New York Soho and the Village Art and Architecture Tour

New York Soho and the Village Art and Architecture Tour

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From the historically diverse communities to cosmopolitan hot spots, the Lower East Side, Bowery, and SoHo have a fascinating history captured by the area’s architecture, which we will experience.

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An unforgettable journey through the stunning sights, buildings and places
Join the art and architecture tours of New York with fellow enthusiasts.
You’ll uncover the hidden gems and fascinating history of the city.

Description

From the historically diverse communities to cosmopolitan hot spots, the Lower East Side, Bowery, and SoHo have a fascinating history captured by the area’s architecture. During this tour, we discover this history by looking at some of the defining architectural typologies of these neighborhoods including the cast iron industrial spaces of Soho and tenement apartments of the LES as well stand-out contemporary buildings such as the New Museum by SANAA, and Cooper Union by Morphosis. Famous building featured on this walking LES, SoHo, NoHo, East Village Architecture Tour: New York by Frank Gehry, Frank Gehry, 2010 City Hall, J. Mangin & J. McComb, Jr., 1812 Tweed Courthouse, Kellum Leopold Eidlitz, 1881 Hall of Records / Surrogate’s Court, Horgan & Slattery, 1907 Municipal Building, McKim, Mead & White, 1914 Engine Co 31, Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, 1895 Chatham Towers, Kelly & Gruzen, 1965 Eldridge St. Synagogue, Herter Brothers, 1886 Lower E. Side Tenement Museum, 1863 Bowery Savings Bank, McKim, Mead & White, 1895 New Museum, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), 2007 Little Singer Building, Ernest Flagg, 1904 Condict (Bayard Building), Louis Sullivan (Architect), 1898 NYU Silver Towers, I.M. Pei & Associates, 1966 51 Astor Place, Fumihiko Maki, 2014 Cooper Union, Cooper Union Engineering, Morphosis, 2009 Learn more about our tours at www.buildtours.com