NYC Five Boro Tours
Grand Central / Midtown East Tour
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EXPLORE MIDTOWN EAST STARTING AT HISTORIC GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL. WALK PAST THESE LOCATIONS...
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Grand Central Terminal
- History
- “Terminal City” – Hotels; Helmsley Building
- PanAm Building
- Preservation and Jaqueline Kennedy
- Constellations and ‘whispering gallery’
Chrysler Building
Tudor City
Ford Foundation atrium
United Nations area - Isaiah Wall, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and FDR’s secret platform
St. Bartholomew’s Church
432 Park Ave. - Tallest apartment building in the Western Hemisphere
Seagram’s Building, Lever House, and ‘International’ architecture
Lipstick Building
Citicorp Center
Other important architectural landmarks
- Graybar Building (Lexington)
- Mobil Oil Building (150 East 42)
- Daily News Building (220 East 42)
- Pfizer Building (235 East 42)
- 655 3 Avenue (last Automat)
- 845 1 Avenue (Trump World Tower)
- 1916 zoning ‘step back’ architecture
- Hospital Row on 1st Ave – Bellevue,NYU,VA
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At the end of the walk, have lunch at one of the many eateries in the area around East 53 St and 3 Avenue.
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Google maps - approximate route ...
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![R_Murphy [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Cental_Terminal2007.jpg "R_Murphy [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons")