Key points about this tour:
- 2.75 hours long
- $86 per adult, $68 per student
- Offered aboard Manhattan or Manhattan II (1920s inspired yachts)
- As comprehensive as the standard AIANY Around Manhattan Architecture Tour, but with added attention to historic buildings and landmarks
- Fully circumnavigates the island of Manhattan
- Hosted & narrated by a member of the American Institute of Architects
- Indoor climate-controlled seating and outdoor seating available
- **Due to COVID 19 restrictions in NYC, onboard food & beverage consumption is likely prohibited on ticketed tours aboard Manhattan and Manhattan II. Call for latest updates on this restriction if desired. Please eat prior and bring personal bottled water.
-AIA CES 1.5 to 2.5 LU HSW Continuing Education Credits offered.
Step aboard the teak decks of our elegant 1920s style yachts, the Manhattan and Manhattan II, and enjoy NYC’s historic buildings and landmarks from the water.
The tour narration, provided by members of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY), is general enough for visitors yet detailed enough for locals and design professionals. With a focus on historic buildings, the tour is as comprehensive as the AIANY Around Manhattan Architecture circumnavigation tour.
You’ll experience a comfortable and unique tour on the Hudson, East, and Harlem Rivers from the climate-controlled and enclosed back-deck observatory or wander to the outer decks for fresh air and sunlight.
On this 2 hour 45 minute cruise you will circumnavigate the island of Manhattan while taking in monuments, bridges, historic individual landmarks and districts, and parks.
Highlights, topics and themes of the AIANY tour include:
• View Manhattan’s iconic historic skyscrapers, the Empire State Building, the Woolworth Building, and three others that were once the tallest building in the world, and learn how they have been transformed over time.
• See New York’s famed Modern architecture, including the recently renovated United Nations headquarters complex, and works by Modern masters Louis Kahn and Marcel Breuer.
• Discover a vast array of adaptive re-use projects, including the High Line, where historic structures have been creatively reimagined for new uses.
• Enjoy close-up views of the Statue of Liberty, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ellis Island and other monuments.
• Learn about and see works by some of America’s most celebrated architects from the nineteenth and early twentieth century, including Stanford White, Cass Gilbert, and Richard Morris Hunt.
• Find out how New York City protects its individual landmarks and historic districts.
• View historic landscapes including Riverside Park and Riverside Drive, originally planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, and Trinity Cemetery, as well as recently developed parks reusing sites formerly devoted to the working waterfront.
• Pass under nineteen different bridges including the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the recently restored and reopened High Bridge, and other historic bridges, many over a century old.
• Discover tomorrow’s landmarks, the most notable recent additions to the New York skyline, such as the World Trade Center redevelopment, Hudson Yards and buildings by Frank Gehry, Bjarke Ingels and other superstar architects.
What Is Not Included?
Gratuity is not included unless you purchased the ‘Groups of 10 or more’ ticket type where a 10% gratuity is automatically applied. If you do end up obtaining 10 or more individual tickets by separate purchases, you will be contacted to make an advance payment of a 10% Group Gratuity.
Are you a Group of 17 or more?
- Call us directly at 212-627-1825
Guarantee of a full circumnavigation of Manhattan is not included. On rare occasions, the Spuyten Duyvil train bridge is inoperable and cannot open for us to pass through. This is often times not known until our tour is underway. River closures may also occur for a number of reasons. There are no refunds for tours that cannot fully circumnavigate. We will accommodate such cases with a tour that features a double backing of the route and further detail of the waterfront sites.
Meeting Location
Chelsea Piers (Pier 62) – W. 22nd and Hudson River (Manhattan, NY)
(Exact meeting location details will be provided immediately upon purchase of tickets.)
FAQs
General FAQs about all our excursions.
Policies
Refund/Rescheduling Policy
An option to reschedule or convert to a gift certificate is available up until 24 hours prior to departure. We are not able to offer refunds. Requests for cancellation, rescheduling or conversion to gift credit must be sent by email to publicsails@sail-nyc.com. *Unique cancelation terms can be offered upon request. Please call 212-627-1825, option 4.
Other Policies
Activity takes place rain or shine, but within reason.
The activity runs regardless of weather conditions. In the rare situation where the seller is forced to cancel the event, ticket-holders will be allowed to reschedule to another time (subject to availability), receive credit for a future event, or receive a refund.
Quiet Cruising.
– This cruise is a heavily-narrated tour experience. We recommend it for those seeking an informative, exciting, and content-rich trip. We require guest conversations be kept to a reasonable level so that narration can be heard by all. For guests looking for a more social experience, please consider our sunset cruises, day sails, city lights cruises or one of our other non-narrated events. This is NOT for children under 14. For guests with children under 14 please consider our Statue & Skyline tours, day sails or any other minimally narrated day time event.
About
Classic Harbor Line
Dedicated to helping locals and visitors alike enjoy the unique wonders of New York City, Classic Harbor Line hopes for the privilege of escorting you on a relaxing, inspiring, and breathtaking cruise through the waters we proudly call home. Our five classic yachts — the Schooner Adirondack and the Schooner America 2.0 (our sailboats), and the Luxury Yacht Manhattan, Manhattan II and Kingston (our motorized yachts) are reminiscent of the classic boats that cruised the NYC waters in the past two centuries.
