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Week of May 22nd

  • Preservation School – How to Become a Tour Guide

    Preservation School – How to Become a Tour Guide

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    May 24, 2023

    Wednesday, May 24, 2023

    6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

    Via Zoom

    Join HDC and Licensed NYC Tour Guide Ann McDermott in this Preservation School about becoming a tour guide. In this class Ann will explain the steps you should take to become a tour guide. She will discuss best practices for developing and leading a tour and will provide different tactics for in-person tours vs. virtual tours. You will learn how to do research, prepare a route, and how to ensure you are heard on the loud New York City streets. If you’ve ever considered becoming a NYC tour guide, this class is for you!

    $5.00

     

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  • Six to Celebrate Crow Hill Walking Tour

    Six to Celebrate Crow Hill Walking Tour

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    May 27, 2023

    May 27, 2023
    11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

    The neighborhood between Nostrand and Washington avenues, from Atlantic Avenue to Eastern Parkway is today known as “Crow Hill.” It’s an old name that has traveled from different locations and has had different origins over the centuries. It’s also unique — a mixture of residential housing, industrial, commercial, religious and civic buildings. The neighborhood includes a brewery, a hospital, and a formerly cloistered nunnery. It has fine rowhouse and apartment blocks and the remnants of Brooklyn’s historic Automobile Row. Some of Brooklyn’s finest 19th-century architects worked in the neighborhood, and it shows. Crow Hill lies between rapidly gentrifying eastern Prospect Heights and Crown Heights North and has been the site of massive development. Chosen as one of Historic Districts Council’s “Six to Celebrate,” this tour will highlight a historic neighborhood worthy of being designated as one of the city’s landmarked Historic Districts. The tour will be led by Suzanne Spellen, architectural historian and board member of the Crown Heights North Association, which is leading the landmarking efforts.

    Friend of HDC (use code CROW) / MAS Member: $20; General Admission: $30

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