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 Starting in the West Village, we'll explore some of the neighborhood's amazing
architectural wonders including the pink "Palazzo Chupi", a two hundred year old farmhouse transplanted from the
upper East side of Manhattan by flatbed truck, the Westbeth Complex with its interesting history as well as a number of other
unique buildings.
We'll also visit the beautifully
developed waterfront along the Hudson River which used to be heavily industrialized, take a walk on a pier jutting out into
the Hudson and then its off to the High Line.
Opened in June 2009, the High Line is now an elevated
park some 30 feet above the city streets. Built on the site of a former freight railway that had traversed around and even
through buildings, over the years the High Line stopped functioning as it was originally intended. Today the High
Line is now a beautiful public park filled with plants, winding its way thru the old Meatpacking District and Chelsea. A walk
on the High Line offers the visitor terrific views of the surrounding New York City streets and the Hudson River. This tour
is approximately 2-3 miles in length and will take a bit more than 2 hours to complete.
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