Join popular tour guide Stephanie Azzarone for a fascinating tour of Riverside Drive—best known for elegance and quiet. But behind its serene facades lie secrets, from intriguing architectural details to headline-making tales. This in-person tour will take a close look at the avenue’s most notable buildings—many of them built around the turn of the century—and reveal design delights and scandalous stories alike. We’ll discuss the sad fate of America’s first supermodel, see the mansion where William Randoph Hearst ensconced his paramour, Marion Davies, visit the Drive’s tallest apartment building and its only privately owned freestanding villa—among other eye-catching sites. Along with sharing the history of how Riverside Drive came to be, the tour will identify the famous architects responsible for the look of this lovely boulevard and unveil some of its most impressive, designated landmarks.

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Top image: Postcard, Riverside Park and Drive, New York, 1905; The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library.