Event Info
Event type: Tour
Design Disciplines:
Architecture Urban Design
Where:
The group meets at in front of Track 29, inside Grand Central’s Main Concourse
89 E 42nd St.
New York NY 10017
Neighborhood:
Manhattan - Midtown East + West
Organizer:
Untapped New York
Accessibility:
Provides Assistive Listening Family Friendly

Art Deco Icons of NYC Tour

From gazing at the Chrysler Building's shimmering crown to navigating sleek underground passages beneath Rockefeller Center, this tour explored Manhattan's Art Deco icons from surprising perspectives. Attendees ventured through Midtown visiting skyscrapers both famous and overlooked.

Tour Highlights

  • Attendees marveled at the incomparable beauty of the Chrysler Building, and spotted hidden automotive motifs on its facade

  • Discovered a way to take a (safe) peek at the storied Track 61 beneath the famed Waldorf Astoria—once the site of an underground party hosted by Andy Warhol

  • Navigated the iconic Rockefeller Center through its vast network of underground passages

  • Why are there rats on the Graybar Building?

  • Deciphered the hidden meanings behind the symbols carved into this Art Deco tower

  • Uncovered one of New York City’s most stunning—and often overlooked—Art Deco landmarks, such as the electrifying General Electric Building

  • Stepped onto the very subway grate that helped cement Marilyn Monroe’s legacy as a cinematic sex symbol

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