Posted: Jul 7, 2013 | 9:56 PM
by Jared Goldstein
1754: King's College founded in Trinity Church. The school will shutter between 1776 and 1787 when alumni revive it with a more patriotic name, Columbia. The Loyalist faculty fled to Nova Scotia where they teach at King's College.
1860: Abraham Cahan, Editor of the Jewish Daily Forward (1903-51), the influential Yiddish newspaper, born in Russia. The Forward, now in English, is still published. Here is an article they wrote about me.
We visit Cahan's Forward Building on Jewish Lower East Side tours.
1871: Boss Tweed offered the New York Times a $5 million bribe not to cover City Hall's corruption. In his rejection, the Publisher George Janes said, "I don't think that the devil will ever bid higher for me than that."
We cover Boss Tweed on these NYC Tours: Santa the NYC Tour, Lower East Side tours, and Downtown tours.
1887: "The quintessential modern Jewish Artist" Marc Chagall born in Belorussia, became French, but was a refugee in New York City 1941-1948 where he read Yiddish newspapers in the Lower East Side and mixed in the emigre modern art scene. He died 3/28/1985.
Let's go on a Jewish Lower East Side Tour.
1899: George Cukor film director, and pride of DeWitt Clinton High School, born in Manhattan. He died 1/24/1983.
1946: Mother Cabrini of Manhattan was canonized, the first American saint.
We see some of her works in Greenwich Village tours and my Catholic New York Tour.
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Posted: Jul 6, 2013 | 12:18 PM
1921: Nancy Reagan born in Queens.
1954: NY Yankee and baseball Manager Willie Randolph born.
1971: Trumpeter Louie Armstrong died in his sleep at his home in Corona, Queens. The Louis Armstrong home is now a museum.
1999: During a heatwave a blackout in upper Manhattan left thousands in blackout.
2003: In a New York Times Op-Ed, American hero and former ambassador Joseph Wilson stated that George W. Bush's rationale for Operation Iraqi Libertion (OIL) was based on a lie, that the administration knew that Iraq did not have nuclear capability despite stating so.
The administration reacted treasonously and vindictively, blowing Wilson's CIA wife's cover. She was the counter WMD expert investigating germ warfare capability proliferation, which was the other Bush administration rationale for the invasion, the false connection between Iraq and the domestically based Anthrax attacks, which came from the US Army and is still mysterious.
The leak that blew Plame's cover led to Plamegate to investigate who blew Plame's cover. This led to an obstruction of justice standoff that played out years later. Who blew her cover is unprosecuted. Who lied about the rationale for war with Iraq is unprosecuted.
2005: New York Times WMD reporter Judith Miller was jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the outing of an undercover CIA operative, Valerie Plame. She refused to reveal her source, Scooter Libby of the Bush Administration. She eventually relented after her friend, Scooter, told her to.
Posted: Jul 5, 2013 | 1:10 PM
by Jared Goldstein
1810: P. T. Barnum, NYC's great Imressario, born in CT. He died April 7, 1891.
1857: Eight killed and more than 100 injured in the battle between the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits gangs despite the efforts of the militia and the police to stop the rioting in the infamous Five Points neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
1963: Actress Edie Falco (Sopranos and Nurse Jackie) born.
1998: Pride of Brooklyn and Columbia, Sid Luckman, football great, died.
Posted: Jul 5, 2013 | 12:12 PM
by Jared Goldstein
From TripAdvisor
“best way to do NYC!”
Reviewed June 29, 2013
in short: make your NYC visit more fun, safer, smarter, and more efficient...and that means the tour pays for itself!
i grew up on long island and lived in NY for nearly 20 years before moving away. know how much of NYC you can see in 20 years? a lot, but still merely the tip of the ice berg! investing in a tour with jared is just plain smart: you will do more, enjoy it all more, appreciate it at a deeper level, and be in savvy hands for safety and getting around so you can focus on taking in the amazing energy that is NYC.
his ability to structure things yet wing it is perfect for NYC. his intelligence and humor blend perfectly. his historical knowledge contrasts his hip finger-on-pulse of current events perfectly. his ability to make you laugh one moment and touch you deeply the next (like at the 9/11 memorial) mimics exactly what NYC itself can do to you. his comfort level with people old and young, local and foreign, serious and silly is paralleled by his comfort level with an equally diverse array of topics (we touched on pizza, punk, pierogies, art deco, beatniks, sports, music, and so on!).
by far the best decision/investment/experience of my whole trip! thanks, jared! coming back soon with my girlfriend and another wacky mix of topics to tour on!
loved how the other tour guides we crossed paths at were taking notes at your substance and style...and when you told that spoiled kid to show some respect for the magical pear tree at ground zero that survived
9/11 and hurricane sandy!
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Austin, Texas, United States
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Posted: Jul 3, 2013 | 3:44 PM
by Jared Goldstein
1878: The father of the Broadway musical, George M. Cohan, born. He died Nov. 5, 1942
1933: Municipal hero, Richard Ravitch, who helped the bailout of NYC, the MTA, and became Lieutenant Governor for free during a governance crisis, born.
1937: Playwright Tom Stoppard born.
1986: Presidents Reagan and Mitterand of France reopen the renovated Statue of Liberty for its centennial.
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Posted: Jul 2, 2013 | 12:23 PM
by Jared Goldstein
This is an off-shoot of the Lighting NYC Tour
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Posted: Jul 2, 2013 | 12:22 PM
by Jared Goldstein
Experience at least 3 NYC Merry Go Rounds on this tour in at least two boroughs.
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Posted: Jul 2, 2013 | 12:17 PM
by Jared Goldstein
Happy Canada Day-A!
I escorted my Alberta group into the cavernous John's Pizza on 44th Street, wearing my Canadian Flag Cape.
The group seated next to us was thrilled 'we' are Canadian.
A few minutes later they proved it, singing "O! Canada!,"
their national anthem. Both groups stood and joined in song, loudly proudly filling the former Baptist church with patriotic spirit.
Good thing I wore my Canadian Flag Cape.
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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 | 11:27 AM
by Jared Goldstein
"New York City with Jared"
Reviewed June 27, 2013
We were very pleased with our tour of New York City with Jared.
His knowledge of NYC, along with his personal experiences – and his great sense of humor – was a perfect combination for our group.
He was great to work with during the planning of our tour and created a day tailored especially for our group.
We received lots of positive feedback from our tour participants and will definitely book with Jared on our next NYC tour. As a group tour planner, I highly recommend Jared.
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Posted: Jun 28, 2013 | 11:02 AM
by Jared Goldstein
“An amazing glimpse of NY's Lower East Side...”
Reviewed August 2, 2011
We booked a tour with Jared Goldstein of NY Urban
Adventures. It was a fantastic glimpse into the lives of the Jewish, Italian and Chinese immigrants living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
We walked and talked for almost three hours and stopped in many restaurants and stores for mini-visits and refreshments along the way. Jared pointed out lots of
interesting places and shared many "inside" stories; he also shared additional suggestions if we wanted to extend the tour on our own.
I would recommend this tour to anyone interested in the history of NYC whether they are native New Yorkers, or not!
Visited August 2011
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