Ladies Mile Walking Tour with Emma Guest-Consales
Sunday, October 27th | 2:00 - 4:00 PM ET
What: Join Emma Guest-Consales ‘90 for a tour of the Ladies’ Mile Historic District, a retail center from the mid-19th century into the early 20th century. Fifth Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets was known as Ladies’ Mile, while Sixth Avenue was nicknamed Fashion Row. By the end of the 19th century, grand department stores were designed specifically to attract middle-class and well-to-do women to shop, relax, and meet friends without male interference.
The buildings of the Ladies’ Mile district include some of the most important examples of lavish cast-iron architecture in New York City. Great dry goods emporia such as B. Altman’s, Siegel-Cooper, Hugh O’Neill, and Lord & Taylor, were shopping meccas designed to attract customers from all walks of life. These buildings still stand, and while the goods displayed are more prosaic, the grand architecture still elevates our experience today.
Emma Guest-Consales '90, an art historian and experienced guide and lecturer, is the founder and principal guide of My New York City Tours. She has taught art and architectural history in New York City for fifteen years. As an official New York City Tour Guide, licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Emma conducts tours of all Five Boroughs. She is a Tour Ambassador Captain at the One World Observatory at One World Trade Center as well as a volunteer guide at the Thomas J. Watson Library in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
For more information about Emma: Emma Guest-Consales
Ladies Mile Walking Tour with Emma Guest-Consales
When: Sunday, October 27th from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, rain or shine!
Where: Meet in front of the statue of George Washington in Union Square.
Who: The tour will cost $20 and is limited to 15 SCC NYC members.