Events
Archive on Parade offers both public and private tours, lectures and events for organizations, groups and individuals.
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57th Street: Artists' Alley
Sunday, May 31, 2026, 11am
Before West 57th Street was Billionaires’ Row it was Artists’ Alley. A wide array of buildings - from artist studios to concert halls, dance conservatories to literary clubs - made 57th street one of New York’s preeminent cultural corridors. This tour of West 57th Street focuses on the artistic legacy of 57th street, featuring such institutions Carnegie Hall, the American Fine Arts Society Building, and the Louis H Chalif School of Dance. We will explore why such celebrated architects as Henry Hardenbergh and Cass Gilbert were drawn to 57th Street, discover why luxury apartments appeared on 57th Street long before the current super-talls, and see where the arts are still flourishing on 57th Street.
Sympathetic Spies: George Washington's Eyes and Ears in Lower Manhattan
Sunday, June 14, 2026, 11am
The British Revolutionary War Spymaster Major George Beckwith claimed that, "Washington didn't really outfight the British, he simply out-spied us." The General's master-spies operated out of Lower Manhattan. As we make our way between The Battery and Wall Street on this walking tour, we'll retrace their steps. Along the way, we'll find out who first peddled fake news, meet the tailor who saved George Washington's life not once but twice, and discover what Eagles, Turtles, and Vultures have to do with turncoats and saboteurs.
Gramercy Park
Saturday, June 27, 2026, 11am
From a “Crooked Little Swamp” to the Erie Canal; “The American Bloomsbury” to the Underground Railroad; “The First Lady of American Theater” to the first Transatlantic Cable, the history of Gramercy Park is exceptionally rich.
Best known as the city’s only private park, Gramercy has been home to both some of the city’s stateliest architecture and its most celebrated artists.
Inspecting the environs of both Gramercy and Irving Place, this tour will consider Gramercy Park as an early effort at modern city planning, delve into the area’s historic architecture - from an early Quaker Meeting House to the city’s oldest Co-op - and uncover the stories of the artists, writers, inventors, and politicians who called the neighborhood home.