skyline Night Sailboat Tour

Step aboard a beautiful sailboat, Schooner America 2.0, for a relaxing city lights tour around New York. See the New York City skyline, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island lit up at night. Sit back and relax while enjoying a peaceful sailing experience. Perfect for couples, friends, locals and visitors looking for a relaxing way to escape the city while enjoying views of Manhattan's skyline at night. The Captain will turn off the engines for as much of the tour as possible, providing an extra relaxing environment on the outdoor, open air decks.
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Tenement Housing and Immigrant Life: A Lower East Side Story

From the Five Points and Mulberry Bend, through the Italian and Jewish immigrant waves, and finally what is today's Chinatown, this tour explores the development of a rustic landscape of lakes and farms into what became the mostly densely overcrowded neighborhood on earth barely 100 years ago.  The incremental step-by-step process of putting the need for adequate housing over the drive for profit to house the immigrant poor, from disease-ridden cellar dwelling in tumble down shanties. to pre-, old- and new-law tenements, this tour uses pictures to show what is no longer there, and finds what continues to stand in the street walls today to tell the immensely rich, tragic and redemptive story of New York's Lower East Side.
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Queens Corona’s Culinary Essentials Tour

Corona is the culinary epicenter of New York’s Latin American community, a place where you can find regional specialties ranging all the way from the Tierra del Fuego up to Mexico’s northern border with the United States. On this tour of Corona’s culinary essentials, we hit the streets on a Saturday, when the griddles and grills in this already lively neighborhood are working overtime and the street vendors come out in full force. Starting at Corona Plaza, we will drop by a family-run Mexican bakery for sweet breakfast pastries. From there, we’ll continue to an out-of-the-way spot where we’ll sit down with neighborhood families to enjoy a hearty Mexican-style brunch of pit-roasted goat. We will continue along Roosevelt Avenue, stopping by street vendors, an Argentinean bakery and make a stop for a “cholado". We’ll end our day at a small bodega. This last stop leaves us at the edge of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, having tried what makes Queens such a culinary Promised Land.
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Wall Street and Lower Manhattan, New York History Walking Tour

Take a captivating walking tour of Lower Manhattan that traces New York's transformation from a Dutch colony to a modern metropolis. Start with the tale of Manhattan's purchase for $24 in beads, then visit the site of a fort that changed hands between the Dutch and the British, and eventually saw the end of the American Revolution. Explore the city's oldest park and see the iconic Charging Bull statue. At Alexander Hamilton's resting place, relive the dramatic duel that ended his life. Strolling down Wall Street, see The New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall, the United States' first capitol. Nearby, visit a building concealing $400 billion of gold beneath its foundations. Passing through the city's first paved street, explore the footprints of a 17th-century tavern and the remnants of the old City Hall of New Amsterdam. Conclude with a visit to the oldest tavern in New York, where George Washington bid farewell to his officers. Distance: 1.5 miles / 2.5 km
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