The NYC You've Never Seen
Taught by Richard Exelbert
Richard Exelbert has made New York City his home for 17 years and has been a licensed NYC sightseeing guide for ten. His focus is not on the typical historical and architectual information that makes up most tours, but instead full sensory immersion - the aesthetic experience of opening up to anything and everything in new environments.
Did you know New York City is the land of adventures?
Of a living room live-jazz "speakeasy," a saint in a glass case, a forgotten musty old Spanish museum on a Greek terrace, a yellow submarine rusting half-submerged in the bay, a Mediterranean seaside nightlife paradise, a euphoric blue-colored religious village honoring a spiritual strongman, a decades-old art deco Bollywood movie theater, a long long railroad track riverside hike through the beautiful woods, a quiet majestic 150-year old fort in ruins on a hill on the bay, a waterside museum about a 19th century hipster, a mysterious grotto on the site of a religious vision, and more? Much much more...
This virtual tour of some of New York City's hidden spots will entice you with the adventures that await you and arm you with what you need to organize your own fantastic day trips in all five boroughs - no passport or plane ticket needed, just your metro card, a few dollars, and maybe your cell phone in case you get lost...
(This is a classroom session, not a walking tour!)