• Battery Park - The tour commences at SOUTH FERRY/WHITEHALL STREET STATION, proceeding to
  1.) The vantage point for the Statue of Liberty.
• Financial District - 2.) The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, located at 7 State Street
  3.) The Memorial to Wireless Operators
  4.) The National Museum of the American Indian
  5.) The intersection of Broadway and Morris Street, the former site of the city’s cemetery
  6.) Trinity Church
  7.) St. Paul’s Chapel
  8.) The North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial
  9.) St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
• Civic Center - 10.) The park surrounding City Hall
  11.) The Surrogate’s Courthouse
  12.) The junction of Elk Street and Chambers Street
  13.) The African Burial Ground National Monument
  14.) The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Center Street
  15.) The Metropolitan Correctional Center, located at 150 Park Row
• Chinatown - 17.) The stretch of Mulberry Street known as Funeral Row
• Two Bridges - 18.) Chatham Square

• Guided tour included in booking fee

Discover how the theme of death has influenced the narrative of New York City. This comprehensive walking tour delves into the city’s past through its cemeteries, outbreaks, executions, and monuments, revealing how residents have confronted mortality over the years. Journey from the revered Lenape territories and colonial graveyards to the avenues of Chinatown and the Civic Center, observing how existence, grief, and commemoration have imprinted themselves on every part of Manhattan.

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