Flatiron Partnership’s '23 Days of Flatiron Cheer' Features Holiday-Themed Walking Tours

From The Flatiron District:

NEW YORK, NY – The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District (BID), which provides free, year-round historic walking tours of the neighborhood, will hold special holiday-themed walking tours every Sunday in December to complement its annual “23 Days of Flatiron Cheer” festivities.

"These tours highlight what makes Flatiron so special this time of year,” said Jennifer Brown, Executive Director of the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership. "The Flatiron Building may be one of the most visited and cherished sites in New York City, but as these tours will show there is so much more to love and celebrate about the neighborhood during the holidays!”

The special, holiday-themed tours will be held on December 4, 11, 18, and 25 (Christmas Day). Tours start at 11:00 a.m., and meet at the southwest corner of Madison Square Park (in front of the William Seward statue) at 23rd Street and Broadway. No advance registration is required. For more information, click here.

The events complement the fifth annual “23 Days of Flatiron Cheer”, spearheaded by the Flatiron Partnership. This year, “23 Days” runs from Thursday, December 1 to Friday, December 23, and features a number of popular traditions, including a dynamic, interactive installation in the North Public Plaza at Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street; contests; performances by local groups; and, giveaways from local businesses. Most activities take place in the Public Plazas near the famed Flatiron Building. Visit www.FlatironDistrict.nyc for details about all programming.

Since the Flatiron Partnership began offering the tours nine years ago, more than 5,900 people - from 58 countries, and more than 425 cities in the United States and Canada - have taken part in more than 480 excursions. The tours highlight some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the Flatiron Building, New York Life Insurance Building, MetLife Clock Tower, and Appellate Courthouse.

Weekly tours are led by Miriam Berman, the author of “Madison Square: The Park and Its Celebrated Landmarks” and “New York in Words and Images”; Mike Kaback, a native New Yorker who has an unquenchable enthusiasm for everything about the city; and, Fred Cookinham, author of “The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World”.

Image via The Flatiron District.