Seasonal & Holidays
Flatiron NoMad Partnership Hosts “Presidential” Walking Tour
Professional guide to give free tour exploring former presidents' connections with the Flatiron NoMad District.
This Presidents’ Day weekend, on Sunday, February 19, the Flatiron NoMad Partnership will host a special walking tour exploring U.S. presidents’ connections with the dynamic district in the heart of New York City. Participants will learn about how presidents, including James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Grover Cleveland, influenced the neighborhood’s rich history.
Author and tour guide Miriam Berman will lead participants through the Flatiron NoMad District, where historic political establishments like the old Fifth Avenue Hotel, the Hoffman House, and Stanford White’s Madison Square Garden previously stood. During their tenure, presidents routinely met in these buildings for dinner parties, political gatherings, and meetings—even on election nights.
Other landmarks, such as the Worth Monument, played a more public role in illustrating patriotism. At Fifth Avenue and Broadway, the monument was a prime spot for a presidential front-row seat to view a litany of parades.
The Flatiron NoMad Partnership offers free walking tours throughout the year for visitors and
locals alike. During the Flatiron NoMad Partnership’s weekly tours, participants routinely explore some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the Flatiron Building, New York Life
Insurance Building, MetLife Clock Tower, and Appellate Courthouse.
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Since the Flatiron NoMad Partnership began offering the tours over a decade ago, more than 6,900 people—from 60 countries and more than 460 cities in the United States and Canada —have taken part in more than 610 excursions.
Miriam Berman is the author of “Madison Square: The Park and Its Celebrated Landmarks” and “New York in Words and Images,” a book of New York postcards. She will guide this 90-minute tour, which meets on Sunday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. - rain or shine - at the tip of the Flatiron Building, on 23rd Street just east of 5th Avenue (rain or shine) No advance registration is required. For more information about Flatiron's historic walking tours, visit https://flatironnomad.nyc/things-to-do/free-tours/.
