About Joyce Gold History Tours of New York
Joyce
Gold gives in-depth walking tours through thirty Manhattan neighborhoods. Day
tours explore such themes as: Religious Manhattan, Colonial New York, the
Jewish City, a Day in Brooklyn, Ethnic New York, Noshing Manhattan.
TESTIMONIALS
Joyce Gold History Tours of New York has been recommended by:
New York Area: The New York Times, N.Y. Post, Villager, New York Magazine- "Best Bets"
National:
Boston Globe, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post
International:
British GQ, Nippon Keisai Shimbun (Tokyo), United Daily News (Taiwan), Hong Kong Standard
Television:
CNN, Boston Channel 5, ABC-News, A & E
The New York Times, September 7, 1998
"Joyce Gold - the doyenne of city walking guides."
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The
Hollywood Reporter
New York Stories by Norm Chandler Fox
If you really want to become familiar with this area, try a walking tour with
Joyce Gold. ... With the ability to make the earliest Dutch settlement sound
like a gripping miniseries, Ms. Gold should be declared an official NYC treasure.
...Call (212) 242-5762 to reserve a walking tour anywhere in town with this redoubtable
woman.
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The
Boston Sunday Globe
A walking tour filled with history, architecture and enjoyment - William A. Davis
Multifaceted, endlessly fascinating and with compact and well defined neighborhoods, New York is a city that richly rewards those who explore it on foot.
Joyce Gold led me on an informative stroll through the historic area just north of the World Trade Center. Also an enthusiast, Gold teaches Manhattan history at the New School of Social Research, has read "about 800 books about New York."
Cutting through the Trade Center, we walked over to City Hall Park. Heart of the original city, this under-visited neighborhood is the one from which New York is run. Municipal offices, local and federal courthouses, the Federal Reserve building (which contains far more gold than Fort Knox), the Tombs prison and police hedquarters are all in the vicinity. "New York has always been a cosmopolitan place." said Gold, looking up at City Hall. "In 1643 there were perhaps 500 people in Manhattan, but they spoke 18 languages."
... The tour ended with a walk down Nassau Street, a typical narrow and low-rise street of Old New York that is now a pedestrian way; and along Fulton Street to the old fish market and the relatively new South Street Seaport.
... The Swedish royal family was making a state visit to the South Street Seaport this day, and there were many Scandinavian accents and tow-headed children in the crowd thronging the cobblestone streets, producing an effect closer to Minneapolis than the popular image of Manhattan.
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I did want to thank you again for doing such an outstanding job for the ASHRAE group. We had more people than ever before come back to the registration desk to say that their tour was fantastic and their guide even better! We usually hear nothing about the tours other than problems. Most people expect a tour to be good and don't bother to come back and tell us so it was quite delightful for us to have so many come to tell us how great their tour was and how much they enjoyed it.
I am also grateful for the wonderful response we had from you on-site when we had a few problems with the buses. You were so helpful in offering solutions and in guiding us to who we needed to talk to.
All
in all, we greatly appreciate the role you played in making our meeting
so successful...
Many, Many thanks for everything.
Sincerely,
Judy Marshall, Manager, Meetings and Conferences ASHRAE
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"Thank you again for the wonderful tour of Greenwich Village you provided our group. Everyone was so enthusiastic about the tour and the way you structured our time circling Washington Square Park. We wished we had been able to schedule a longer time with you."
Judith Goodwin, Cora Hartshorne Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary October 2002
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"INRANGE Technologies would like to thank you for the outstanding service while hosting our tour of New York City. All of my clients were impressed with your knowledge of the area and your choice of destinations. Your outstanding customer service and competence made dealing with your company a pleasant experience. INRANGE Technologies will definitely use your establishment for future events, as well as recommend you to others in our field."
Kymm Conner, January 2001
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"Thank you very much for the really enjoyable tour you gave us yesterday. Many members of the Consular Womens Club who attended commented on the depth of information you gave us. What a beautiful day!"
Sheila Berg, Nay 1999
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"We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and had a terrific time. Please feel free to use us as a reference."
PaineWebber
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Just a note of thanks for a great Manhattan History experience this spring. You helped restore the fascination and thrill of New York that brought me here in the first place. Well done!"
Clayton Shedd, May 1999
BIO 1976 - present
COURSES IN NEW YORK CITY HISTORY
1980 to present - The New School for Social Research
1988 to present - New York University
PUBLICATIONS
From Windmills to the World Trade Center: A Walking Guide to Lower Manhattan History, Old Warren Road Press, NYC, 1983, 1987, 1995.
From Trout Stream to Bohemia: A Walking Guide to Greenwich Village History, Old Warren Road Press, NYC, 1988, 1996.
Encyclopedia of the City of New York (Yale University Press)
HONORS
Associate, University Seminar on the City, Columbia University;
Fellow, Municipal Art Society
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Real Estate Broker
Computer Programmer/Systems Analyst
Teacher of English, N.Y. public school system
EDUCATION
M.A. in Metropolitan Studies, New York University
B.A. in English Literature, Queens College
CLIENTS:
Ships: Queen Elizabeth 2 (numerous Atlantic crossings), Clipper Cruise Lines
Corporations: AIG, AT&T, KPMG Peat Marwick, PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
American Bureau of Shipping
Hotels: Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton
Organizations: Museums (Tucson Art Museum, Jewish Museum); Schools (Hunter Elementary, Columbia University); Diplomatic (Consul General of the Netherlands); Alumni (Duke, Harvard, Radcliffe; NYU Law, Business, & Medical
Schools); newcomers' organizations, hospital staff, tour companies.
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the website Women For Hire, TV - View video about how “How
Joyce Gold got started…”.
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