The Bowery Boys 19th Century NOHO Tour Glamour Greed Money and Murder

The Bowery Boys 19th Century NOHO Tour Glamour Greed Money and Murder

Join this unique tour of the once elegant Bond Street NOHO neighborhood, former home to some of New York’s most famous families. You’ll learn how the neighborhood from the Bowery to Washington Square evolved into an enclave of the very rich and often vary famous, as well as the fringes of New York’s 19th-century underbelly.

Your expert guide Carl will lead you along 19th-century cobblestone streets and introduce you to characters in this real-life drama, such as John Jacob Astor, Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Mrs. Astor, and Edith Wharton.

Our tour will pass by such New York landmarks as the famous Colonnade Row, the Public Theater, and Cooper Union. You’ll also imagine the drama that unfolded on today’s Astor Place during the Opera House riot of 1847.

We’ll visit the site of the notorious 1857 Bond St. Murder, which remains one of New York’s unsolved murder mysteries!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Astor Place, Astor Pl, New York City, NY 10003

We visit Astor Place

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: 599 Broadway, New York City, NY 10012-3235

We walk along Broadway, discussing architecture

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: 5 Ave, Waverly Pl., W. 4 St. and Macdougal St. Washington Square Park, New York City, NY 10011

We discuss the lives of notable families living along the park... and those buried under it.

Duration: 30 minutes