West Village's Flappers, Freaks & Punks: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
West Village's Flappers, Freaks & Punks: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
West Village's Flappers, Freaks & Punks: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
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Explore NY's West Village with this self-guided walking tour produced by an Emmy-nominated storyteller.
• Go through Chumley’s backdoor to the speakeasy where Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all had a regular table
• Hear from Tom Darbyshire, a Creative Director from New York’s advertising industry whose passion for juicy stories inspired him to produce this VoiceMap tour
• Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.
The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
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West Village(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeFrom the apartment where John Lennon and Yoko Ono established the country of Nutopia, to the townhouse where mother of The Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious lovingly administered his fatal overdose, this West Village walking tour sheds light on the artists, authors and activists who transformed the area into “America’s Left Bank.”The Church of St. Luke in the Fields(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeStarting outside the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Greenwich Village, you’ll wind your way through the West Village to the Jane Hotel where, in 1912, survivors of the Titanic gathered for a memorial. Along the way, you’ll pass several bars, pubs and speakeasies and learn how Greenwich Village had more places serving alcohol during prohibition than before or afterwards.Cherry Lane Theatre(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeTake a bow at the oldest Off-Broadway venue that’s still kicking, the legendary Cherry Lane Theater, where Samuel Beckett, T. S Eliot, and Tennessee Williams got their start72 Barrow St Apartments(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeDiscover Grove Court, where a painted leaf saved a woman’s life and inspired O. Henry to write a story about itTwin Peaks Building(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeI’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.Cobble Court(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeStroll down Cobble Court and hear stories that you won’t easily forget.White Horse Tavern(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeYou’ll see the church where Timothy Leary infamously handed out LSD instead of communion wafers, and Whitehorse Tavern where poet Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. I’ll also point out the apartment building where the cast of Friends lived. Or, rather, the building where they would have lived if the show wasn’t filmed in California.Magnolia Bakery(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeI’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.Palazzo Chupi(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeI’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.Bell Laboratories Building Western Electric until 1925(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeStroll past Bell Laboratories Building and hear stories that you won’t easily forget.The Jane Hotel(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeStarting outside the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Greenwich Village, you’ll wind your way through the West Village to the Jane Hotel where, in 1912, survivors of the Titanic gathered for a memorial. Along the way, you’ll pass several bars, pubs and speakeasies and learn how Greenwich Village had more places serving alcohol during prohibition than before or afterwards.
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