Saturday, February 28, 2009

A new option for New York Travelers to Experience New York City

By Samuel Cook

New York City offers a number of options for those who want to tour the city by bus or boat. However, there are far fewer options for those who want to see New York on foot. While New York City nightlife is easily uncovered for its visitors, there's much more to this big little city.

Fortunately, visitors to New York City can rely on Uncle Sam's New York for daily historical walking tours that provide an unforgettable experience for New York City visitors. Uncle Sam's New York is the only company providing interactive walking tours for visitors to the city.

Uncle Sam's New York historical walking tours take the classic New York City neighborhoods and provide the real history that captures the essence of their story. Instead of randomly walking its visitors around a neighborhood, Uncle Sam's New York tours insist on providing a coherent narrative to explain the history of the neighborhood.

For the historical walking tours, Uncle Sam's New York has chosen famous New Yorkers to symbolize the story of that particular neighborhood. The Alexander Hamilton Financial District tour covers the oldest part of Manhattan. The Edgar Allan Poe Greenwich Village tour covers the classic bohemian artistic heart of the city. The George M. Cohan Theater District tour covers the iconic Times Square that is the heart of New York City?s Broadway shows.

The Alexander Hamilton Financial District Tour is the original Uncle Sam's New York historical walking tour. which includes such highlights as Battery Park, Bowling Green, Fraunces Tavern, Wall Street, and the World Trade Center site, among many others. This ambitious walk explores New York City from its founding as a Dutch settlement to its rise to the world's financial capital. The story comes to life through the eyes of Alexander Hamilton, whose rise from a penniless young immigrant to our nations first Secretary of the Treasury epitomizes the immigrant spirit that defines New York City.

The Edgar Allan Poe Greenwich Village Tour traces the neighborhood where American literature, painting, cinema, and modern music got their start. This stroll through the winding, twisted streets of Greenwich Village takes you from the Washington Square Arch to the folk music clubs of Bleecker Street. Named after the father of American Poetry, this tour will discover the origins of the neighborhood that became the incubator for the art movements in the United States from American Theater to folk rock and stand-up comedy.

Ever wanted to give your regards to Broadway? The George M. Cohan Theater District Tour is for you. You'll follow the Yankee Doodle Dandy himself through the most famous theater district in the world and see famed theaters including the Palace, the Imperial and the New Amsterdam. You can walk in the footsteps of many of the greats in Shubert Alley and learn all about the history of American theater and musicals all while seeing the spectacular sight which is Times Square.

For the New York City visitor, Uncle Sam's New York Historical walking tours provide an innovative glimpse of the real New York. Rather than providing dry information, these wonderful tours provide guests with a fascinating, themed narrative to understand and capture the essence of these historic New York neighborhoods.

As an added bonus, Uncle Sam's New York provides visitors with the means to remember their amazing experiences at these prominent New York City landmarks by providing a photographer on each and every tour. Visitors can review the photos of their walking tours at our website (see below) and take these photos home for a lifetime of memories.

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