Walking Tours

The East Midtown Greenway (EMG) is a linear park stretching from 53rd to 61st Streets on the East River to close a gap in the nearly continuous 32-mile greenway around Manhattan. Elevated on structure above the river, EMG provides waterfront access where none has existed since the construction of the FDR. A product of multidisciplinary collaboration, EMG offers lush planting, a separated bikeway, gathering spaces and seating, all with spectacular views of the river corridor.

Architect: Stantec

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour. 

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

Meet at the South Facade of the Cooper Union Foundation Building at 7 East 7th Street, between Cooper Square and The Bowery. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.

The rich and diverse architectural context of NoHo’s Historic Districts continues to inspire innovative contemporary design. The highly crafted execution of many of the recent buildings in the neighborhood shows reverence for earlier masterworks. Tour highlights include Morphosis’ Cooper Union Engineering Building, Herzog & de Meuron’s 40 Bond Street, DDG Partners’ 41 Bond Street, and Selldorf Architects' 10 Bond Street. Also encountered is a fine group of 19th-century landmarks, including the Cooper Union Foundation Building, Astor Library (now the Public Theater), and the De Vinne Press, all of which grappled to find the appropriate architectural language for taller buildings so clearly illustrated by Louis Sullivan’s Bayard-Condict Building’s dominant vertical expression. Along the route, a discussion of technological and stylistic breakthroughs, including the transition from masonry load bearing to steel frame construction and the appearance of more varied cladding materials, will stitch the tour’s sites together.

AIANY Guide: Alex Mclean, AIA

AIANY cannot be held liable and assumes no responsibility for any injury or loss incurred by participants in these programs. Tour is limited to 15 attendees. Walkups cannot be guaranteed a spot on the tour. 

Cancellation Policy: 
AIANY Walking Tours take place rain or shine, please dress for the weather. There are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, unless we cancel a tour. 

Meet at the Madison Avenue BID offices: 29 East 61 Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10065

Join AIANY and the Madison Avenue BID as we set out to discover the history behind Madison Avenue’s landmark buildings and explore how high-fashion retail has been incorporated into the district to create a world-famous shopping destination. The area has evolved from brownstones built in the 1870s and 1880s to lavish Beaux Arts townhouses by celebrated architects such as McKim, Mead & White, Carrère & Hastings, and Ernest Flagg, to luxury apartment buildings designed by Rosario Candela, Emery Roth, and others. Since the early 20th century, many of these historic residential buildings have been transformed to accommodate prestigious stores. The tour will examine architecture from 1870 to the present on and near Madison in the East 60s and 70s, an area entirely within the Upper East Side Historic District. We will consider how landmark designation has preserved the avenue’s distinctive character.

This monthly tour is offered in partnership with the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), a public-private partnership established in 1996 with the goal of enhancing the quality of life for the community and its visitors. The BID focuses on public safety, sanitation, promotion and advocacy for the district, striving to make Madison Avenue a more attractive and dynamic place in which to shop, live, work and visit.

AIANY Guide: John Arbuckle, Assoc. AIA

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Health and Safety Guidelines: 

AIANY cannot be held liable and assumes no responsibility for any injury or loss incurred by participants in these programs. Tour is limited to 15 attendees. Walkups cannot be guaranteed a spot on the tour. 

Cancellation Policy: 
AIANY Walking Tours take place rain or shine, please dress for the weather. There are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, unless we cancel a tour. 

The Triangle Fire Memorial honors the victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire—a pivotal event in US and labor history. Its textured, stainless steel “ribbon” on the building where the fire took place extends to the windowsill of the 9th floor, where many of the victims jumped to their death. The names and ages of those 146 victims are cut into this ribbon and mirrored onto a reflective panel.

Please note: this tour is accessible by wheelchair.

Architect: Charles Lauster Architect
Designers: Uri Wegman and Richard Joon Yoo

Meeting location will be emailed to registered attendees the day before the tour. 

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This program is organized in conjunction with Archtober. Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October. 

All Archtober sales are final. No refunds available.

The AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture, formerly known as Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN), has organized a bus outing through the countryside of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Berkshires, taking in the autumn foliage and making its way to Shaker Mount Lebanon and Hancock Village, the original capital cities of this remarkable communal society. Shaker villages espoused egalitarian ideals, where women and people of color were given leadership roles on equal footing with white men. AIANY is inviting you to join this all-day, private tour of two historic intentional communities in rural New York and Massachusetts. The experience has been curated to compliment the work presented in Shaker Architecture, Diversity Driving Innovation, a Center for Architecture symposium co-produced with Shaker scholars Jerry Grant and Maggie Taft.

Departing from the Center for Architecture, guests will at arrive at Hancock Village in time for a guided walk through the historic grounds, tour of the Great Stone Barn, and a catered lunch. The second destination will be Mount Lebanon to experience the remarkable Shaker landscape architecture and their most significant structure: the Shaker Meeting House. Afterwards, there will be a wine and cheese reception at the home of Dennis Wedlick and Curtis DeVito in nearby Stanfordville, New York. The construction, spaces and finishes of this 21C abode were all inspired by the form-follows-function Shaker design inventions that inspired residential architecture and interiors throughout the world.

Tour Schedule:
8:30 am: Depart Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012)
11:30 am: Hancock Tour at Hancock Shaker Village (34 Lebanon Mountain Rd., Hancock, MA 01237.)
12:00 pm: Lunch/Tour
2:00 pm: Leave for Mount Lebanon Tour at Darrow School (110 Darrow Rd, New Lebanon, NY 12125)
3:30 pm: Leave for Stanford
4:00 pm: Wine and cheese at Wedlick/DeVito Residence (43 Bowen Road, Stanfordville, NY 12581)
5:30 pm: Return to Center for Architecture

Tour Curators and Reception Hosts:
Dennis Wedlick, FAIA, Chair, AIANY Committee on Residential Architecture; Founder, Principal Emeritus, BarlisWedlick Architects LLC
Curtis DeVito

Meet at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl New York, NY 10012

The SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, created in 1973, is dominated by remarkably intact mid-19th century architecture. Originally designed for both commercial and manufacturing uses, most of these buildings have been adapted for residential use. Meanwhile, over the last three decades, several entirely new buildings have been approved by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission as “appropriate" for inclusion within the district.

This tour looks at these recent buildings as well as significant historic sites to examine a range of design strategies—some highly contextual and others more interpretive—for historic districts. The following buildings are included, among many others: Scholastic Building by Aldo Rossi, 40 Mercer by Jean Nouvel, 529 Broadway by BKSK, 27 Wooster by KPF, XOCO 325 by DDG, the 1857 Haughwout Building, the meticulously restored 101 Spring Street (Judd Foundation), 478-482 Broadway by Richard Morris Hunt, and the 1904 Little Singer Building by Ernest Flagg.

AIANY Guide: Tim Hayduk

Health and Safety Guidelines:
AIANY cannot be held liable and assumes no responsibility for any injury or loss incurred by participants in these programs. Tour is limited to 17 attendees. Walkups cannot be guaranteed a spot on the tour. 

Cancellation Policy:
AIANY Walking Tours take place rain or shine, please dress for the weather. There are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, unless we cancel a tour. 

Meet at the South Facade of the Cooper Union Foundation Building at 7 East 7th Street, between Cooper Square and The Bowery. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.

The rich and diverse architectural context of NoHo’s Historic Districts continues to inspire innovative contemporary design. The highly crafted execution of many of the recent buildings in the neighborhood shows reverence for earlier masterworks. Tour highlights include Morphosis’ Cooper Union Engineering Building, Herzog & de Meuron’s 40 Bond Street, DDG Partners’ 41 Bond Street, and Selldorf Architects' 10 Bond Street. Also encountered is a fine group of 19th-century landmarks, including the Cooper Union Foundation Building, Astor Library (now the Public Theater), and the De Vinne Press, all of which grappled to find the appropriate architectural language for taller buildings so clearly illustrated by Louis Sullivan’s Bayard-Condict Building’s dominant vertical expression. Along the route, a discussion of technological and stylistic breakthroughs, including the transition from masonry load bearing to steel frame construction and the appearance of more varied cladding materials, will stitch the tour’s sites together.

AIANY Guide: Alex Mclean, AIA

AIANY cannot be held liable and assumes no responsibility for any injury or loss incurred by participants in these programs. Tour is limited to 15 attendees. Walkups cannot be guaranteed a spot on the tour. 

Cancellation Policy: 
AIANY Walking Tours take place rain or shine, please dress for the weather. There are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, unless we cancel a tour.