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When: Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 1:00 PM

Price: $22.00 Prepaid

In this 90-minute tour you'll walk through a neighborhood once filled with 125 meat packers, now transformed into one of the hippest and trendiest areas filled with restaurants, lounges, bars, and high-end fashion boutiques. You'll learn why this transition occurred and what is the future of this thriving New York Hotspot.

Highlights of the Tour Include:

* Stroll along the Hudson Water Front
* View the Meatpacking District where close to 20 meat packers still exist
* Take a peek at some of the upscale restaurants that have moved in, in the last couple of years
* See the gentrification going on alongside these 100 year old businesses.
* Learn about the "Highline", New York's first elevated public park
* End the tour atop the Gansevoort Hotel with a stunning birds eye view of the West Village and the Hudson

OUR TOUR GUIDE:

Bob Gelber is a tour guide for Foods of New York, the number 1 rated food tasting tour company in New York City. He is also a "Big Apple Greeter" and devotes much of his time to showing New York to visiting tourists from all over the world. He is a true New York enthusiast and enjoys showing off his city. Tipping Our Tour Guide Is Appreciated.