INFINITE CITY #4: Riots, Disasters and Bachelor Clubs

Loading...

Your payment is processing. Please wait for a few seconds to access the tour.

INFINITE CITY #4: Riots, Disasters and Bachelor Clubs

New York City audio tour: INFINITE CITY #4: Riots, Disasters and Bachelor Clubs
This is a 0.4mi walking tour
It takes an average of 30 mins to complete.
Archived
This tour isn’t available for download. We’ve preserved the script and audio as a record of its moment in time, but we don’t recommend doing the tour. It was published in May 2017.
View Comments

About the Tour

INFINITE CITY is a series of walking tours exploring New York City in endless detail. This is the fourth tour in the series.

On this thirty-minute tour, we’ll walk two loops around a section of Greenwich Village. Each successive trip around the block reveals another layer of information about the people and buildings surrounding you. First, you’ll hear about the history of those who have lived and worked on this block. We’ll explore the riots and tragedies that marked these streets. Then, on the second loop, you’ll uncover the architectural history of the buildings on this ever changing street.

Join us on a walking tour unlike any other where, by putting this city block under a microscope, you'll learn about:

  • The Stonecutter's Riots
  • One of the greatest tragedies in New York’s history
  • A home for fallen women
  • The birthplace of one of America's greatest novelists
  • A bachelor’s club

Each tour in the INFINITE CITY series is an accumulation of a particular place’s memories, and an obsessive compendium of its often overlooked minutiae. Keep a look out for more tours in the series on VoiceMap’s app soon!

Categories

Tour Producer

Akiva Saunders is a New York City teacher who uses technology and software to explore the frontiers of education. He is the chair of Latin at the Latin/Greek Institute, a teacher in the NYC public school system and a founder of Spectacle Theater, a microcinema in Brooklyn now celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Preview Location

Location 1

origins of new york university

Welcome to Infinite City, a portrait of New York in endless detail. I am the voice of this city, an accumulation of all its memories and a gathering of everything that has ever been written about the obsessive and never-ending city that is New York.

This tour will be unlike...
Read More

How VoiceMap Works

Major Landmarks

  • Washington Square Park

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Getting There

Route Overview

VoiceMap tours follow a route from a set starting point. It’s how we give turn-by-turn directions and tell a story greater than the sum of its parts.
  1. Start location
    New York, NY 10012, USA
  2. Total distance
    565m
  3. Distance back to start location
    21.82m

Directions to Starting Point

The tour begins at the eastern side of the park, at the corner of Washington Place and Washington Square south. Stand at the corner with the park directly across the street. Nearby subways include the A, B, C, D, E, F, M, R, W and 6 lines.

Show Directions
Gift vouchers
Buy tours for friends and family who delight in discovery
Buy Now
Buy for a group
Get 15% to 50% off when you buy for a group
Buy Now
License this tour
Adapt this tour to use your brand and suit your guests
Find out more

Tips

Places to stop along the way

Ramen Takumi restaurant, Kung Fu Tea, White Oak Tavern.

Best time of day

Daytime

Precautions

Stay aware of bicyclists, who may be coming from both directions.

Get The App

Download tours to use them offline
Listen hands-free with GPS playback
Get turn-by-turn directions
Scan the QR Code
“This app has become my go-to app for audio tours. I pretty much use it for every trip and it works wonderfully. I highly recommend VoiceMap for travelers to truly experience cities.”
App Store Review
“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”
Google Play Store

Questions and Reviews

4 / 5
4 Ratings
5
4
3
2
1
Display:
Sort by:
Loading…