MYSTERIES, HISTORIES, & UNTRUTHS
Private, guided tours of NYC. Anyone can show you the Empire State Building and Times Square, but did you know…why we call triangles “Squares” or why we say The Bronx?
Private, group tours of legendary NYC
Tour guide, history buff, and movie officiando, I am a native New Yorker, born and raised on the Upper West Side, I love this city and all its peculiarities. Join one of my tours and learn why Wall Street is called Wall Street, where is the “square” in Times Square or where are the batteries in Battery Park.
NYC Subway tour
Explore the secret history and inside story of the creation of the original 1904 subway line and how it grew into the most extensive transportation system in the world.
Price: $185 for up to 8 people
Duration: 2.5 hours
Group size: 1 – 8 people
Upper West Side
The home to many legendary actors, legendary composers, some legendary criminals and some legendary characters. One of the most diverse and interesting neighborhoods in all of New York City.
Price: $185.00 for up to 8 people
Duration: 4 hours
Group size: 2 – 8 people
Brooklyn Bridge
The story of the this bridge is incredible. The engineering, the beauty, the determination of an incredibly stubborn family to get this job done and the sacrifices they made is a story that I love to tell.
Price: $185 for up to 8 people
Duration: 2.5 hours
Group size: 1 – 8 people
Central Park tour
In New York City there are older parks and there are larger parks (over 13% of NYC is park!) but come see why Central Park is the most visited park in the world.
Price: $150 for up to 8 people
Duration: 2.5 hours
Group size: 2 – 8 people
Bucket list: NYC your way
You’ve come all this way. You’ve undergone security procedures as invasive as a medical exam. After the trip here, after all that work, why would you want someone else’s agenda? Discover NYC your way!
Price: $350 for up to 8 people
Duration: 5 hours
Group size: 2 – 8 people
Art Deco Manhattan & the Bronx
Art Deco was not invented here but some of the worlds greatest examples of the style are in Manhattan. The often overlooked Bronx, one of the 5 Boroughs that make up the City of Greater New York, has some very hidden treasures.
Price: $402 for up to 8 people
Duration: 6 hours
Group size: 2 – 8 …
About your guide
Gary Dennis was born and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After attending the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Arts, Gary received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, with a minor in Theatre History (specializing in New York City) from Brooklyn College.
Growing up in a house of insanely competitive know it alls, Gary discovered a way of getting some parental attention by developing his passion for New York City history as well as for movie history. At the dinner table, it was not just who was loud enough, but who knew the most. Gary was / is loud and knows enough. Gary devoured New York City history books along with the biographies of movie stars, writers, directors and producers of Hollywood’s “golden age”.
LICENSED BY:
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Certified as a New York Know-it-all for over 50 years.
From the blog
Another One Bites the Dust
Another Slaughtered Lamb, Another McElfatrick Disappers Into Oblivion Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Back In August of 2013 I put up a piece about a theater. It was announced that yet another piece of our puzzle, mosaic, history or whatever you …
Tubby Hook – Who was Tubby? Inwood Part 1
Friday, January 25, 2013 By the late 18th century, after the revolution and naming and renaming streets and places had begun, the area on this rock north of the village of Manhattanville all the way to the top of the island was called Mount …
103rd Street and Broadway (and a little 104th Street)
Thursday, May 31, 2012 After the Civil War, New York grew at a rate like never seen before in this town. The only way New York, and when I say New York I mean the Isle of Manhattan, could grow was up. Up the island. There were pockets of the …
Discover the secrets of New York City
Experience the mysteries & myths of New York City at the hands of one of its finest guides.
