The Times Square Zipper
You see them everywhere and not just in Times Square—signs that spell out news and advertising. ABC has a big, beautiful version at its...
Group activity: Apollo Theater
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 8. We'll be going to Amateur Night at Harlem's historic Apollo Theater. Performance starts at...
Walking tour: Flatiron
Named after the beautiful Beaux-Arts Flatiron Building, this district is home to Madison Square Park and cast iron architecture. This is...
Midtown Church history walking tour
A committee of church members interested in the history of our church in New York City designed this walking tour in midtown. If you're...
Walking tour: Union Sq and Gramercy
Take this self-guided walking tour of Union Square and Gramercy Park. You can see Gramercy Park, but you can't actually enter it. It is a...
Gustavino Ceilings
Remember our delightful visit to the Whispering Room in Grand Central Terminal? That beautiful vaulted and tiled ceiling above and into...
Walking tour: SoHo
Take a self-guided tour of this neighborhood, known for fashionable and trendy shopping and eating and cast iron architecture.
New York's first subway
If noticed this sign in the Subway, you might have wondered what it is. The Pneumatic subway was developed in 1870 by Alfred Beach,...
Assignment: NYC Episode 6
This is easily my favorite episode: the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who undertook the largest...
Project website
The skeletal, pre-launch version of our project website is ready for you. It can be found at http://cressman.wix.com/byu-nyc-guide After...