Harlem Culture Tour Mobile App vs SeeNYC NYPL Usage & Stats
The Harlem Culture Tour mobile application is your guide to the places, people and events that made the Harlem, the center of Black culture. The app provides high-quality historic images from the newly created Getty Images "Black History & Culture Collection," along with narratives for each of the 70 points-of-interest included in the app. Users can see images of the events and figures from Harlem's past (and present) and read about these vital events, from the well-known to the previously unseen or untold.
The app takes you to the world famous Apollo Theater and includes rarely seen back-stage images of performers such as The Temptations and Smokey Robinson. You can see the site of the former Savoy Ballroom and Cotton Club, with images in the app that show what these famous clubs actually looked like, and what went on inside! See where Malcolm X held his rallies on the streets of Harlem, and how the community reacted to his death. The app visits the Polo Grounds, where professional baseball and football teams played home games in Harlem. You'll read stories and see images of people that shaped Harlem into the "Black Mecca." The lives and works of Marcus Garvey and Father Divine, among others, are explored, and accounts from Harlem's black owned newspaper are used to provide context of these people and events, at the time they occurred.
Get a look at the jazz clubs, dance palaces and theaters that entertained Harlem and set trends throughout the world. The Harlem Culture Tour takes you to these spots and provides images of entertainers like Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday and the places where they got their starts. Learn about the Hotel Theresa, the "Black Waldorf" and a central point in Harlem for holding rallies and demonstrations for world leaders.
The Harlem Culture Tour is a walking history tour of Harlem, taking users to 70 points-of-interest in central Harlem, with a GPS guided map, to tell the authentic stories of Harlem and encourage education of Black culture to all audiences.
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- Free
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Once downloaded, users without a passcode can access of this tour with an in-app purchase on the App Store for US $5.99. A private guided experience at an incredible price.
An immersive exploration of one of New York’s favorite institutions, SeeNYC NYPL is definitely not your parents’ tour guide. Go beyond the what that everyone sees and get out of the tour-group crowd. We’ll give you the who, what, where and when while also exploring the untold stories of how, why and so what? Experience the real New York at your own pace.
This tour explores the grand interior space of the Fifth Avenue main branch of the New York Public Library and Bryant Park. The entire tour will take you a little less than 2 hours.
SeeNYC NYPL explores the past and present of the wondrous institution that is the library on Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets. Uncover the stories of the men and women who made it, of those who sought to stop its being made, and of those who changed it along the way. Marvel at the leap of imagination that turned this from a sanctuary for the rich into a refuge for the city’s everyman. Explore what’s actually in the Library, and what was here before it.
PlaceChase is a great way to explore the City on your own or with friends and family. This tour will entertain, whether you are on a vacation, a day out in the city, a first date or are celebrating an anniversary, as a tourist or a native New Yorker.
As you explore the NYPL, we offer 6 opportunities for a deep-dive, clearly identified on our map. Experience them in their entirety, or dip into them as whim dictates. We suggest a route that incorporates all 6 Places, but you may enjoy as many of them as you want, in any order you choose, in one session or over time.
Once downloaded, no GPS or other connectivity is required. Once a passcode is purchased, the tour is yours to enjoy whenever you choose. You can play it as often as you like and share the experience whenever you choose.
You may enjoy your tour in a single session or over time, whichever works best for you.
There is no data collection, data sharing and no advertising.
SeeNYC NYPL is just one of a growing family of NYC-based interactive tour guide apps. Try them all!
Happy Hunting from the PlaceChase Team!
- Apple App Store
- Free
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Harlem Culture Tour Mobile App VS. 
SeeNYC NYPLJanuary 3, 2025