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February 23rd Walks running as scheduled. Brooklyn Bridge and Heights Walking Tour.

For 25 years, these daily excursions have taken a look at NYC's neighborhoods in a comprehensive and thought-provoking manner, exploring the many layers of history See Staten Island's premiere arts and cultural center. The Brooklyn Museum houses a huge permanent collection—more than 1 million pieces in all. The New York Botanical Garden features more than a million plants on acres. One of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the States constantly innovates with its exhibitions and events. Big Onion Walking Tours. Description For 25 years, these daily excursions have taken a look at NYC's neighborhoods in a comprehensive and thought-provoking manner, exploring the many layers of history

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The company has offered tours of the city since Jackson , a Columbia professor and prominent historian of New York City. For decades Jackson has required his students at Columbia to explore the city on foot and even to write walking tours as academic assignments. Kamil and O'Donnell initially gave walking tours on ad hoc basis for museums and school groups as a way to help to pay for graduate school. What started as an informal enterprise gradually developed into a small company as they began giving public "show-up" tours that were listed in the newspaper. O'Donnell left the company in to pursue an academic career. Kamil continues to run the organization and lead tours himself. The reason Big Onion Walking Tours has succeeded is that it makes the city's history accessible and understandable--not to mention entertaining. This is no small feat given New Yorkers' unforgiving nature and the difficulty of running any business here, let alone one founded by graduate students. Today there are almost thirty, all of which peel back the layers, like an onion, to reveal what's beneath. After , Big Onion had a marked decrease in patrons, while maintaining its public tour roster, no groups chose to take tours from September 12 through October 29, It was a tour that Big Onion Walking Tours usually conducts dozens of times each fall, all over the city, for school groups from all over the country. But it was the first one that Big Onion had done since Sept. In the aftermath of the terrorist attack, the economic woes of New York businesses that feed, entertain, house and generally cater to visitors have been well documented.

Each year Big Onion offers hundreds of show-up tours to the public and hundreds more to schools, businesses, law firms, non-profits, and families.

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Reservations We require reservations and pre-booking on all walking tours. Military means members of the active military. Students means full-time students who are school-aged between kindergarten and graduate school. Reservations We require all participants to book online and prepay for walking tours as part of our Covid protocol. Our credit policy is the most liberal in the business!

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For decades Jackson has required his students at Columbia to explore the city on foot and even to write walking tours as academic assignments. Can you ask them questions along the way? This is no small feat given New Yorkers' unforgiving nature and the difficulty of running any business here, let alone one founded by graduate students. Brooklyn Bridge and Heights Walking Tour. What are those free tours about? Big Onion prides itself on its deeply researched, factual and fun tours. Tools Tools. It was a tour that Big Onion Walking Tours usually conducts dozens of times each fall, all over the city, for school groups from all over the country. Visit Website. Today there are almost thirty, all of which peel back the layers, like an onion, to reveal what's beneath. More About Us. Download as PDF Printable version. O'Donnell left the company in to pursue an academic career.

Big Onion has the finest group of tour guides in the city. Most of us are full-time graduate students researching and writing doctoral dissertations in history or a related field.

Article Talk. MoMA PS1 One of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the States constantly innovates with its exhibitions and events. Big Onion crafts a new tour once or twice a year. After , Big Onion had a marked decrease in patrons, while maintaining its public tour roster, no groups chose to take tours from September 12 through October 29, Category : Adventure travel. Brooklyn Bridge and Heights Walking Tour. See Staten Island's premiere arts and cultural center. Can you ask them questions along the way? Prospect Heights. Big Onion prides itself on its deeply researched, factual and fun tours. Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum houses a huge permanent collection—more than 1 million pieces in all. In the aftermath of the terrorist attack, the economic woes of New York businesses that feed, entertain, house and generally cater to visitors have been well documented. Tours meet at or near a subway stop and are typically two hours long.