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Velvet Underground tour
Downtown / Rock
The Velvet Underground's New York, 1963–1966

From Ludlow Street to the Dom — walk the avant-garde downtown that launched rock's most influential band.

Billie Holiday tour in Harlem
Harlem / Jazz
Billie Holiday's Harlem & the Birth of the Jazz Age

The clubs, the streets, the heartbreak. A deep dive into the Harlem that shaped Lady Day and an era of American music.

Brill Building tour in Midtown
Midtown / Pop
The Brill Building to the Beatles, 1959–1964

The songwriters, the producers, the tiny rooms where the American pop songbook was written — and how the British Invasion changed it all.

Neighborhood & History Tours
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Lower Manhattan
Before Chinatown was Chinatown

One of the city's most layered and alive neighborhoods, from its pre-history, to its immigrant roots and present-day vitality.

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Revolutionary War
Battle of Kip's Bay

Five British warships, 4,000 redcoats, and one of the most catastrophic defeats of the entire Revolutionary War — in a neighborhood most New Yorkers walk past every day.

Part 1 of 2 — can be taken alone or with the Central Park tour

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Revolutionary War
Battlegrounds of Central Park

Hidden forts, a lost colonial tavern, the oldest building in Central Park — and the battle that bought Washington's army just enough time to survive.

Part 2 of 2 — can be taken alone or with the Kip's Bay tour

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Revolutionary War
Battle of Harlem Heights

After two crushing defeats, Washington's forces surprised the British — and won. A mile-and-a-half walk through Morningside and Hamilton Heights on the ground where it happened.