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In the crisp autumn air, our tours feel especially immersive, timed perfectly for the Halloween season when New York’s history seems at its darkest.
Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Main Features:
Find out about the journey of psychiatry from Europe to America.
Learn about the madhouses of the metropolis.
Discover the psychoanalytic explosion that occurred in New York City.
Hear about the Sackler family’s beginnings in “valiumania.”
Peer at the psychiatric islands of the East River, the first American psychoanalytic society, and the offices, mansions, and townhouses of medical research and Freudian relations.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Meet at the 87th St and East End Ave entrance to Carl Schurz Park (3 blocks east of 86th St subway Q line).
A few blocks from southeast corner of Central Park
Itinerary
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1Upper East Side
1.) John Finley Walk: East River vantage point to view Roosevelt and Wards Islands
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Upper East Side
2.) Yorkville Glockenspiel: South-west corner of 83rd St and York Ave (a mural nod to the German Yorkville neighborhood)
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Upper East Side
3.) New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: 247 East 82nd St.
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Upper East Side
4.) East 80th St. Houses
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Upper East Side
9.) Hunter College Baker Theatre Building: Formerly the Mount Sinai Dispensary, the Neurological Institute, and the Kennedy Child Study Center: 149-151 East 67TH St
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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10.) Park Avenue Armory: 643 Park Avenue
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Upper East Side
11.) Tillinghast House: 26 East 64th St., off Madison Ave.
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Madison Avenue
12.) 15-17 East 62nd St., off Madison Ave.
18 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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