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We have an extension list of privately offered tours that will interest New York visitors. If you find a tour to your liking and want to know more please contact the tour guide listed. They will be delighted to hear from you.

The Millionaires of the Fifth Avenue Gold Coast

The Millionaires of the Fifth Avenue Gold Coast

"The very rich…are different from you and me."

On this weekend's tour, The Fifth Avenue Gold Coast, you'll see where the very rich of the late 19th and early 20th century chose to flaunt just how different they were. Today the avenue still holds an aura of exclusivity that invites us to explore its architecture, personages, and stories of fortunes accumulated and spent. The creation of Central Park in the 1870s destined Fifth Avenue — the park's eastern border — to become one of New York's most elegant addresses. Great historic mansions, including those of Henry Clay Frick and James B. Duke, began to line the avenue. Much of the wealth that created this Gold Coast was earned rather than inherited.

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New York Celebrity Bus Tour

New York Celebrity Bus Tour

It's hard to imagine the fun and friendly NYC of today,(with Disney in Times Square, and bistros on every corner) used to be a cesspool of hardened criminals, desperate street urchins, and a hustle and scam around every corner! On the Gangster Dives Lower East Side Pub Crawl you can learn all about the dangers and horrors of the Gangs of New York... but without the actual danger...

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From BeBop to Punk Rock

From BeBop to Punk Rock

So, just where did Punk Rock and Disco really get their start? And where did Jimi Hendrix and the Experience play their first live gig in America? All these mysteries will be revealed, and many myths will be exploded when we take you on our tour through Downtown Manhattan's Greenwich Village and East Village showing you sites where the Jazz greats have been playing for seven decades and Punk Rock's birthplace on the Bowery. With many more things in between, we'll show you first-hand where we first heard some of those sultry sounds and started partying the way we do today.

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The Rise and Fall and Rise of the World Trade Center

The Rise and Fall and Rise of the World Trade Center

What is happening at the World Trade Center site? When will the new one be finished? Take a comprehensive tour of this moving and poignant place with a knowledgeable and compassionate guide and learn all about the rise of the Twin Towers, what they meant to the city and the world, the staggering tragedy of 9/11, and the slow but very real struggle to re-build the World Trade Center.

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Hollywood on the Hudson

Hollywood on the Hudson

Come walk in the footsteps of your favorite stars from Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart to Demi Moore and Anne Hathaway. You've seen New York in the movies all your life and now you can see the locations in person. On this tour, you will ride the subway, walk the avenues, and see the sights from Spider-Man, Crocodile Dundee, Big, Enchanted, North By Northwest, Midnight Cowboy, Coming to America, and many more!

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Boppin' in the Big Apple!

Boppin' in the Big Apple!

New York is one of the jazz capitals of the world. Follow in the footsteps of Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonius Monk on this journey through three great neighborhoods as you listen to the live performances in some of the greatest clubs in the city. In your privately chartered limo, you and your tour guide will hear live jazz sets in avant garde haven of Greenwich Village, star-studded Midtown, and the great be-bop mecca of Harlem. This is one unforgettable odyssey through the city and its music.

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The RMS Titanic Tour of Manhattan

The RMS Titanic Tour of Manhattan

Where were the survivors of the Titanic brought when they finally reached dry land?

Find out this and other answers on this comprehensive tour that takes in not only the sights but shares also the drama of the historic disaster and its aftermath. The Titanic sank on her way to New York, owned by a New Yorker, with many New Yorkers on board. See the pier where the ship would have landed, the hospital where the survivors were treated, the old New York Times building, the Hudson Theatre, Macy’s, and ultimately the headquarters of the notorious White Star Line

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Gangster Dives of the Lower East Side

Gangster Dives of the Lower East Side

Starting on Delancey street, marvel at the birth of the immigrant criminal lifestyle over drinks at local pubs that used to be the haunts of colorful characters like Monk Eastman and Bugsy Seigel. We'll continue down to another bar which used to be called The Bucket of Blood for the slaughterhouses that used to stand beside it, and end up near the notorious Five Points (made famous in Martin Scorcese's filmGangs of New York) where some say... the ghosts of the old Chinatown Gang Wars can still be heard howling through the streets.

Please note all participants must be 21 years of age or older and must present valid photo ID to the tour leader at the start of the tour. All tour participants are expected to drink responsibly and in moderation. Drinks provided on the tour are spaced at intervals that are responsible consumption of alcohol. This is a cultural tour.

3 drinks included at 3 bars along the way as part of the tour price

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Spirits of '76! American Revolution Pub Crawl

Spirits of '76! American Revolution Pub Crawl

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Hour! . . Well, maybe that's not how the founding fathers envisioned it, but that's not to say that booze didn't have a crucial role to play in the American Colonies' fight for independence, especially in Lower Manhattan! Since the days of Nieuw Amsterdam, New York has always been a town of liberty and drinking. So when the British tried to tax the molasses that was being turned into precious rum in 1775, you knew we weren't going to stand for it!

Who knew that the cradle of the revolution was actually found in the back rooms of "Liberty Pubs" across the city and the foment of the revolution was found in a mug of locally brewed ale? Well, Ben Franklin did:

Please note all participants must be 21 years of age or older and must present valid photo ID to the tour leader at the start of the tour. All tour participants are expected to drink responsibly and in moderation. Drinks provided on the tour are spaced at intervals that are responsible consumption of alcohol. This is a cultural tour.

3 drinks included at 3 bars along the way as part of the tour price

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Go Home with a Story… AND Great Pictures!

When you return from your trip to New York City, the only thing you will have to keep are the photos. At Uncle Sam’s New York, we design our tours to be social experiences that allow you to experience New York City, meet new people, and go home with a story.

Photos are the perfect way to capture the great stories from your trip.

BUT, According to our customer research, the thing people regret most when they get home is that they did not take more photographs of their trip to New York City.

Private Photographer tour of New York City can cost you up to $300.

Uncle Sam’s New York Photo Pass gives you a dedicated photographer with a professional camera for your tour. Our photographer will take as many photographs of you and your group in front of as you like.

We will then post these photos to facebook so that you can tag yourself and allow your friends to see what you are doing in New York.

In addition to all of the photos on facebook, the photo pass also allows you to choose the best 6 photographs printed in color 5 X 7” and have them mailed to you at your home, all for one low price of $35.

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