Bowery Boys Virtual Tour of the Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue

Sponsored by Hopkins Alumni

Join fellow alumni and friends as we virtually tour the gilded-age mansions of New York City's Fifth Avenue with the Bowery Boys. The term “Gilded Age” is used to refer to the period of booming economic growth in the USA in the second half of the 19th century. In New York City this is the period when robber barons like Frick and Carnegie built some of the most extravagant urban palaces the city has ever seen.

Beaux-Arts was the dominant style of architecture in this period, as the greatest American architects from Richard Morris Hunt to Stanford White to C.P.H Gilbert all studied abroad in Paris. These three architects and many others created French châteaux, Italian palazzi, Gothic castles, and Neoclassical mansions in the heart of New York City, and helped give Fifth Avenue along Central Park the cachet it still holds today, as one of the most famous residential neighborhoods in the city.

Join us as we "stroll" up the avenue to visit the grand residences, to see their exteriors, and to hear stories of their designers and owners.

Don’t miss this experience that takes you up one of the most famous streets in the world. This tour has a limited number of spaces available, so please make sure to register early to secure your spot!

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