New York is the most populous city in the USA and the centre of the metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Students can take part in Urban development walking tours as well as visiting the Meadowlands Development - a project to revitalise formerly blighted areas into places of economic and community growth.
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Urban Planning Student Tours to New York
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Urban Planning Student Tours to New York
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Urban Development Walking Tour
A 4 hour guided walking tour can be arranged for your group around the redevelopment site of Lower Manhattan. An excellent opportunity for students to learn first-hand about redevelopment in one of the world's busiest cities and how the work effects the area.
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Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum tells the story of 97 Orchard Street. Built on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1863, this tenement apartment building was home to nearly 7000 working class immigrants and has been home to first generation immigrants from the mid-19th century to the present day.
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Skyscraper Museum
The Skyscraper museum explores the history behind the architectural background of New York City. You will have the opportunity to look how skyscrapers transformed people's lives and what their roles are in society. You will also find out how the buildings were first erected back in the 19th century.
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Battery Park City Residential Development
The city itself is a 92 acre community and is owned and managed by the Battery Park City Authority - a corporation created under the authority of the Urban Development Corporation. Excess revenue is being used on the area to contribute towards housing efforts, typically projects in the Bronx or Harlem.
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Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn
Atlantic Yards is a mixed use commercial and residential development project of 16 high rise buildings. The main development of the scheme is to be the Barclays Centre Arena which will be the new home of the basketball team known as the New Jersey Nets.
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Lower Manhattan Residential Developments
The areas within Lower Manhattan, such as Battery Park City, Greenwich Street South, Chinatown, the Financial District, Civic Center, and Tribeca, have undergone urban development schemes to improve the areas characteristics. Since then, there are 20 high scale projects in order to further improve the urban architecture.
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Ground Zero
Students can see the affect of the traumatising terrorist attack of 9/11, seeing the devastation it caused and efforts made by fellow citizens to remember the dead and rebuild their lives.
Suggested Accommodation
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The Wolcott Hotel
Location: New York City
Facilities: The Wolcott hotel is in the heart of the city with some rooms having a view of the Empire State Building! All rooms have TV with satellite TV channels and en-suite bathrooms. There are conference rooms should you require them and the attractions of New York are on your doorstep!
Capacity: 200 Rooms
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The Bedford Hotel
Location: New York City
Facilities: Centrally located on 40th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, the Bedford is in the heart of midtown Manhattan in the quiet Murray Hill area. Located within an easy walk are such attractions as The Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Theatre District, and all of Fifth Avenue shopping. Rooms for up to 4 students in comfortable suites with en suite bathrooms and TV's.
Capacity: 135 Rooms
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The Hotel Pennsylvania
Location: New York City
Facilities: One block from the famed Empire State Building and Macy's illustrious flagship store, "the largest store in the world"; the Hotel Pennsylvania is a New York landmark and provides exceptional value for a hotel in this location. Student rooms for up to 4, all with en suite bathrooms and TV's. 24-hour coffee shop and cafe on ground floor.
Capacity: 1,700 Rooms!
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The Comfort Inn Chelsea
Location: New York City
Facilities: The Comfort Inn® Chelsea is centrally located within walking distance of many popular New York City points of interest, including Penn Station, the Empire State Building, Broadway theatres, Madison Square Gardens and Times Square. There are rooms for between 3 and 5 students all with en suite facilities and TV's and complimentary continental breakfast.
Capacity: 101 Rooms
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Holiday Inn, Hasbrouck Heights
Location: New Jersey, 25 minutes from the centre of NYC
Facilities: The newly renovated Holiday Inn of Hasbrouck Heights is the ideal hotel for Travelbound groups wanting to experience the excitement of Manhattan with the convenience of New Jersey. This fabulous hotel is located 20 minutes from Downtown Manhattan and near the Paramus shopping mall.
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The Westside YMCA
Location: Manhattan, New York
Facilities: Located just off Central Park West and steps from Lincoln Centre, the Westside Y offers simple, single and double rooms that welcome nearly 40,000 international and domestic budget travelers each year. Excellent leisure facilities include 2 swimming pools.
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Hostelling International NYC
Location: New York
Facilities: Situated near Central Park and Columbia University, the hostel is a historic Victorian Gothic-style building on Upper West Sid. The rooms are clean and modern, with separate male/female accommodation of 4-6 beds and shared bathrooms in the hallway. Facilities include a cafe/bar and games room
Capacity: 624 Beds
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