Highlights
🕵️♂️ Explore Cold War-era secrets woven into Midtown Manhattan’s architecture
📻 Discover real locations tied to surveillance, media control & propaganda
❄️ Winter-friendly format with partially sheltered stops along the walking route
General Info
📅 Date: Continuing through March, 2026; back in June for a short run
⏳ Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
📍 Location: Outside The Plant – Sony, 321 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
👤 Age requirement: designed for adults; teens and children welcome with guardians
Description
Explore the hidden dynamics of surveillance, propaganda, and public messaging on this guided walking tour through Midtown Manhattan. Led by Purefinder New York, the experience examines how media influence, institutional power, and everyday spaces shaped public life in twentieth-century New York.
Visit lesser-known locations connected to influence, communication, and political culture, revealing how systems of control operated quietly within one of the city’s most visible districts. The route includes a combination of indoor locations and partially sheltered stops, making it suitable in a range of weather conditions year-round.
Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
🕵️♂️ Explore Cold War-era secrets woven into Midtown Manhattan’s architecture
📻 Discover real locations tied to surveillance, media control & propaganda
❄️ Winter-friendly format with partially sheltered stops along the walking route
General Info
📅 Date: Continuing through March, 2026; back in June for a short run
⏳ Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
📍 Location: Outside The Plant – Sony, 321 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
👤 Age requirement: designed for adults; teens and children welcome with guardians
Description
Explore the hidden dynamics of surveillance, propaganda, and public messaging on this guided walking tour through Midtown Manhattan. Led by Purefinder New York, the experience examines how media influence, institutional power, and everyday spaces shaped public life in twentieth-century New York.
Visit lesser-known locations connected to influence, communication, and political culture, revealing how systems of control operated quietly within one of the city’s most visible districts. The route includes a combination of indoor locations and partially sheltered stops, making it suitable in a range of weather conditions year-round.
Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
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