Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Titanic, and the Heart of Greenwich Village
Epic Walking Tours’ Village Variety Walking Tour visits Getrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s art studio and MacDougal Alley. When the Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, the disaster sent shockwaves through the highest ranks of New York society. The ship carried some of the wealthiest and most influential people of the era—John Jacob […]
Edith Wharton and the Gilded Age in New York City
The Epic Walking Tours Village Variety Walking Tour includes stops at the former Gilded Age homes of Edith Wharton and Cornelius and Eleanor Vanderbilt in Greenwich Village. Wharton’s most famous novel, The Age of Innocence, was published in 1921 by D. Appleton & Co. on 1 Bond St. in the Village. The exteriors of these […]