Walking Tours   

Join Ginny, art museum docent, as she curates a two-hour tour of the best art exhibitions featured at the international Chelsea galleries. While touring, Ginny will provide insight on historical context, the art techniques used, and the importance to the current art market. Past tours looked at works by Picasso, Frank Stella, Mark Bradford, and Richard Avedon.

Join Ginny on a scenic walking tour of Central Park while in spring bloom. Ginny will highlight the history of Olmsted & Vaux’s vision covering the sites and sights of the country’s most visited tourist attraction with stops at some hidden gems. This two-hour comprehensive stroll will make stops at the Arsenal, Zoo, Belvedere Castle, Bethesda Terrace, and many more on the way! Be sure to wear walking shoes!

Explore Glenview, an 1877 home on the National Register of Historic Places, designed by esteemed architect Charles W. Clinton. On a guided tour, discover the six fully restored period rooms, showcasing fine woodwork, furnishings, artwork, and architectural features that make it one of the most significant early Gilded Age residences open to the public. Glenview appears in HBO’s Emmy Award-winning series The Gilded Age as the home of socialite Mrs. Astor.

Join us for our annual stroll around Bronxville Lake, hoping to spot up to twenty species of birds in just two hours. May is nesting season and the birds are in their colorful breeding plumage. Baltimore Orioles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow Warblers, and Tree Swallows will delight the eye. Learn to identify a variety of birds by sight and song.

One of the country's first theme parks, the former home of actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish, a grand hotel, a view of a former army base and storied islands - these are some of the fascinating sites and sights in New Rochelle's Lower Harbor area. This 90-minute walking tour with Barbara Davis, Executive Director of the Westchester County Historical Society and New Rochelle's City Historian, will reveal the amazing history located along the shores of the Queen City of the Sound.

Join Ginny Poleman for a captivating walk along Manhattan's iconic Fifth Avenue as she unveils the stories behind the grand homes of influential New Yorkers like Henry Clay Frick, Joseph Pulitzer, and other wealthy figures who spared no expense in building these opulent residences.

Discover the Beaux-Arts architectural style that defined the era and shaped the aesthetic of New York during the City Beautiful Movement. Learn about the visionary architects—Stanford White, CPH Gilbert, and the renowned firm Carrère & Hastings—who designed these masterpieces. This tour offers an exclusive look into the luxurious lives and enduring legacies of the city's Gilded Age elite, along one of its most prestigious avenues. 

This tour will stop at many of the most iconic places in Harlem including the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the Apollo Theater, the Harlem Walk of Fame, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Strivers Row. As we walk, we will enjoy the beautiful brownstone architecture and wide boulevards of Harlem, and we will note the many ways in which great African Americans are honored there.

Optional, non-included lunch afterward: Harlem Shake, 100 West 124th Street, at Malcolm X Blvd. and Lenox Ave. Everyone orders and pays individually at the counter. Burgers and salads are available, along with the best milkshakes in NYC!

Embark on a captivating journey through Manhattan’s "Lower" Upper West Side with this history walking tour with Leigh Hallingby. The adventure begins at Lincoln Center, where you'll explore its remarkable transformation during the early ’60s, evolving from a former residential area into one of the world’s premier performing arts centers. Then visit and learn about two nearby monuments dedicated to the American Civil Rights Movement, reflecting on the movement that shaped the country’s social landscape. The tour then heads to Riverside South, to unravel the intricate tale of its development from the historic NY Central freight railroad yards into a sprawling complex of apartment buildings and an extension of picturesque Riverside Park.

Along the way, you will encounter charming relics of vintage New York City, including a quaint horse trough, a rare Dutch-style church, and a 19th-century firehouse, each offering glimpses into the city’s rich architectural and cultural heritage. Finally, we will learn more about two great Upper West Side museums: the American Museum of Natural History and the New-York Historical Society.

Join us for this tour and fascinating journey through time and culture, revealing the stories and transformations that have shaped this iconic neighborhood into a cultural epicenter.

What do the Night Before Christmas, Oreos, and cowboys in New York City have in common? Learn that and much more as you take this two-hour walk through the history of Chelsea, including a look at the former National Biscuit Company building—now Chelsea Market, the funky Hotel Chelsea, and the General Theological Seminary (the world’s oldest Episcopal seminary.)

Join Ginny Poleman, as she shares the stories of this revitalized area of restaurants, high-end shops, art galleries and mid-19th century brownstones.