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Joyce Gold History Tours of New York offers exceptional walking tours and vehicle tours of special Manhattan neighborhoods. These tours are fun, insightful, and memorable experiences where you'll discover how the city's fascinating past illuminates its vibrant life today. For over 25 years, Joyce Gold, a recognized expert and educator in New York history, has been guiding New Yorkers and visitors alike. Whether leading tours on foot, in a car, limousine, or bus, Joyce connects her group to NYC's roots and receives rave reviews.
"Your tour of Grand Central Terminal was absolutely marvelous...
I wrote a CBS Television documentary program on Grand Central, so you can see how impressed I am with your fine work."
Public Walking Tour Feature...
HIGH LINE PARK ELEVATES MEATPACKING DISTRICT
Sunday, August 1 at 1 pm
Hundreds of years ago Native Americans used this shoreline as a trading post. Over time, the trading changed from fish and pelts to shipping, meatpacking, dairy wholesaling, and light industry. Raw materials and finished goods moved back and forth via a unique freight train called the High Line, which wound its way high above the streets and through large buildings.
Today, instead of the freight train, the High Line serves as an international model for the reuse of transportation infrastructure. The tour ends at this remarkably-transformed High Line Park. After hearing about its history and design, tour-takers can enjoy climbing the slow steps to see this amazing woodland and grassland.
This tour uncovers:
• The never-reached destination of Titanic
• "Death Avenue Cowboy" and the overhead railroad
• The Herman Melville and e e cummings connection
• When Bastille Day and Marie Antoinette came to New York
The tour meets at Jeffrey New York, 449 W 14th St. between 9th and 10th Avenues. The fee is $15, with a $3 discount for ages 62+. No reservations are needed.
For many years through her company Joyce Gold History Tours of New York, Ms Gold has been showing city history to New Yorkers and visitors alike. She teaches New York history at New York University and the New School University. She has written guidebooks on the history of the Financial District and Greenwich Village history and contributed entries to The Encyclopedia of New York City.