OUTDOORS Tours & Hikes ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING "Splendid Grand Central Terminal," Sat. ...
ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING
"Splendid Grand Central Terminal," Sat. at 11:30; "Haunted Greenwich Village," Sat. at 1:30; "Hell's Kitchen Hike," Sat. at 3:15; "Colorful Chinatown," Sun. at 10:30; "Marvelous Murray Hill," Sun. at 2:45; "200th Anniversary of George Washington's Death," Sun. at 3:30; 265-2663 for res. & meeting place; $5.
BIG ONION WALKING TOURS
This week: walking tour of "Central Park," Sat. at 1; "The East Village," Sat. at 1; "The Upper East Side," Sun. at 1; 439-1090 for info & meeting place; $10, $8 st.
B'WAY GHOSTS & SCANDALS
Blood, Sweat & Pairs expose Broadway's secrets during tour of theaters along B'way?G version for kids & adult-version offered; Call 946-6375 for res. & meeting place; Sat. & Sun. at 4, $10.
CENTRAL PARK TOURS
Visualize Central Park during early 19th-century during "Views From the Past," Sat at 1; 794-6564 for res. & meeting place; free [through 12/18].
DR. PHIL'S NY WALKS & TALKS
Licensed guide Philip Schoenberg's tours of Brooklyn & Manhattan. Tours $12 unless noted, 888-377-4455 for meeting place & info. This week, "Child-friendly Ramble: Brooklyn Bridge for Young Dreamers," Sat. at 11; "Brooklyn Bridge Talk & Walk," Sat. at 2; "Jewish Gangster Breakfast," Sun. at 10; "Jewish Gangster Tour" with free wine, Sun. at 11; "Before Our Crowd," Sun. at 2.
FOODS OF NEW YORK
"A Walking & Eating Tour" explores restaurants & specialty shops; 732-636-4650 or foodtours@aol.com for res. & meeting place; Weds.-Tues. 11:30-1:30, $25 incl. lunch.
GREENWICH VILLAGE LITERARY PUB CRAWL
Visit pubs with rich literary histories & read from associated works. Stops incl. Chumley's, Cornelia St. Cafe, McBell's & Cedar Tavern; meet at White Horse Tavern, 567 Hudson St. (11th St.); 613-5796; Sat. at 2, $12, $9 st./s.c. [through 12/18].
LES SHOPPING TOUR
Ninety-minute shopping tour of Orchard St. district; meet at Katz's Deli, 205 E. Houston St. (Ludlow St.); 226-9010; Sun. at 11, free [through 12/26].
lower east side CONSERVANCY
Tours incl. "19th-century Tenement" (Weds.-Fri. & Tues.) "The Confino Family Apartment" (Sat. & Sun.), "The Streets Where We Lived" (Sat. & Sun.) & special pre-millennium mini-bus tour of the Jewish LES (Sun. at 1); meet at 90 Orchard St. (betw. Broome & Delancey Sts.), 431-0233; call for times, $20, $14 st./s.c.
NYC CULTURAL WALKING TOUR
"Rockefeller Center," Fri. at 11; "SoHo," Fri. at 2:30; "Ladies Mile: The Architecture of Desire," Sun. at 11; 979-2388 for res. & meeting place; $10-$15.
nyc discovery tours
"Origins of Christmas Traditions," Sat. & Sun. at 12; "A Victorian Christmas," Sat. & Sun. at 2:15; "Historic Taverns at Christmas," Sat. & Sun. at 5:15; 465-3331 for res. & location; $12.
NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"Times Sq. & It's Signs Through Time;" meet outside Hanson's Brewery, 42nd St. (7th Ave.), 873-3400 ext.263, res. req.; Weds. at 6-7:30, $12, $10 st./s.c. [through 1/31].
south street seaport tours
"Holiday Seaport District Walking Tour;" South St. Seaport Museum, 207 Front St. (South St.), 748-8786; Fri.-Sun. at 3, call for price [through 12/19].
STREET SMARTS NY
"Christmas in Old Chelsea," Sat. at 2; "Christmas on 5th Ave.," Sat. at 2; "Pubs & Poltergeists," Sat. at 6; "Ghostly Greenwich Village," Sat. at 6; "A Village Christmas," Sun. at 2; 969-8262 for meeting place; $10.
URBAN EXPLORATIONS
Sat. & Sun. tours & hikes. This weekend, explore holiday decorated buildings during "Best Decked Halls of the Holidays" tour; 718-721-5254; Sat. at 11, call for meeting place, $12, $10 st./s.c.
urban TRAIL CLUB
Sat. & Sun. tours & hikes. This weekend, "Alpine to Nyack" & "Rockwood Hall Park;" 718-482-9659 & 718-743-0920, respectively, call for meeting place, time & price.
Holiday Events
CAROL (UNSILENT NIGHT)
Composer Phil Kline leads 100 boom boxes through Greenwich Village for annual presentation of "Unsilent Night;" arch at Washington Sq. Park, 5th Ave. (Washington Sq. N.), 227-6255; Sat. at 7, free.
HOLIDAY CAROLING
World Financial Center Winter Garden, West St. (betw. Vesey & Liberty Sts.), 945-0505; Fri. & Mon. at 12:30, free.
Parades & Outdoor Sporting Events
FAST & FABULOUS CYCLING CLUB
December bike rides for gay & lesbian New Yorkers. This week, holiday tour of "stately homos, uh, homes, of the lower Hudson Valley;" meet at the Boathouse in Central Park, 567-7160; Sun. at 9 a.m., call for price.