Urban Wonderer App Walking Tour of New York City
Whether you are visiting New York City, or live here and are curious about the history of the buildings and landmarks you pass, Urban Wonderer FREE app is here to help!
look at and appreciate these sites when you’ve got your nose stuck in a
guide book. This audio app solves that problem.
UrbanWonderer, an iPhone and Android audio walking tour app, was launched to solve just this problem.
Created by licensed NYC tour guide, Steven Craig Sickles, UrbanWonderer
offers informative and highly entertaining narrated walking tours of
some of New York City’s most popular neighborhoods, including SoHo,
TriBeCa, Central Park, Greenwich Village, and W42nd Street in
Times Square. Additionally, the UrbanWonderer app offers a non-narrated
map of the Chelsea Art Galleries, as the exhibits change constantly.
UrbanWonderer walking tours cover not
only New York City history and its landmark sights, but also some of the
city’s best restaurants, art galleries and shops, as well as dozens of
film and TV shooting locations that have helped make New York the most
celebrated city on both big and little screens.
With the UrbanWonderer walking tour app you’ll learn the history of over 100 popular NYC destinations, including:
– How Houston Street got its name and, perhaps more importantly for New York City newbies, how to pronounce it!
o Listen: SoHo: The How of Houston
– The history of the Washington Square Park Arch
o Listen: Greenwich Village: Washington Square Arch
– The controversy over the creation of Central Park and how Sheep Meadow got its name
o Listen: Central Park: Sheep Meadow
Check it out! Urban Wonderer
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