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The Catcher in the Rye Walking Tour
New York

Follow Holden Caulfield through the New York he loved and hated, from Penn Station's phone booths to the carousel in Central Park where something finally made him stop running.

9 stops · 7.9 km

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Every Stop Has a Story

Holden Arrives in New York

Holden retreats to a phone booth here after arriving from Pencey Prep, running through a mental list of people to call and finding a reason not to call any of them.

Drinks with Carl Luce

Holden works through Scotch and sodas here waiting for Carl Luce, in a bar Salinger placed in the Seton Hotel, a real but far humbler hotel on East 40th Street.

Holden's Morning

Holden stores his bags here and eats breakfast at a sandwich bar, where he talks Romeo and Juliet with two nuns and presses ten dollars on them.

Holden and Sally's Date

Holden takes Sally Hayes skating here, and their date ends with him begging her to run away to New England, at a rink that opened on Christmas Day 1936.

Where Do the Ducks Go

Holden keeps asking where this pond's ducks go when it freezes over. The real answer: some fly south, and others stay and find open water.

Holden and Phoebe's Walk

Holden follows Phoebe past the sea lions here in the novel's final chapters, and while they're still here today, the zoo's last polar bear died in 2013.

Phoebe Reaches for the Golden Ring

The novel ends here, with Holden sitting in the rain watching Phoebe reach for the golden ring, on the fourth carousel to stand on this spot since 1871.

Holden and Phoebe Explore

Two small boys ask Holden where the mummies are while he waits for Phoebe here, and in the quiet of an Egyptian tomb he almost finds the peace he is looking for.

A Museum Visit

Holden loves this museum because nothing in it ever changes, especially the 63-foot cedar canoe, yet when he reaches the door he cannot go in.

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