Lee Gelber - Sightseeing & Walking Tours

(718) 626-7136 - (646) 483-7628

nydean@verizon.net

Walking tours give everyone the opportunity to see city locales and treasures "up close and personal". For further information or custom walking tours, call (718) 626-7136, or (646) 483-7628, or e-mail your request to nydean@verizon.net

An architectural walking tour with an emphasis on many modern landmarks in the heart of Manhattan, including Rockefeller Center.

You will see the works of such modern masters as Mies van der Rohe, Raymond Hood, Gordon Bunshaft, Philip Johnson, Edward Durell Stone and Eero Saarinen. The eclectic selection of sites includes houses of worship, retail stores, hotels and theaters as well as office buildings.

BOOKLOVERS' GREENWICH VILLAGE

A walking tour of the fabled home of "America's Bohemia" visiting sites whether they are residences, theaters, or "watering holes" associated with many famous writers, including 6 Nobel laureates.

A walking tour focusing on F.I.R.E. (Acronym for New York's largest industry: Finance Insurance Real Estate). See the heart and soul of the Financial Capital of the World, including the site of the former World Trade Center (Ground Zero).

LOWER EAST SIDE

The Portal to America and New York. Traditionally, the first home for wave after wave of immigrants and now, as always, a place of traditins and transitions.

Architectural Tours, The Bronx is Up, Literary Greenwich Village, Gramercy/Flatiron, Yiddish Rialto - Yiddish Theater Historic Tour, Harlem, Financial District, The Jewish Lower East Side, New York Notorious - sites of crimes, catastrophes and chaos, on a lighter note - Jazz tours and the seasonal favorite, Holiday Lights. See the Villard Mansions and other landmarks and architectural gems.

The tour is afoot or via vehicle. Regardless of mode, you will enjoy a literate and well researched tour with Lee Gelber.