NYC Modern Architecture Private Walking Tour 2 hr 30 min

Explore East Midtown, where New York’s architectural story unfolds in stone, steel, and glass. This private NYC modern architecture walking tour follows the neighborhood’s changing skyline, from the bold geometry of 1930s Art Deco to Mid-Century Modern, International Style Modernism, Post-Modernism, and contemporary towers.

Over approximately 1.5 miles and 2.5 hours, discover influential buildings that broke new ground and continue to shape design today. Along the way, your guide introduces architects and firms including Emory Roth and Sons, Schultze and Weaver, Cross and Cross, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Gordon Bunshaft, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Philip Johnson, Lord Norman Foster, and Walter Gropius. The private format makes for a personal experience as you take in East Midtown’s inventive architecture at street level.

Meet in the plaza in front of Lotte New York Palace hotel and set out to see how each era left its mark on the city. Book this NYC modern architecture walking tour to experience the neighborhood’s remarkable design evolution firsthand.