A Deco Stroll Through Midtown East

East Midtown doesn't get the architectural credit it deserves. This early evening walking tour traces a neighborhood that reinvented itself completely — trading factories, breweries, and slaughterhouses for some of Manhattan's most stunning Deco residences.

From grand buildings constructed for New York's elite to a remarkable apartment house designed exclusively for sorority women, the blocks between here and the river are packed with overlooked gems. The tour also traces the unlikely evolution of a scrappy riverside swimming hole into a harbor for luxury yachts.

A summer evening, a walkable neighborhood, and some of the city's finest Art Deco design.