Central Park West Art Deco Walk with Anthony Robins   
Rescheduled to Monday, June 17th 6:00-8:00pm

Join acclaimed Art Deco expert and architectural historian, Anthony Robins, for a captivating walking tour along Central Park West and an up-close look at many of the Art Deco gems that form Manhattan’s major residential skyline. We’ll explore how an exciting new architectural style brought 1920s color and jazz to the formerly sedate avenue.  This full two-hour tour will take us along one of the most acclaimed sections of Central Park West architecture.  You've stared at them in wonder -- the iconic twin-towered skyscraper apartment buildings known as the Century, the Majestic, and the Eldorado -- this is your chance to learn from a true expert how a new approach to aesthetics, craftsmanship and materials combined to create these enduring symbols of luxury and modernity. 

Anthony W. Robins has been guiding natives and visitors to the city’s wonders of steel and stone for 25 years. He has led hundreds of walking tours and given countless lectures on New York history and architecture. He is the author of five books, two of which, Subway Style and, most recently, New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz Age Architecture, have won a New York City Book Award from the New York Society Library. Robins served for 20 years on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and continues to promote historic preservation as a consultant, notably preparing nominations of New York City properties to the National Register of Historic Places. He currently serves on the Board of the New York Preservation Archive Project and is Vice President of the Art Deco Society of New York.  In 2017, the Guides Association of New York City honored him with their “Guiding Spirit Award.”