ManchesterRoosevelt Island: An Audio Tour by a Filmmaker
Roosevelt Island: An Audio Tour by a Filmmaker is a 45-minute sightseeing tour in New York. £3.84 — 95% below the New York median tour price of £76.12, across 542 priced tours. It holds a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 reviews. Listed under Tours & Sightseeing, History, Outdoor Activities, Classes & Workshops. The median tour price in New York is £76.12, measured across 542 priced tours.
New York⏱ 45 min★5.0(1 Rating)From £4
On this self-guided tour, you'll trace the history of this 'island of the unwanted' to a thriving community today. Experience the magic of GPS playback on this immersive stroll through Roosevelt Island.
Discover the fascinating history of Roosevelt Island, from a sliver of farmland off of Manhattan to the home of New York City’s unwanted: prisoners, the mentally ill, and those with contagious diseases. On this walking tour, I’ll show you the island’s southern end where I’ll unpack some of its complicated 400-year-long history.
Having grown up on Roosevelt Island, I love sharing the amazing history of this place and how it was transformed from the island of the unwanted into a thriving community. While you walk, you’ll see what’s left of its uncomfortable past and find out how hospitals and penitentiaries were replaced with the fabulous Southpoint Park, Cornell Tech facilities and Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park.
Key facts
- £3.84 — 95% below the New York median tour price of £76.12, across 542 priced tours.
- 45 min — 63% shorter than the New York median of 2 h, across 541 tours.
- The median tour price in New York is £76.12, measured across 542 priced tours.
- The 25th-percentile tour price in New York is £38.44, measured across 542 priced tours.
- The 75th-percentile tour price in New York is £192.22, measured across 542 priced tours.
- The median tour in New York runs 2 h, measured across 541 tours with a published duration.
- 98% of New York's 542 categorised tours carry the "Tours & Sightseeing" tag, the most common of 19 categories in the city.
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