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Battery Park: Downtown greenery
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  • sue_stone
  • Updated By sue_stone on September 22, 2004
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  • Battery Park - New York City
    Battery Park
    by sue_stone, 2 more photos
    Battery Park is a pretty park located by the harbour at the very bottom of Manhattan.

    We wandered through on a sunny morning, enjoying the spring blossoms.

    It is from here that I had my first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty - how exciting!! I could just make her out through the smog.

    From Battery Park you can catch a ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue. The Staten Island Ferry leaves from the pier to the left of the park (when you are looking out to sea).

    We sat for a while in the park, enjoying the sun, watching the ferries and trying to take photos of the occasional squirrel!!

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  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station. The bottom of Manhattan.
  • Website: http://www.newyorkled.com/batterypark.htm
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    Battery Park: Listen to music of newcomers at Culturefeast...
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  • Updated By Dimi1 on March 31, 2005
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  • Battery Park - New York City
    by Dimi1
    On summer and fall it's worth to be in NYC, because there are a lot of festivities, music events in every of NYC's 5 boroughs...

    Everywhere in the parks and neighbourhoods of NYC's five boroughs Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and The Bronx one can hear the music of this city...

    Most of the festivities are free and worth to drop by and meet locals and listen to their music...

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  • Address: South west from financial district, near SFS...
  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
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    Battery Park: At the very tip of the island
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  • By toonsarah on November 13, 2008
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  • “The Immigrants” - New York City
    “The Immigrants”
    by toonsarah, 1 more photos
    At the southernmost tip of Manhattan Island lies Battery Park. The Battery is named for the artillery battery that was stationed there at various times by the Dutch and British in order to protect the harbour. You’re likely to find yourself here at some point, catching the ferry that goes to the Statue of Liberty and to Ellis Island, or the Staten Island ferry. But this fairly small park is worth devoting some time to rather than simply passing through en route to somewhere else. For one thing, it of course affords great views of the harbour. With the sweeping Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the skylines of Brooklyn and Queens, Governors and Staten Islands and of course Liberty herself, this has to be one of the world’s great harbour views.

    Among the main sights in the park itself is the historic Castle Clinton, nowadays serving as the ticket office for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island ferries. It was built between 1808 and 1811 to defend New York during the anticipated War of Independence. The War over, it became in turn a cultural centre for the city, an immigration centre (pre-dating Ellis Island), aquarium and now ticket office. Interpretive displays around the walls of the fort explain a little of this varied history, although you may feel as we did that after standing in line in the hot sun for your ferry tickets for some time, you have seen enough of the fort and want only to get out on the water or into the shade of the park’s trees.

    As part of the restoration of the park a Garden of Remembrance has been created, paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the attack on the World Trade Center and those who survived. There is also a memorial which features an eternal flame lit on the first anniversary of the attacks – it burns in front of the mangled sculpture "The Sphere for Plaza Fountain", which adorned the World Trade Center Plaza prior to the 9/11 attacks. I was also very taken with Luis Sanguino's sculpture “The Immigrants” which shows a group of people waiting in line for inspection to be admitted to the country. This reminds us how many of New York’s immigrants must have passed through this park over the years.

    NB The park area is currently (2008) undergoing some extensive renovations and improvements, so be aware that some parts may be closed off when you visit. The aim is to restore this southern tip of the island to a premier position in the life of the city. Much has already been done, such as the new promenade by the waterfront, and the aim is to complete all works by 2010.

  • Directions: Go south till you can go no further! Nearest subway stations are South Ferry (line 1), Whitehall St (line W) or Bowling Green (lines 4 & 5)
  • Website: http://www.thebattery.org/index.php
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    Battery Park: East Coast Memorial - Battery Park Memorial
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  • Yaqui
  • Updated By Yaqui on August 17, 2004
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  • Battery Park - New York City
    by Yaqui
    Restored in 1997 and originally dedicated in 1963 to our servicemen and women who lost their lives in the Alantic Ocean during World War II. 4,067 lives were lost and their names, rank and home state are inscribed on the eight 19-foot-high granite walls. It over looks the New York City Harbor in Battery Park. In fact you past this beautiful monument while walking to the ferry to catch the Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty.

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  • Address: Toward eastern end of Dewey Promenade
  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
  • Website: http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/wtc_memorial_to_join_62314.asp
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    Battery Park: Battery Park and battery City
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  • By machomikemd on August 8, 2007
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  • Ferry View of Battery Park - New York City
    Ferry View of Battery Park
    by machomikemd, 4 more photos
    The 'Battery' was created in 1693, when the British government that then controlled New York mounted cannons there. It played a role in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and even the Civil War as draftees were housed in a tent city there. Today, Battery Park attracts many New Yorkers and visitors, especially in warm weather. There is a fine view of the Statue of Liberty and New Jersey across the river. Castle Clinton is located inside the park.

    The park's main structure is Castle Clinton National Monument, the takeoff point for ferries to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The monument was once known as Castle Garden, when from 1855 to 1890 it served as America's first official immigration center (Ellis Island opened in 1892). The interior of the park is loaded with monuments and statues, including The Sphere, which for three decades stood on the plaza at the World Trade Center as a symbol of peace. Damaged but still intact after the collapse of the towers, it serves as a temporary memorial to those who lost their lives the year before.

    To the northwest of the park lies Battery Park City, a planned community built on landfill in the 1970s and 80s, which includes Robert F. Wagner Park and the Battery Park City Promenade. Together with Hudson River Park, a system of greenspaces, bikeways and promenades now extend up the Hudson shoreline. A bikeway is being built through the park that will connect the Hudson River and East River parts of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. Across State Street to the northeast stands the old U.S. Customs House, now used as a branch of the Museum of the American Indian and the district U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Peter Minuit Plaza abuts the southeast end of the park, directly in front of the South Ferry Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry.

  • Address: Broadway and Battery Pl., New York, NY, USA
  • Phone: (212) 417 2000
  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
  • Website: www.batteryparkcity.org
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    Battery Park: BATTERY PARK AREA.
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  • GrantBoone
  • Updated By GrantBoone on July 24, 2004
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  • Battery Park - New York City
    by GrantBoone
    Get the subway down to the southernmost part of Manhatten island. Battery park is the port area where you can catch the liberty island ferry. Its also a short walk to the business district of Wall St.

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  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
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    Battery Park: Statue from World Trade Center
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  • By pginer on March 27, 2004
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  • Battery Park - New York City
    by pginer
    In the middle of Battery Park (the first park in NYC) a statue from the World Trade Center is now located. It seems the world. It is broken and with wholes but it has been left like this on purpose. To remember the 11th September 2001

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  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
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    Battery Park: Battery Park: Lovely link to the past!!!
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  • Updated By butterflykizzez04 on March 27, 2005
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  • an aerial view of lower manhattan/battery park - New York City
    an aerial view of lower
    manhattan/battery park
    by butterflykizzez04
    On the walkway around Battery Park, there are benchs to sit on and look at the harbor. You have a good view of the Statue of Liberty and this is where you board the Liberty Ferry to take you to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
    The cost of the ferry is $10 for adults. There was alot of vendors set up down here they are selling things and making portraits. Very nice area. Beware of pickpockets, street vendors, etc. Just be on guard. It is very lovely down here. A very short walk from the subway. Also some vendors selling food and drink were here. Very nice area for a stroll.

    Free; so very budget worthy.

    At the bottom of Manhattan, just below the financial district is Battery Park. With a decent yet distant view of the Statue of Liberty this park is visited by thousands. These many are comprised of tourists and local office workers in a New Yorkled state of mind, who might pass by for a quick outdoor lunch or just to get away from it all. Unfortunately there aren't any trees or shelter on the walk closest to the water. All of the vegetation is within the park itself, away from where the docks are
    History anyone? At the time of the War of 1812, a fort was built here (1808-1811) and named Castle Clinton in 1817 after DeWitt Clinton who was the Mayor of NYC at the time. After the army left the site and in the many following years, the area served as an entertainment center, an opera house, and then an immigration landing depot, and even served as the NYC Aquarium until it was closed in 1941.

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  • Address: Battery Park located at lower Manhattan harbor.
  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
  • Website: http://www.batterypark.com/
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    Battery Park: Great Views from Battery Park
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  • Gypsystravels
  • Updated By Gypsystravels on August 26, 2008
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  • Dusk view of Jersey - New York City
    Dusk view of Jersey
    by Gypsystravels, 2 more photos
    Battery Park is a great place to stroll with great views of the Hudson River and Jersey City at the distance. The park has a few places to lounge and watch the world go by.

    Recently we decided to spend a nice afternoon walking along Battery Park and just taking the nice views and weather. During our stroll we witnessed a women fishing on the Hudson River (yuk) and she was reeling in a fish, turns out it was actually a shark...I didn't know there were sharks in them there waters. It was a small shark, but a shark nonetheless...I wonder if she planned to eat it?

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  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
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    Battery Park: The World Trade Center Globe
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  • seamandrew
  • By seamandrew on November 2, 2003
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  • The globe of the former World Trade Center - New York City
    The globe of the former
    World Trade Center
    by seamandrew
    Prior to September 11th, a large bronze globe stood in the center of the World Trade Center. When the buildings collapsed, debris fell on the globe, smashing it, and altering it's shape. It now stands in Battery Park as one of the many reminders of the tragic events of that day. I don't see it as just a sad reminder, but also a symbol of the world's resilience against terrorism. To further commemorate the victims of the tragedy, they have also lighted a small eternal flame next to the globe.

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  • Directions: Take the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green Station or the N/R to South Ferry Station
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