Stan O'Connor's Biography
I’m a middle-aged Manhattan resident originally from upstate New York (I don’t sound like a New Yawker). Engaged, dog owner, inveterate walker, cyclist and explorer, I love history, talking to strangers, cracking bad puns, and showing people around what I consider to be the greatest city in the world.
After working for several years in local news and public relations, I became a licensed sightseeing guide in 1995. Since then I have worked for three large sightseeing-bus companies, and served a two-year term as Secretary to the Guides Association of New York City, or GANYC. You can find GANYC here: www.ganyc.org . I’ve been a member since just after The Attacks of September 11th, 2001.
At the time of The Attacks, I created an organization of guides called Volun-Tours for those various aid agencies who came to help provide support for New York City. My volunteer guides and I gave them free tours.