https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-12-30 https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/what-is-real-in-las-vegas monthly 0.5 2021-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/3481aefb-5022-4510-b3d0-a18a59a0fefb/IMG_5272.jpeg Blog - What is Real in Las Vegas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/59288e16-b276-4678-956a-dc7acf25d0dd/IMG_5317.jpeg Blog - What is Real in Las Vegas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/f47e57b5-2dd6-4aa9-8fdd-dfa8d691da87/IMG_5280.jpeg Blog - What is Real in Las Vegas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/93c220a9-a561-430d-b145-6caac2ac058d/IMG_5092.jpeg Blog - What is Real in Las Vegas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/810acf0e-9f72-43e6-89b7-6bee70747178/IMG_5299.jpg Blog - What is Real in Las Vegas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/strand-book-store-lovers-of-books-or-greedy-capitalist-snobs monthly 0.5 2021-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629842112457-BI4GVOYRFCCPVI77CDOZ/1660330_th.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - One of the first writers I ever saw there was Frank McCourt. He was talking about his newest book, ‘Tis, the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize winning first memoir, Angela’s Ashes. I guess I could really relate to his tale of coming to New York and being young and poor and lonely. There was a question and answer period afterwards and before one woman asked her question she said that she had been one of his high school students during his thirty years as a high school teacher. Before she even asked her question he had a question for her “Was I a good teacher?” He said it in such a deeply, heartfelt, honest way that every single person in that room was moved. Here he was this famous, Pulitzer Prize winning writer and he’s really concerned about whethe he was a god teacher. When she replied “You were a great teacher.” we all burst into applause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629844181883-1CW33TJ3IB3GHN9AM3B2/IMG_4413+2.jpeg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - I was in the Strand recently and saw a sign that said “Experience the Rare Book Room in a Novel Way… ON A GUIDED TOUR.” The cost: $250. That seems like a hell of a lot of money to look at some old books. Maybe there’s some young, poor kid who’s really into old books, but he can’t afford a tour like that. Meanwhile there’s some rich kid who’s always had everything handed to him his entire life and his parents get him that tour and he doesn’t even fully appreciate it because it’sjust another thing that’s given to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629845337627-DO27JIDZO3M6YCBUZHIS/IMG_4421.jpeg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - They also have a tote that says “A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.” I guess that’s supposed to be some sort of women empowerment thing, but is it really empowering to refer to a woman as a creature? I don’t know. I always found it weird when I would read a celebrity interview in a magazine that if the celebrity mentions like three books in an interview the writer would be falling all over themselves over how well-read this person is. I wonder if that’s something celebrities are told to do in their media training. “Mention three books and they’ll be eating out of the palm of your hand.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629843413624-6CHSLA0AQEMQ2HXP3ZOI/lf.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - While we’re talking about books about working in restaurants in New York, allow me to recommend Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. Someone recommended it to me and it was much better than I expected it to be. It’s a story about a young girl who moves to New York and starts working in a fancy restaurant and the people she meets there. I thought it would be kind of girly and about romance and heartbreak and that I’d put it down after two chapters, but to my pleasant surpise it was about romance and heartbreak, but also so much more. I could really relate to it, though my serving years were less drug and alcohol fueled than hers. And I could never really get my mind to memorize all this specific minutia about these fancy foodie dishes when I was walking by homeless people every day on my way to work. Managers expected you to take this stuff so seriously. They wanted this to be your life, but I didn’t want that to be my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629843857697-YGKMVXYDIINRARP7THGK/1444946a-b8ca-11e7-b7b5-90f864fcf1124.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - So James and I went to see David Foster Wallace read and speak and answer some questions. This David Foster Wallace guy was surprisingly big and burly for a writer, he had long, dark brown hair and spoke with a soft, gentle voice. It wasn’t a very big room, but it was packed with about a hundred people there to see him and I thought, Wow this guy is pretty well known. (This was before smartphones kids so I couldn’t just whip out my phone and google David Foster Wallace). There were also a lot of really cute girls in the audience and I thought, “Man, this guy must be doing something right.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629845249497-ZLYIRXQ30PPFFPZVTFBT/IMG_4420.jpeg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - What does it matter if you have 8 miles of books, or 18 miles of books? What if the books are all overpriced and poorly written? At the Strand they have a section where they sell tote bags with little phrases on them. One of them has the famous John Waters quote “If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ‘em.” Pretty funny and true. (P.S. that’s why I always tried to have at least a couple books on view in my apartment.) But what if you’re a woman and you go home with a guy and he has books, but all his books are about picking up women and seduction. Is that a red flag? Is that a turn off? Asking for a friend. But wouldn’t that be kind of creepy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629843351446-9P47JDWUWT8LVGNM52Y9/download-1.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - When I read Richard Price’s great novel, Lush Life, about life on the Lower East Side in the early 2000s, a restaurant manager is doing just that in one of the opening scenes. And it wasn’t until I read that book that I realized how common that probably is because Richard Price really researches his books. And I myself had probably been stolen from many times in my waiting career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629842412143-OSP2QTJL7VP45IWX2MQB/54f9d6c97a2ec_-_chef-restaurants-mario-batali-xl-84832456.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - One time at Barnes and Noble I saw the chef, Mario Batali speak and there was a question and answer period afterward. And someone asked a question about accusations that at his restaurant the owners were stealing tips from the waitstaff. He responded in a very cavalier, dismissive attitude by saying something like, “Well, that’s something our lawyers are looking at.” Then another person asked about accusations that owners were stealing servers’ tips and again he had this sort of arrogant, obnoxious answer. And I knew right then and there that this guy was an asshole. I felt like the best answer would be to say something like, “That’s really serious and our servers work really hard and deserve to be paid for appropriately for their work. I intend to have this fully investigated and if it turns out that anyone is stealing from my employees I’m gonna make it right and make sure they get back all the money they are owed.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629842526292-54OJFSZZCWE849O5FF8F/quote-travel-isn-t-always-pretty-it-isn-t-always-comfortable-sometimes-it-hurts-it-even-breaks-anthony-bourdain-51-49-71.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629845812775-ZQYJBVS0AFHMLCFN43PN/IMG_8469.jpeg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - My mom’s high school senior year photo My mom’s senior year photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629841845776-JX0OTHEBOH3ZMXW80LRS/1024px-Strand_Bookstore_%2848072652191%29.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629846071136-E80JUI2CQ5C73QBJSDQW/lf-1.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - I was walking by the Strand one day and I saw that one of my favorite living authors, David Sedaris, was going to be there reading from his latest book. I had been a big fan of his ever since reading his book Me Talk Pretty One Day. He is simply one of the funniest and most interesting writers working today. So I was so excited to go and see him talk and read from his latest book. Then, I discovered you couldn’t get in to see him unless you bought his book first. I’m pretty sure this is something the Strand came up with. It seemed rather greedy of them to me. It felt like they were trying to be gatekeepers to make people buy a book to see David Sedaris. Why not just let people in for free to see him? And if they really enjoy it then they’ll buy a book. And when you’ve got them in the store even if they don’t buy one of his books maybe they’ll buy something else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629841996753-MYR1DOE31PBSRK20ZUY5/IMG_4411%2B2.jpg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629860628888-K6QHGHNCRJR632WEFVRF/IMG_4417+2.jpeg Blog - Strand Book Store: Lovers of Books, or Greedy Capitalist Snobs? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/a-brief-interview-with-the-naked-cowboy monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1630619952284-ZPNMWYZWYTOFNI8MHAJH/IMG_4184+2.jpeg Blog - A Brief interview with the Naked Cowboy - Make it stand out Me and the naked cowboy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1626287880126-LE9JPPYEZIT4POQCQBOD/IMG_4186.jpeg Blog - A Brief interview with the Naked Cowboy - The Naked Cowboy doesn’t do any of that. He has no sound system, just a simple acoustic guitar and his own un-amplified voice. He doesn’t approach people saying “Hey want a photo with the Naked Cowboy?” They approach him. He seems to embody this sort of American grit, discipline, and hard work. He didn’t know if this would work out. He set out to do his own thing. He did it his way and found success on his own terms. I was surprised to learn he also sells oysters and wine. He performs in various venues in New York and around the country. He has a real hustle and drive to succeed that’s very admirable. And he does it in a kind, friendly, honest way. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/a-little-island-with-a-lot-of-hope monthly 0.5 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622182936971-26HS6RDPAEFJ6UZWL0IV/IMG_3772.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622179587994-P29AAQBDXVW02HNQ6664/IMG_8591.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out The Vessel from the inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622183526359-DIXRDPOHGSYGXN71FABO/IMG_3759.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622181056393-I3RO69QG4DSHEHH55B0A/IMG_3752+2.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622179488782-280ST3TN2J9JAB1946OR/IMG_8011.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out The Vessel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622177057119-EVXWA5L372CDTCCKEFAZ/IMG_3745.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1622182866194-H3V0Q0E889RG3R6IJ0WE/IMG_3753.jpeg Blog - A Little Island with a lot of Hope - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/penn-station-phoenix-rising-or-icarus-fallen monthly 0.5 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614310599062-IQ9W5983ATZHQHSSMZNY/1024px-Federal_Courthouse%2C_Austin%2C_TX_IMG_6339.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? United States Courthouse in Austin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614811751832-TIV4QL72WL4CI7NZTXBX/article-0-1659C4B4000005DC-673_964x779.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Original Penn Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614308744178-7ZAGWQABEW6O614I4A2U/PennStation_WikimediaCommons_1911.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Original Penn Station 1910-1963 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614311449836-8NM8UIKCSUSZ4GHVJ2MM/download.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? - Santiago Calatrava Santiago Calatrava https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614811849805-CO4BY05ZOO7UH8D23DEH/IMG_3404.jpeg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Penn Station today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614310516616-0Y62TG4WSAZ0EVZVRY5K/shutterstock_14120797.0.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? San Francisco Federal Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614311357600-6NL5OAIDTXN6CRIO0MJE/Renzo_Piano%2C_portrait.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? - Renzo Piano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614317065137-6043PO9WQDVJCJSOXWFX/download-2.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614811796531-O4ZBMXVH0WPWI6AHWS3E/IMG_3379.jpeg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Penn Station today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614310374138-BQ3L5WNTHZ7STQ8ULOGJ/FullC4714D0000-00-00.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Daniel Patrick Moynihan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614811821703-YU143LHQ2VBEWJO5XZ4R/interior-of-old-penn-station.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Original Penn Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1615326389976-WBMEG142JUY7U2YE2DFX/public.jpeg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Moynihan Train Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614311764727-T7SRDVCT37BYA6QAHT66/Penn_Station_Interior.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Interior of the original Penn Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614317879097-0DZNZN4WBX924SRI5JGZ/IMG_3049.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Plaque dedicated to James A. Farley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1614805913047-31KPC0Q6R95WK9TOWDEE/b1am8c2oni0z.jpg Blog - Penn Station: Phoenix Rising or Icarus Fallen? Original Penn Station https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/blog/to-a-bright-future monthly 0.5 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1600418761020-XGCC7AWPM7OL02MNVEY8/B960EF26-7AC6-4C93-A4F2-FF7D86FD4D90_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - To a bright future https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1600418916493-ZX94YKKVBRR8TP0CHMM6/847E9851-A0D1-4994-9603-6296D469AA47_1_201_a.jpeg Blog - To a bright future Me and Neil deGrasse Tyson (He’s on the right) https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/downtown-walking-tour-map daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1604343243843-I8J1UIEPPS2MYXEJUHB8/Downtown%2Bwalking%2Btour%2Bmap.jpg Discover Downtown Walking Tour Map https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/location daily 0.75 2021-10-06 https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/our-tour-guides daily 0.75 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1600289115954-L18CKFO81HXF8S84X6SA/matthew%2Blaspata-008721%2Bcopy.jpg Our Tour Guides - Matthew LaSpata Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/tours daily 0.75 2021-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1631146270674-SJXTJ9GZOP2V8PYRSLW4/IMG_4265.jpeg Tours - Welcome to New York Tour This brief, fun 45 minute tour is perfect for people who want a quick way to get acquainted with how to make the most of your trip to New York. Learn what the guidebooks don’t tell you from a New York Insider with over 20 years experience: the real way to get the best deals for Broadway show tickets; the best, fastest and cheapest way to get around this huge city, the best pizza, the best nightlife, the best bathrooms and much more. The tour starts at the busiest most crowded place in Manhattan, Times Square (between 46th Street and 47th street between Broadway and 7th Avenue in front of the red steps next to the Father Duffy Statue) and ends at the most beautiful and peaceful place: Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1633557452095-J4GYW9CW7PI1CM9KFNH2/B4E10D54-B7CE-4E67-B0AF-474AE378F541.jpeg Tours - Haunted New York Tour Warning! This tour is not for the faint of heart. On this tour we will look for ghosts at some of the most haunted buildings and locations in all of New York City and hear true stories of some of the restless souls who wander here still: from a haunted church at New York’s oldest site of Christian worship to the scene of New York’s bloodiest riot, to a haunted bar, a haunted library, a haunted park and much more. Be prepared to be scared! The tour begins at the front of St. Mark’s church in the Bowery, 131 East 10th Street New York, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629216892247-XHSZCJLXJAQG2U6R7BYM/iStock-1057929832.jpeg Tours - Explore Midtown Tour This tour begins in the heart of the world famous Times Square in front of the Ambassador Theatre where Aladdin is playing at 214 W 42nd Street. Discover fascinating stories about Broadway and the stars, shows and composers that have made this one of the most legendary destinations for theater lovers around the world. Continue on to Rockefeller Center and learn how this Art-Deco masterpiece was almost never completed. Learn about the history and art of the Museum of Modern Art. See some of the new luxury apartment buildings of Billionaires Row including the engineering achievement that enabled the consrtruction of the skinniest skyscraper in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629216995409-3C0JX3V1HXSCMAGTKSJ6/iStock-1087219928+downtown+2.jpg Tours - Discover Downtown Tour Start in the heart of the financial district on Wall Street next to the New York Stock Exchange. The tour begins at Federal Hall at 26 Wall Street in front of a large statue of George Washington right near the New York Stock Exchange. See where George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States of America and learn how he almost lost the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Brooklyn less than two months after colonists declared independence from the British Empire. See the grave of Alexander Hamilton. Enjoy beautiful views of the Statue of Liberty and learn how she became a symbol of world-wide welcome to people around the world (which wasn’t her creator’s original intent). See the famous Charging Bull and learn why he was removed, but then returned triumphant. Pay your respects at the 9/11 Memorial and learn how the World Trade Center continues to be rebuilt to this day. See the African Burial Ground, a National Landmark, where slaves used to bury their loved ones and which was only rediscovered in the 1990s. The tour ends at the Brooklyn Bridge. Learn about the woman who is one of the most important people responsible for building this incredible feat of engineering and design. And so much more. The entire tour lasts about one and a half hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1629217031276-S4TX0B8QADM6G09BX5X4/iStock-846374390+5th+ave.jpeg Tours - A Stroll Down Fifth Avenue The tour begins near Central Park in Grand Army Plaza in front of a big gold statue of William Tecumseh Sherman riding a horse. Enjoy scenic, photogenic views of Central Park. See an apartment building where in 2019 a penthouse was purchased that broke records to become the most expensive home in American history. Go window shopping among the luxury stores of Fifth Avenue. Marvel at the Beaux-Arts beauty of Grand Central Terminal, the largest train station in the world. Learn why it was almost destroyed in the 1970s and discover the secret “Whispering Corner” on the lower level. Admire the main branch of the New York Public library with its famous lions protecting the knowledge within. The tour ends at the most famous office building in the world, The Empire State Building. These are just a few of the fascinating sights and stories you will see and hear about. The whole tour takes about 2 hours. https://www.skyscrapersandstories.com/about daily 0.75 2021-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f619a942b6bf71cbeb4f440/1600419689180-TKZGG45QRAYAH9S6NMXR/00F6384A-42C8-4251-AACC-73BDAED6A09E.jpg About - Why Skyscrapers and Stories? At Skyscrapers and Stories we want to take you on a journey of discovery. New York city has some of the most famous landmarks in the world. From the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty to the Brooklyn Bridge this city is full of exciting beauty and history. But how much do you really know about these world famous icons? Did a plane ever crash into the Empire State Building? Who paid for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal? Was a woman the unsung hero behind the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge? There are so many fun and interesting stories to tell and at Skyscrapers and Stories we want to share them with you. 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It runs Saturdays and Tuesdays at 11:00AM and 3:00PM. The tour begins near Central Park in Grand Army Plaza in front of a big gold statue of William Tecumseh Sherman riding a horse. It ends at 37th Street on Fifth Avenue near the Empire State Building. 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