New York City Sightseeing Tours

NEW YORK CITY TOURS

5 1/2-HOUR ITINERARY:
8:30AM - 2PM
3PM - 8:30PM
Get out of the shuttle at all stops!

START AT: TIMES SQUARE
WORLD TRADE CENTER
Memorial
STATUE OF LIBERTY
(Aboard the free Staten Island Ferry)
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
WALL STREET
ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL
TKTS LINE - B'WAY TIX
TRINITY CHURCH
BROADWAY
WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
FEDERAL HALL
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
(Snack break: not included in price)
US CUSTOMS BUILDING
5TH AVENUE
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
CENTRAL PARK
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
DAKOTA BUILDING
CANYON OF HEROES
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
(Optional, extra $14 admission)

OTHER SIGHTS YOU'LL SEE:
We stop near these attractions and provide historical narrative

MADISON SQUARE PARK
FLATIRON BUILDING
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
VERRAZANO BRIDGE
HUDSON RIVER
EAST RIVER
FAO SCHWARZ
LINCOLN CENTER
CHRYSLER BUILDING
WOOLWORTH BUILDING
MET LIFE BUIDING
TRUMP TOWER
(From the Apprentice)
PLAZA HOTEL
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
CITY HALL
ELLIS ISLAND
(view from Staten Island Ferry)
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
GREENWICH VILLAGE
SOHO/TRIBECA
MACY'S
HERALD SQUARE
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL
TIFFANY'S

Constructed in 1902, the Fuller Building (as it was originally named after the construction company that built it), was situated on a small triangular plot of land then occupied by an 8-story building. Noted Chicago architect Daniel Burnham was the architect, and his creation became one of the landmark buildings of its era. Because of this oddly shaped site, the building bears a startling resemblance to the bow of a great ocean liner, its slender hull slicing its way up Broadway through the pavement at 23rd Street. The French and Italian Renaissance facade of the building is adorned with an ornate facade of stone Medusa heads and terra cotta flowers. It was also one of the first buildings to have its own electric generator, quite an innovation back then. Six feet wide at its apex, many people feared that it would fall over

Over time, the people came to adore it, and, while originally named the Fuller Building, it was renamed the Flatiron due to its resemblance to a flat iron.

One of the more odd footnotes concerning this building was that its unique shape created unusual eddies that would cause ladies� skirts to fly up as they wound the corner of 23rd Street, revealing a glimpse of ankle. Young men gathered to watch this shocking spectacle and then tell their friends about it. Police would try to disperse them by yelling �23 skidoo!,� an early antecedent to �Scram!�

And for true movie buffs, they will undoubtedly recognize the Flatiron as the location for the newspaper office of The Daily Bugle in the �Spiderman� movies!

See the Flatiron Building and learn more at the Madison Square Park stop on your New York Party Shuttle Tour of Manhattan.

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