Episode 255: New York City Travelogue
Three times a year a collection of History Chicks listeners embark on a Field Trip with us, this September that adventure was to New York City! Our travel organizer, Laura Hart of Like Minds Travel, put together an itinerary of experiences and places that feature some of our former subjects, this time over a 5-day weekend.
The podcast episode is our report on that trip told by us and some of our friends who traveled with us. There are lessons to learn, spots to visi that we recommend if you visit New York, and a whole lot of references for our former subjects.
Because we let our fellow travelers tell the tales, we thought we would also let them show you some photos from their experiences.
Time Travel with The History Chicks
We talked a bit about our personal sidequest up to Eleanor Roosevelt’s home, Val Kill, and to the FDR Library and Roosevelt home in Hyde Park. Both are open to the public, although Val Kill is open seasonally, and with special hours from November until December. Here’s their website with not only hours and visiting information, but also lots of other online exhibits. Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site in Hyde Park, NY. The FDR Presidential Library and Museum is open all year, is very close to Val Kill, and it makes a wonderful weekend! (The “tour of diners” that we did was just a personal mission, not a formal activity through any tour company.)
While a lot of our excursions were private, the places we visited are all open to the public. If you’re planning a NYC visit, here’s some of them:
Our Field Trip kick-off cocktail party was at the Monarch Rooftop Lounge.
If we had one “must visit” it would be the Tenement Museum at 103 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. You can choose from several tours in the tenement apartments, and all are amazing. They also have creative and informative interactive virtual exhibits.
Everyone knows about Hamilton, and it’s as much of a delight now as when it first opened in 2015, but Suffs stole our women’s history-loving hearts! While the Tony Award-winning Broadway show is closing in January of ’25, the show is going on tour and if it’s near you, scoop up those tickets and slap on your Votes for Women pins to go see it.
Sagamore Hill Historic Site in Oyster Bay, NY. Our old friend Alice Roosevelt’s room is on display with her furnishings and things the way that she remembered them. Their National Park Service website has a virtual tour! Love a virtual tour!
Bowery Boys Walking Tours of NYC! History-focused tours from the gents who are experts on the city!
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Memorial: Located just off Washington Square Park, the memorial wraps around the building where the fire happened.
Russian Tea Room– historic, special, and tasty!
Delmonico’s– dine like you’re in the Gilded Age!
Registration is now open to join us on our Field Trip to Paris from April 25-May 3, 2025! For information and to register visit LIKE MINDS TRAVEL