Secrets and Scandals of Middle Riverside Drive

Riverside Drive is best known for elegance and quiet. But behind the serene facades overlooking lush Riverside Park lie shocking tales of headline-making scandals — murders, suicides and more! — along with hidden architectural details of the homes where they happened.

The Secrets and Scandals of Middle Riverside Drive walking tour highlights include:

• the sad fate of America’s first supermodel
• the mansion where William Randolph Hearst ensconced his paramour, Marion Davies
• the Drive's tallest apartment building -- with a “stupa” and a notable cornerstone
• the Drive’s only privately owned freestanding mansion (whose owner stiffed his architect)
• the site of a hidden passageway

Multiple affairs, a scandalous divorce and a M**der color this tour’s tales. This fact- and fun-filled walk is led by Stephanie Azzarone, author of the award-winning book, Heaven on the Hudson: Mansions, Monuments, and Marvels of Riverside Park. The tour runs from 86th Street to 107th Street. Meeting place: Southwest corner of 86th Street and Riverside Drive (park side)

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Riverside Drive, Riverside Drive and West 86th Street, New York, United States