The Psychiatric History of New York Walking Tour

New York City, Guam

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Take an analytical stroll through the evolution of psychiatry on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Main Features:
Find out about the journey of psychiatry from Central Europe to America.
Learn about the madhouses of the metropolis.
Discover the psychoanalytic explosion that occurred in New York City.
Hear about the Sackler family’s beginnings in “valiumania.”
Peer at the psychiatric islands of the East River, the homes of distinguished and disgraced doctors, the first American psychoanalytic society, and the offices, mansions, and townhouses of medical research and Freudian relations.

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Itinerary
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Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

1.) John Finley Walk: East River vantage point to view Roosevelt and Wards Islands

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

2.) Yorkville Glockenspiel: South-west corner of 83rd St and York Ave (a mural nod to the German Yorkville neighborhood)

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

3.) New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: 247 East 82nd St.

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

4.) East 80th St. Houses

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Park Avenue, Manhattan 1049 Park Ave, New York City, NY 10028-1061

5.) Example of "Central Park" Private Practice Psychiatry: 903 Park Ave.

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

6.) The Raleigh: Former home and psychiatric practice of Dr. Cornelia B. Wilbur

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

7.) Buckley School: East 74th St. between Park and Lexington Avenues

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

8.) 155 East 72nd St.

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

9.) Hunter College Baker Theatre Building: Formerly the Mount Sinai Dispensary, the Neurological Institute, and the Kennedy Child Study Center: 149-151 East 67TH St

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York City, NY 10065-6122

10.) Park Avenue Armory: 643 Park Avenue

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: Upper East Side, Upper East Side, New York City, New York

11.) Tillinghast House: 26 East 64th St., off Madison Ave.

Duration: 12 minutes

Stop At: c/o Madison Avenue Business Improvement District 59 East 79 Street, Lower Level, New York City, NY

12.) 15-17 East 62nd St., off Madison Ave.

Duration: 18 minutes

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Additional information

Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Guides required to regularly wash hands
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking

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