Bryant Park

Kevin is a native New Yorker and very knowledgeable. We started at Grand Central and I learned a lot about the reasons behind the appearance of the terminal vs the Chrysler building. The tour is short given the material which is the New York skyline which is impossible to cover in 90 minutes. . Still learning about the Beautiful City movement , some of the key players and a highlight like the Radiator building was a revelatory. We ended up at the Empire State Building with a pass to go in and the views were great. Kevin has a lovely conversational style . I’d say this tour focused on the first skyscrapers that are still beloved. I’d love to know more about newer buildings like the Steinway in midtown and some of the crazier tall buildings in Brooklyn. Is that realistic? Not sure as this is a walking tour.

The tour was excellent. There was a group of around 10 visitors with an expert (not an art history student as I anticipated- a professor with 15 years experience at the MoMA). Early entry helped us see the Water Lilies with the room completely empty.