Walking Tours of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
Immigrant Success and Philanthropy
Wednesday, April 22, 6:00 p.m.
Please meet at the northwest corner of East 88th St. and Lexington Ave.
FRIENDS invites you to celebrate Mayor Bloomberg’s Immigrant Heritage Week in Yorkville. Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Irish and Jewish Europeans all settled in Yorkville in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the earliest immigrant families from Europe, the Rhinelander family, immigrated to New York in the late 17th century to escape religious persecution. They prospered in their new country, and eventually created a rich architectural legacy in this new immigrant neighborhood. The tour will begin in the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District and conclude at the Church of the Holy Trinity.
This tour is free; reservations are required
Building Fun – A Family Tour
Saturday, May 9, 10-11:30 a.m.
Please meet at the northwest corner of East 80th St. and 3rd Ave.
Spend a morning on Mother’s Day weekend with your family and FRIENDS as we discover how buildings can talk! How old are they? What are they used for? What are they made of? This fun walking tour will explore a few beautiful blocks and teach basic architectural vocabulary to all ages. We will briefly share some Upper East Side history, and then we will set off on a scavenger hunt for lintels, cornices, gargoyles and more.
This walking tour is ideal for ages 7-10, but younger siblings are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
This tour is $20 per family ($5 discount for members)
Exploring Lexington Avenue
Saturday, May 16th, 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3, 12:30 p.m.
Please meet at the southwest corner of Lexington Ave. and East 76th St.
Walk with FRIENDS to discover the priceless and endangered architectural treasures of Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side. Highlights include 19th century rowhouses, stately apartment buildings, charming turn-of-the-century stables and the legendary Barbizon Hotel for Women. FRIENDS continues to advocate for the historic designation of this cherished and vulnerable neighborhood to protect these low-scale and historic blocks from inappropriate and out-of-scale development.
This tour is free; reservations are required
Reservations are required
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Call: 212-535-2526
Fax: 212-535-2155
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Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts
20 East 69th Street, 4B
New York, NY 10021
Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, founded in 1982, is an independent, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving the architectural legacy, livability, and sense of place of the Upper East Side.