Saturday, October 17· 10am– 12pm
Orchard Beach & Hunter Island Walking Tour
The tour will begin and end at: Orchard Beach Parking Lot, Bronx, New York, NY$20 for members of BCHS/AIA & $25 for non-membersThe Bronx Chapter of AIA has organized with The Bronx County Historical Society a walking tour of Orchard Beach, Hunter Island, and the surrounding area of The Bronx.For AIA members, tour
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counts for 2 CEU credits.The AIA walking tour will explore the promenade of Orchard Beach and discuss its architectural history, as well as situating the “Riviera of The Bronx” in its historical context, including Robert Moses, the WPA, the City Beautiful movement, the Bronx parkways system, and ecology.