NYC Tour Guide Test 333 Questions And Complete Answers
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What did William Cullen Bryant do for a living? Romantic poet and editor of NY Evening
Post who spearheaded the campaign for Central Park.
What is the nickname of the Woolworth Building? The Cathedral of Commerce
What and where is the Sa...
NYC Tour Guide Test 333 Questions And
Complete Answers
What did William Cullen Bryant do for a living? Romantic poet and editor of NY Evening
Post who spearheaded the campaign for Central Park.
What is the nickname of the Woolworth Building? The Cathedral of Commerce
What and where is the Salmagundi Club (47)? A club for artists. At 47 Fifth Ave between
11th and 12th Streets, named after The Salmagundi Papers by Washington Irving.
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? SOHO
(SOuth of HOuston)
Where is the Forbes Gallery (60)? 60 Fifth Ave. near 12th St.
What is the current name of Hurtig and Seamon's? Apollo Theater
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Where and what is the 2nd oldest monument in NYC? Worth Monument is in Worth
Square at 25th and Broadway near Madison Square Park. The obelisk honors General Worth for
his service in the Mexican-American War and Seminole War.
What does Guastavino refer to? A type of timbrel roof vaulting that uses lighter terra cotta
tiles. Ellis Island, Custom House, GCT used them.
Which of these is not a Broadway theater? Hilton, Music Box, Beacon, St. James The
Beacon
What is the name of the hotel at 59 W. 44th between Fifth and Sixth, famous as a hangout for
writers? Algonquin Hotel, famous for its Round Table, where actors, critics, writers and
wits would gather, nicknamed The Vicious Circle.
What is the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in the city? Federal Hall
National Memorial
What is the Haughwaut's building known for? Store sold the Lincolns their china and
silverware for the White House. Also, first Otis elevator and earliest use of cast iron.
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Where is the New York Stock Exchange? 11 Wall St. (This is a trick question, they want
you to say Wall and Broad)
What is Federal Hall and where is it? Site of George Washington's Inauguration as
President. Federal Hall Memorial is the former Custom House building rebuilt on the original
site on Wall Street.
What is Bloomingdale Asylum and where is it? Buell Hall, the administration building of
Columbia University in Morningside Heights, formerly a lunatic asylum from 1821.
What is the name of the garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum, famous for its cherry trees?
Japanese Hill And Pond Garden
What's the nickname of the AT&T building? Golden Boy
Where is the Gotham Hotel, and what is it now called? 700 Fifth Ave at 55th Street - The
Peninsula
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What is Civic Fame? A 25-foot tall golden statue on top of the Manhattan Municipal
Building. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman to celebrate the merging of the 5 boroughs in 1898.
Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who is living or has lived there?
Central Park West (Eighth Ave) and W. 72nd Street. Henry Hardenbergh design. Lauren
Bacall, Connie Chung & Maury Povich, Roberta Flack, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Karloff, Judy
Garland, John Lennon.
Name buildings designed by Henry Hardenbergh Dakota, Plaza, Schermerhorn Building,
the original Waldorf Astoria on 5th (Empire State Building there now), Willard, Copley Plaza,
What was the Campbell Apartment? An opulent space in Grand Central Terminal,
occupied by a friend of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Police thought it was lived in when they saw
a shower and toilet. It is now an opulent bar.
Formerly the private office and salon of 1920's tycoon, John W. Campbell, The Campbell
Apartment has been fully-restored to its original splendor -- and reborn as a chic cocktail lounge
cited in the national media as one of "the best bars in America".
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