NEW YORK 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 

World Trade Center Memorial Site
written by the New York Party Shuttle staff
 

Truly replacing the World Trade Center would be impossible, but New York City is working on plans to build a single tower on the site the twin towers occupied until September 11, 2001. The original Freedom Tower and Memory Foundations complex plan has been abandoned, and new plans are in the works. It is expected that a single tower will be built at the site, and that it will be the tallest building in the world when it is completed.

The tower and mast are expected to reach an astonishing 1776 feet (541 meters) into the sky. The height of 1776 feet was chosen as a reference to the year of American independence.  The decision of how to rebuild the World Trade Center has been a difficult one in light of political and security concerns. Visitors to New York City can tour the World Trade Center site and see the early preparations being made for this monumental project. Your New York Party Shuttle tour guide will walk you over to the site and will show you artist renderings of the proposed tower.

Each of the original WTC towers had 110 stories. The heights of the towers were 1368 feet (417 meters) (tower one, the North Tower with a broadcast antenna on top) and 1362 feet (415 meters) (tower two, the South Tower with the observation deck). When the towers were completed in 1972 (tower one) and 1973 (tower two) they were the tallest buildings on earth, 100 feet (30 meters) taller than the Empire State Building.

The World Trade Center was the tallest building in the world for only a brief time, however. Before the second tower was completed in 1973, work had already begun on the Sears Tower in Chicago, which would ultimately climb to 1,450 feet (442 meters). Now that the World Trade Center is gone, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York. Before September 11, the World Trade Center towers were the fourth and fifth tallest buildings on Earth, and they remain the sixth tallest buildings ever built by man.

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WHAT IS NEW YORK PARTY SHUTTLE TOURS?

New York Party Shuttle offers sightseeing tours of New York City.  Home of New York's Most Comprehensive 5 1/2-Hour Tour, we also offer private sightseeing tours, foreign-language tours, walking tours, and mixed-group sightseeing tours.  See all of New York City's landmarks and attractions, including the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center Memorial Site, Central Park, Wall Street, Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge, and South Street Seaport.  Purchase your discount broadway show tickets while on your tour at the little-known TKTS booth at South Street Seaport without having to wait in line for hours.  Our licensed NYC Tour Guides stay with you throughout the sightseeing tour and get off the shuttle bus with you at each tour stop so you can take pictures and learn more about New York City.  We keep our tour groups smaller than our competitors so that you get more individual attention and customer service and end up with a better tour experience.  The smaller groups allow the Tour Guide to answer more of your questions and allow you to interact with other tourists to make your tour more fun.  Free refreshments on the tour shuttle bus makes for a more enjoyable tour.  Our customers rave about our tour of NYC.  Find out more about New York City by visiting New York Tourist Advisor Forum.  Feel free to post questions there, or you can visit our frequently asked questions page for more information about our sightseeing tours of New York City.  We also recommend New York City Hotels for your stay on our hotels page.