At 4:00 P.M. Baba went back upstairs. The elevator was delayed, and a number of children crowded around him to take advantage of the opportunity. Baba played with them, teased and patted their faces until the elevator came.
At five o'clock, those going with Baba on the sightseeing tour gathered in the lobby. Baba came down with Eruch at his heels carrying a black umbrella and Baba's red wool Paisley scarf. Baba boarded the glass-topped bus and his lovers followed. Besides the driver, an official tour guide also accompanied them to point out different spots.
It was sunny and hot. The first stop was the United Nations building. Baba's fingers began to work vigorously as they did throughout the whole trip. He also held a piece of tinfoil between his fingers during the ride. From the U.N. they drove up Third Avenue and over to Fifth, where the guide pointed out the fabulous homes of "Millionaires' Row." When he pointed out the home of Serge Rubinstein, the murdered crooked financier, Baba turned his face away with a look of suffering. He ordered the driver to take them across Central Park and down the West Side Highway to see the great ocean liners at the piers (even though, as the driver pointed out, buses were not allowed on the West Side Highway).
One young woman, noticing that the sun beat down through the glass roof on to Baba's head, whispered to her companion that the sun was annoying Baba. Baba, who could not have heard her, immediately signaled that it did not bother him. Nevertheless, Adi held Baba's scarf over his head for the rest of the trip.
Filis Frederick recorded:
Baba did not seem to look up or notice any of the buildings or sights, but seemed deeply absorbed, seemingly content to be with us, "his children," and to give us his wondrous smile now and again, and to urge us to eat the sweets which were passed around.
Baba's fingers again tapped rapidly as the bus was stalled in Times Square traffic, from where they drove back to the Delmonico (driving east, down 42nd Street to Lexington Avenue).
At 7:00 P.M. the same evening, Baba called a brief meeting of the Meher Baba Hospitality Committee in his room. Marion Florsheim read the financial report and asked Baba what he wished done with the small balance.