Take a Building Tour with AIA New York – $10 per person, reserve tickets online a few days in advance. Some tours sell out quickly. Guided intimate tours of important buildings in New York City. Upcoming tours include: Triangle Fire Memorial, Union Square, Lever House, and New York Hall of Science. Check the website for updated tour offerings and information.
Take a Center For Architecture walking tour – $25 – $165 per person, reserve tickets online a few days in advance. Tour options include NYC and surrounding tri-state areas. The maximum group size is fifteen people. Each tour lists a meeting place and short description. Upcoming tours include: Walking Tour: Madison Avenue, High Fashion, and Historic Preservation, Intentional Shaker Village Tours: Fall Outing and Reception, and Walking Tour: Historic Buildings and New Interventions in SoHo.
Art and architecture classes at the 92nd Street Y– $200-$460 per participant, register online. Looking for something a little longer? Try a multi week course at the 92NY! An ever changing roster of courses are offered and each one meets once a week for about seven weeks. Current courses include: Cityscapes in Oil: Sculpture Revolution (ages 11-14 only), Capturing NYC with Abstract Realism, and From Arts & Crafts to the Aesthetic Movement in Art and Architecture.
Sail NYC architecture boat tours – $90-$116 for adults (student discount information listed on the website). Topics include: Climate change and Architecture Tour, Architecture and the Lights of Gotham, and Industrial Waterway Tour into Freshhills Park tour in Staten Island. Sail along any of New York Cities rivers in a 1920s style yacht. Take in the views from the climate controlled cabins or open air decks.
Timeout New York’s Flatiron Food, History, and Architecture Tour – $78 per participant, register online, free up to 24 hours in advance. Wheelchair accessible. The maximum group size is eleven people.
