Big Onion Walking Tours

Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 Big Onion Walking Tours [email protected]

Since 1991 Big Onion Walking Tours has been leading walks throughout New York City to meet the needs of universities and schools, businesses, governments, and non-profit organizations. Our walking tours are innovative and exciting ways to explore New York’s ethnic neighborhoods, historic districts and the many layers of history that make up the fabric of our city.

Big Onion tours are the finest, most comprehensive, and thought-provoking walks available. We have won numerous awards, including “Best Walking Tour in New York City” by New York Magazine and “Best of the Best” by Our Town. We’ve been called “astoundingly informative” by Time Out New York, “rigorously trained” by Travel+Leisure, “expert” by the Washington Post, and “New York’s most prestigious historical-tour company” by The Rough Guide to New York.

All of our almost 40 guides are passionate about the people, history, and architecture of New York and: • Hold advanced degrees in American history or a related field from leading universities, including Columbia, CUNY, New York, Yale, Rutgers and Princeton • Know how to entertain while they inform • Have college or high school teaching experience • Are quite often researching topics relevant to the tours they lead • Have completed our rigorous in-house training program • Work exclusively for Big Onion and • Are licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. Big Onion Walking Tours is proud to partner and co-sponsor tours and events with: • Brooklyn Historical Society • South Street Seaport Museum • Union Square Partnership • WNET New York Public Media • CBS/2 & WLNY/55 – Toni On! New York (on camera historian) All of the tours outlined in our brochure and website are available for groups. Private group tours can be scheduled at any time of the day or evening, seven days a week. Big Onion has experience leading private groups ranging in size from one person to hundreds of people. For example, we recently tours for the entire incoming classes of St. John’s University; The Lang College of the New School for Social Research; New York University School of Law; and Columbia College.

For more information please contact: Seth Kamil, President Big Onion Walking Tours Website:www.bigonion.com E-Mail:[email protected] Tour Hotline: 888.606.WALK (9255) Big Direct Office Number: 718.499.3001 Onion Big Onion Walking Tours

Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 [email protected]

What Do They Say About Big Onion Walking Tours? “Astoundingly informative tours” Time Out New York Guidebook, 2007

“The most comprehensive and intelligent tours in the city.” New York Unlimited: The 1001 Best Things to Do in New York City - 2006

“The rigorously trained guides, all of them grad students in history, employ a mix of erudition and wit and are comfortable improvising to suit a group’s needs.” Travel+Leisure, March 2006

“New York’s most prestigious historical-tour company” The Rough Guide to New York City - 2007

“Seriously well-informed enthusiasts give insight into New York’s many different worlds” The Guardian (UK), October 27, 2001

“Expert guides” The Washington Post, April 17, 1994

“The guides of Big Onion Walking Tours are all doctoral candidates in American and urban history who know how to present history with humor and panache.” Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Autumn 1998

“Big Onion is a tourism benchmark.” Time Out New York Magazine, April 28, 2005

“They treat the city like an onion, peeling back its secret layers, showing how each immigrant group built upon those that came before, revealing the cross-cultural pollination that gives New York its special flavor… innovative, informative and highly entertaining walks.” Jerusalem Post, 1993

“Best of the Best. The guides at Big Onion Walking Tours truly know about neighborhood change and zeitgeist.” Our Town, February 27, 1997

“Big Onion unearths local narratives that are as new to most New Yorkers as they are to busloads from Dubuque. New York Newsday, October 5, 2001

“Big Onion’s pantry of neighborhoods, ranging from Harlem to the Lower East Side, make up a juicy larder for those who want to bite into their own roots, as well as the roots of the nation” San Mateo Times, June 25-26, 1994

“One of the themes of [the Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour] is how food helped newcomers mix into the great melting pot and gave immigrants an entrée into American life.” Health Magazine, July/August 1997

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Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 [email protected]

A Selection of Articles, Reviews, and Features about Big Onion Walking Tours include:

• Index Magazine, UK, December 2012 • New Haven Register - December 29, 2002 • Voice of America, August 2012 • The Guardian (UK) - October 27, 2001 • Conde Nast Traveler Online, August 2012 • New York Newsday - October 5, 2001 • Vogue Italia, January 2012 • Boston Magazine - February 2001 • New York Newsday, September 2011 • The Boston Globe Magazine - January 7, 2001 • The New York Daily News – September 4, 2011 • The New York Times - December 26, 2000 • The New York Times – August 19, 2011 • Continental Airlines in-flight magazine - • Forbes.com – August 18, 2010 December, 2000 • USA Today – April 13 & May 23, 2010 • San Diego Jewish Times - January 20, 2000 • Denver Post – November 2, 2009 • CBS Sunday Morning Show - The Osgood Files - January 16, 2000 • South Florida Sun Sentinel – November 9, 2008 • Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine - October 1999 • Time Out New York Guidebook - 2007 • The New York Times - September 7, 1998 • The Rough Guide to New York City - 2007 • Crain’s New York Business - June 1-7, 1998 • Cooking Light Magazine - October 2007 • Kiplinger’s Retirement Report - March 1998 • Chicago Tribune – September 9, 2007 • Health Magazine - July/August 1997 • Journal News, August 24, 2007 • The New York Post- July 21, 1997 • Hartford Courant - August 6, 2007 • The Australia Way (Qantas in-flight magazine) • The New York Times - June 23, 2007 - July 1997 • Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark ) - February 1, 2007 • Gold Coast: The Magazine of South Florida • New York Unlimited: The 1001 Best Things to Life - May/June 1997 Do in New York City – 2006 • The London Daily Telegraph - March 15, 1997 • New York Press - May 24, 2006 • Inc. Magazine - August, 1996 • Travel+Leisure - March 2006 • Boston Herald- March 14, 1996 • Time Out New York Magazine - April 28, 2005 • The New York Times - December 26, 1995 • Gourmet Magazine - March 2004 • United Airlines Hemispheres - June 1995 • 1000 Places to See Before You Die - 2003 • San Mateo Times - June 25-26, 1994 • The Sunday Times, London, UK - January 11, 2003 • The Washington Post - April 17, 1994 • Journal Newspapers (Northern Virginia) - • The Oregonian - December 12, 1993 January 10, 2003 • Providence Journal- January 9, 2003 Big Onion Big Onion Walking Tours

Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 [email protected]

Our Clients Big Onion Walking Tours has served a tremendous variety of clients over the past 20 years. Among the thousands that have chosen Big Onion are:

Schools & Universities Big Onion Walking Tours leads interactive and educational tours through New York’s ethnic neighborhoods and historic districts for all levels of educational groups from post-graduate to grammar school. We work closely with educators to integrate our tours into the classroom curriculum or to prepare a fun and informative class outing. More than half of our school & university clients return on a regular basis for repeat walking tours. Our recent clients include: Colleges & Universities Schools Barnard College Dana Hall School, Wellesley, Massachusetts Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law The Town School, New York, NY Columbia College P.S. 24, Bronx NY Columbia University Business School Commack Middle School, Commack, NY Cornell University St. David’s School, New York, NY Georgetown University Charles E Smith Jewish Day School, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Rockville, Maryland The London School of Economics Riverdale Country Day School, Bronx, NY The New School for Social Research The Chapin School, New York, NY New York University School of Law The Latin School of Chicago, Illinois St. John’s University The Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, Maryland Trinity College Wilton High School, Wilton, Connecticut Wagner College

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Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 [email protected] Community Groups, NGOs & Government Agencies

Whether it be for domestic or international visitors, adult, senior or student groups, Big Onion Walking Tours leads tours that provide valuable insight to a neighborhood or community. Our tours are also serve as a wonderful introduction to the diverse fabric of our city. Our recent clients include: American Immigration Lawyers Assoc. National Democratic Institute American Jewish Committee National Committee on U.S.-China American Historical Association Relations American Society of Civil Engineers National Council of Jewish Women American Sociological Association New York City Department of Education Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. New York City Mission Society Brooklyn Historical Society New York Junior League Chamber of Commerce of NW Connecticut New York Outward Bound Cornell University Alumni Open Society Institute Comsewogue Public Library Operation Understanding Congressional Youth Leadership Council Radio and Television News Directors Foundation Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Temple Emanu-El Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation U.S. Department of State Lesbian & Gay Law Assoc. United Federation of Teachers Lichtenstein Mission to the United Nations Workplace Mentoring Program

Corporations and Partnerships

Our walking tours are fantastic out-of-office events. Available day and evening, Big Onion Walking Tours can present tours for summer associates, new hires, team outings, special events or entertaining clients. We offer walks throughout the city that are great for orientation tours for relocating companies or employees. Our recent clients include: American Express HSBC Bank of America IBM Bank of New York ING Investment Management Booz Allen Hamilton Kraft Foods Bristol-Myers Squibb JPMorgan Chase Credit Suisse Kleerdex Cripps Sears & Partners McKinsey D.E. Shaw Morgan Stanley Ernst & Young PepsiCo The Federal Reserve Bank of New York PricewaterhouseCoopers Generation Partners Siemens Goldman Sachs Hampton Jitney Big Onion cont’d Big Onion Walking Tours

Seth Kamil Big Onion Walking Tours, Inc. 476 Thirteenth Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

www.bigonion.com Tour Hotline: (888) 606-WALK (9255) Direct Tel: (718) 499-3001 Fax: (718) 499-0023 [email protected]

Law Firms

Big Onion has led summer associate tours for the majority of the AmLaw 100 law firms located in New York City, including: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Proskauer Rose Cahill Gordon & Reindel Roberts & Holland Chadbourne & Parke Sidley Austin Cleary Gottlieb Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Covington & Burling Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Davis Polk Wardwell Sonnenschein Dechert Strook, Strook & Lavan Dewey Ballantine Sullivan and Cromwell Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Thacher Proffitt & Wood King & Spaulding Weil, Gotshal & Manges Latham & Watkins Willkie Farr & Gallagher McKee Nelson Winston & Strawn Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

Big Onion Walking Tours was founded and is managed on a daily basis by Seth Kamil. He holds advanced degrees in American History from Columbia University and a BA in Social Thought & Political Economy from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was a Producer and the on-camera Historian on the thirteen-time Emmy Award nominated weekly television series “Toni On! New York”, seen on CBS/2. He is author of “Tripping Down Memory Lane: Walking Tours on the Jewish Lower East Side” an essay in: Remembering the Lower East Side (Indiana University Press, 2000) and a contributor to the Encyclopedia of New York. Seth is co-author of the Big Onion Guide to New York City (New York University Press, 2002), and the Big Onion Guide to Brooklyn (NYU Press, 2005).

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