Madison Square Gilded Age Architecture Tour

Follow the Gilded Age around Madison Square, where the city’s finest shops, theaters, hotels, and museums once radiated. Contrast refined Fifth Avenue architecture with the Tenderloin’s saloons, brothels, and gambling halls brought to life with historic images.

• Discover Madison Square's role as the Gilded Age hub of shops, theaters, hotels and museums
• See exquisite department store architecture along Broadway and Fifth Avenue
• Step into the Tenderloin district of saloons, brothels and gambling halls
• Compare refined Fifth Avenue streetscapes with the era's rougher side
• View historic images that bring a 25–30 year boom period to life
• Trace layers from rural farmland to residences to commercial towers

Things to know

Tour may be canceled in bad weather at the operator's discretion.