The theater district is a unique feature of New York's built enviornment, it is something of a miracle the Broadway theaters have survived as they did (thanks to the Shubert Trust). In addition to tons of other hiostry, we learn the evolution of the area from the horse and carraige trade to an evolving distrcit of entertainment from vaudeville to silent movies, and eventially radio and televison...nothing short of the history of American commercial culture. We walk only a few blocks to the Midtown Business distrcit of commercial business.

We make our way stealthily through Midtown's underground passages and corportate lobbies of amazing art while passing some of the best examples of Modern and post-Modern architecture. Guests are free to stop for snacks, meals and/or breaks thorughout the tour.

We can see the Park for 15 minutes or and hour, depending on the guest.

We take the subway to Herald Square, Macy's and the Empire State Building. We walk down Broadway towards Madison Square learning the hisotry of the old Tenderloin (the redlihgt distrcit), the former theater distrcit and Tin Pan Alley. As we near Madsion Square we approach New York's Gilded Age city center of Madison Square.

We learn the stunning history of the area and the emergence of the Gilded Age, the Industrial Era, electricity and the telephone. We learn the reason for the architecture and the social cultures they reflect.

We take the subway to the Village where we can spend between as much or little time to explore as desired.

We walk through NYU territory and see New Yorkers as they in one of the most iconic parks in history.

The cast iron buildings of SoHo are spectacular and unique as a business district for its size. Here you'll come to understand that there was a different sense to business, and what a commerical building should like. Broadway has its own history in this part of town.

We pass thorugh Little Italy which is almost an enclave in Chinatown.

The tenements of Chinatown have a history that in many ways can desribe life in all of the Lower East Side, only the faces of the different immigrant groups who passed through changed. Chinatown is the longest surviving group in the area of New York's iconic immigrant waves.

We can spend as much time as desired athte 9/11 Memorial.

Hudson Yards and a subway ride is one way to return to Times Square, or we could take the free bus.

We take a bus, or maybe walk, to Brookfield Place, the World trade Center. We spend as much or as little time as desired. From here, we catch a commuter ferry back to Midtown.

We take a ferry from Brookfield Place to Hudson Yards and one of city's newest developments. From there we make our way to Midtown and wrap up the day.