"No other city is so spitefully incoherent"
--James Baldwin
Welcome to Manhattan Unlocked Walking Tours
Discover hidden-in-plain-sight history and have fun decoding the streetwalls of the city on our multi-faceted walking tours. Manhattan Unlocked answers the question every New Yorker and visitor has asked at one time or another: "why is this building next to that building?"
About Us
Manhattan Unlocked began as a blog over a decade ago as an effort to decode and make sense of the streetwalls of the city. What most people consider New York City is an architectural complex, and constellation of neighborhoods, stretching about 6 miles from the Battery to Central Park. Yet, what looks like a jumble of buildings on almost any given blockfront, I one day long ago realized, couldn't be random. There had to be reasons, there had to be patterns. Neighborhoods too, whether made up of cast iron buildings or skyscrapers, had to be part of some greater, overarching narrative that described the city's development. There had to be some way that Tribeca and Museum Mile were part of the same story.
I soon realized taking on the search for the single-story--the "unified theory"--behind New York's instantly recognizable yet wholly enigmatic built environment, I needed to hit the pavement so to speak. Manhattan Unlocked walking tours began. I had to discontinue the blog long ago, but hope to start posting again soon. Join us on a walking tour, or wait for the book, Build: The History of of New York City on the Island of Manhattan.
Our Walking Tours
Join Us on a Walking Tour...Click the big blue button below for details, or to book any of the following tours (don't forget to read our TripAdvisor reviews!):
- Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour
Midtown west, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Park Avenue
- Holdouts! Based on the Book by Alpern & Durst
Midtown east, Grand Central, Rockefeller Center
- Recreate the Most Requested Walking Tour of 1840s New York
Astor Place, NoHo, SoHo, Chinatown, Foley Square
- A Disastrous History of Housing the Poor
(starts May 15, 2024)
Foley Square, Chinatown and The Lower East Side
- Explore the Ruins of a Forgotten City in the Middle of Manhattan
(starts May 29, 2024)
Madison Square, Nomad, the Flatiron District, Chelsea
In the meantime, the old blog for "testing the waters" remains below.
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