Fall Tours of the Victorian Society!
Victorian Society Metropolitan Chapter
2 0 0 9 FALL TOUR SCHEDULE
- MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE; ELEGANCE IN THE WILD
Saturday, October 17th, 2009 – 7:45 a.m. All Day Bus Tour
$125 members/$135 nonmembers (Limited to 50 participants)
The Mohonk Mountain House is probably the last of the great 19th century Catskill Mountain resorts. The 265 room hotel was built in 1869 on the Shawangunk Ridge, alongside Lake Mohonk, near New Paltz. The hotel is surrounded by thousands of acres of woodland, with 85 miles of hiking trails, elaborate gardens and a maze. The tour will include lunch in the dining room and a tour of the renovated greenhouse and free time to wander the grounds and public rooms. The tour should coincide with the peak of fall color and the scenic views should be spectacular. Come see and understand the glories of the Catskill Mountain landscape so well appreciated and understood by 19th century travelers.
- THE SPENDORS OF SUNSET PARK
Saturday, October 24th, 2:00 to 4:30 PM – Walking Tour
$25 members/$35 non members (Limited to 25 participants)
The first walking tour of the fall season will be of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The tour will be given by Mr. Joseph Suehlak. Those of you remember Mr. Suehlak from previous tours and recall his expertise and delivery. Sunset Park is the largest National Register District in the Northeast comprising over 3,000 buildings. The area gets its name from the twenty-four and one half acre hilltop park, which has spectacular views of the harbor and city. On its hillside streets are found the last significant development of Victorian and Edwardian row houses within the border of the old city of Brooklyn. By the early 1900s many Scandinavians lived here. The co-ops founded by the Finns still remain. Today Sunset Park is home to many diverse, ethnic groups. The tour will conclude on 8th Avenue, the heart of NY’s third China Town.
- BRIDGING THREE CENTURIES: THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN
Saturday, November 14th, 11:00 to 1:00 – Walking Tour
$25 members/$35 nonmembers. (Limited to 25 participants)
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts was founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Thomas Cole, and others “to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition,” and is located in a stately Beaux-Arts style mansion along Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile. The tour throughout this important institution includes viewing Reconfiguring the Body in American Art 1820-2009, a major exhibition examining the critical role that the human figure has played in the history of American art.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALL TOURS. Meeting places will be provided in the confirmation of registration. Participants in our educational tours must be in excellent health and able to participate safely in the activities involved. The sites visited on these tours may have many challenging stairs, so if you have any doubt about your ability to participate fully due to health conditions or disabilites, please contact the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society In America at [email protected] or (212) 886-3742. The Metropolitan Chapter reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of our tours.