Speed will be returning to NYC for walking tours May 5-8, 2011.

Visit our menu of tour options! Email speedlevitchonline@gmail.com for reservations!

Molly Young wrote an outstanding review of her tour with Speed through Greenwich Village on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 for The Economist Magazine’s quarterly publication called “More Intelligent Life.”

In the article, she writes, “On a sunny Friday afternoon I found myself beneath the Washington Square Arch with the legend himself and nine other fans. ‘Real estate speculation,’ he began, ‘is the rudder of the boat of this story.’ And we were off. Levitch is one of those specialists whose impressive intellect has met its perfect match—the match, in this case, being New York City.

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* Photo Credit: Jill Van Buren Singletary

THERE’S STILL TIME TO ARRANGE A TOUR WITH SPEED over July 4th weekend!

Each walking tour is an hour and a half.

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Here are the options:

Midtown Rush Hour: We Are All One
Date: Monday, July 5th at 3pm|
Meeting Place: Grand Central Terminal|

Greenwich Village: Land of Neurotic Genius
Dates: July 2nd, 1pm; July 2nd 4pm; July 4th at 4pm|
Meeting Place: Washington Square Arch|

Central Park: Why This is Not Really a Public Park
Date: July 4th, 7pm (sunset tour)|
Meeting Place: Tecumseh Sherman equestrian statue|

Lower East Side: Assimilation Hurts
Date: July 2nd, 7pm|
Meeting Place: Nathan Straus Square|

Register online here or contact Speed at speedlevitchonline@gmail.com.

Private tours available.

Kids cruise for free!

Speed describes emotions expressed by water.

Related Articles:

• Speed’s Opening Monologue at True/False: Episode 1″
• Ode to Concrete, True/False Film Festival, Episond 2
• True/False Film Festival Opens to Enthusiastic Crowds
• Tripping Over Downtown

Speed Levitch performs a comparison of concrete to the epidermis of Columbia during his walking tour at the True/False Film Festival.

Related Articles:

• Speed’s Opening Monologue at True/False: Episode 1″
• True/False Film Festival Opens to Enthusiastic Crowds
• Tripping Over Downtown

Speed’s opening monologue during his walking tour of Columbia, MO. at the annual True/False Film Festival.

Related Articles:

• True/False Film Festival Opens to Enthusiastic Crowds
• Tripping Over Downtown

Cruise New York with Speed!

Consider arranging a tour for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, or corporate tours.

Menu of New York Tours:

Central Park: Why This is Not Really a Public Park
Meeting Place: The Tecumseh Sherman equestrian statue, on 5th Avenue between 59th and 60th streets.

Sunday May 8th at 1pm (mother’s day special)

Just added!! Sunday, May 8th at 4pm

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Greenwich Village: Landmark of Neurotic Genius
Meeting Place: The Washington Square Arch in Washington Square Park.

Friday, May 6th at 1pm

Friday, May 6th at 7pm

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Madison Square Park & Chelsea: Is Immortality Scarier Than Death? New!
Meeting Place: In front of the Flat Iron building (at the point), 23rd st & 5th ave.

Saturday, May 7th at 1pm

We are open to special requests, as well.

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Arrange a NY Tour:

Reservations are being taken NOW. Email speedlevitchonline@gmail.com.

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February 27th, 2010

From ColumbiaMissourian.com

Timothy Speed Levitch explains the History of Alley A and its informal former name “Historic Clown Alley” during his walking tour of Broadway on Saturday. The tour, part of the True/False Film Fest, focused on little known facts about downtown Columbia and personal stories from Levitch.

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November 25th, 2009

From Frank Beacham’s Journal

On Sunday afternoon, I was reminded of this again by Timothy “Speed” Levitch, the legendary New York City tour guide, who gave an Orson Welles tour of the Broadway area as a promotion for Me and Orson Welles, the new film opening this week. Though I had been an executive producer of Cradle Will Rock, a 1999 film about Orson, I had never walked the streets to see where Welles had actually worked.

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February 27th, 2010

It’s a little after 2 p.m. The sun is shining as Timothy “Speed” Levitch and Gabe Williams stand at the corner of Broadway and Eighth Street. They are discussing the City Hall Addition, with its new, red bricks, and how it looks next to the Daniel Boone Building, with its old, yellow bricks.

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