Recently I took two walking tours in NYC, using New York Tours by Foot.
The first was all about 9/11. It started at the City Hall Fountain, and was run by Ellen.
The second was all about lower Manhattan, and started at the Charging Bull. This one was run by Renee, who I learned is from a town I know.
I would highly recommend these tours. They are pay-as-you-wish, but they are well worth twenty dollars per tour. Each tour is about two hours long. They stop for bathrooms, and they show you places to eat when the tour is over.
A few things about each
The 9/11 Tour
- The Oculus ended up costing 4 billion dollars instead of 1 billion dollars. Thus it was more expensive than 1 World Trade Center, which was 3.9 billion dollars
The Lower Manhattan Tour
- She said the upper parts of building in Manhattan were built to be smaller (such as the one that looks like a wedding cake) because of setback laws (allowing sunshine.)
- Battery Park Tunnel building is an air vent
