You've Got a Friend in NYC - Tours

VISIT New York City - A Friendly Place

2005-08-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

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There may be a million ways to see New York City. Our prices are very reasonable, and our customers experience the real New York. If you've ever heard stories about how un-friendly New York City can be - Why not spend time with a Friend in the city - a day, two days, or a weekend?

"You've Got a Friend in NYC Tours" guides are truly Friends - the Quaker type - and we've lived here in New York City for over 300 years. We know the history, and we can tell you why the city is like it is. We're famous for being honest merchants, for being peaceful, for not taking our hats off to nobility, but being equally Friendly and helpful to everyone. We'd like to share New York City with you in a way no one else can.

We are not Shakers (no chairs on the walls of our apartments), not Amish - we don't drive buggies down Broadway (we take the subway like everyone else). And mostly, we dress like everyone else.

Please join us on one of our pre-programmed tours, or give us your wants and desires, or tell us something about yourself, and we'll plan and accompany you on a tour that will be lastingly memorable - when you find yourself smiling in a quiet moment months or years later.

Please see our Prices and Unique Ways to experience New York City !

* Runaway - by Bonnie Raitt - a Quaker singer

Meetinghouse to Buddhist Temple

2005-08-15T21:41:00.000-07:00

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Greenwich Village to Chinatown

Baha'i, Catholic, Japanese Zen, Chinese Buddhist, Jewish, Quaker, Sikh, Socially Conscious Protestant - they're all here. Some say that Chinatown is a 'spiritual' place - especially after the best Hot and Sour Soup you can eat! We'll walk and ride from north to south, after which we sample some exotic Asian food.

The Friends look for religious truth in many places - even in a good meal!

Meetinghouse to Countinghouse Tour

2005-08-15T16:06:00.000-07:00

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Gramercy Park to South Street

Our current Manhattan Meetinghouse was built in 1856 and is home to two Quaker Meetings, a Friends school and various Friends related service organizations. We'll explain the Quaker tradition, starting with today and work backwards. As we work backwards, we'll travel downtown, to lower Manhattan, where our meetinghouses once stood as early as 1674. One meetinghouse was on the site of the former World Trade Center (Liberty Street).

At one time, the merchants of South Street, were mostly Quakers and were known for their unshaking honesty. What wasn't sold immediately by shipcaptains, would be held on consignment by Quaker merchants and sold. Ship captains trusted the Quakers to deliver them for a fee, what was paid for the goods, sometimes years later for the ship's unsold overstock. Quakers don't conduct their business lives in any way differently than they conduct their religious lives.