Cold War Spies of the Upper East Side of New York

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This tour presents the swanky Upper East Side as a stage for some largely unknown or forgotten actors in the escapades of the Cold War.

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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: New York, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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This tour presents the swanky Upper East Side as a stage for some largely unknown or forgotten actors in the escapades of the Cold War.

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Stop At: The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York, 2 E 61st St, New York, NY 10065, USA

A very swanky FBI spy nest.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: 9 E 61st St, New York, NY 10065, USA

The former home of an American industrialist turned into a soviet consulate became the site of a “fallout” between the US and USSR.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: 1 E 62nd St, New York, NY 10065, USA

At the former residence of Ernest Hemingway we’ll learn about how he was recruited by a Soviet spy master, and some of his escapades during WWII.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 825 5th Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA

Residence of John Hazard Reynolds – The Wall Street Communist.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 6 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USA

Former Cuban Mission to the United Nations.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 22 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USA

Childhood residence of Michael Whitney Straight – Impressionable Rich Kid.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 14 E 69th St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Residence Victor A. Kravchenko, a Soviet defector who wrote I Chose Freedom, and I Chose Justice.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 178 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Residence of Morris and Lona Cohen, the friendly couple next door that stole plans for the first atomic bomb.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: 136 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065, USA

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: 160 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065, USA

Residence of Arkady Shevchenko – Highest-Ranking Soviet Official to Defect to the West

Duration: 10 minutes



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