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Wall Street--the city's financial district, where the big dogs are...
We were there on a weekend so the majority of action was that of the fellow tourists. The NYSE building is a sight to see with it's giant flag and architecture. Leave a Comment
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Federal Hall was once located on 26 Wall Street. Originally it was built as the City Hall. The building was remodelled and enlarged and made into the first capitol of the US. The first congress met here in the new Federal Hall, wrote the Bill of Rights and inaugurated George Washington as the first US president. When the capitol moved to Philadelphia, the building housed the city government again. The whole building was demolished in the 19th century and replaced by the current structure. This was the first United States Customs House. When this was moved to 55 Wall Street, the building became the US Sub-Treasury. Millions of dollars of gold and silver were held in the vaults in the basement, until the Federal Reserve Bank replaced the whole sub-treasury system in 1920. Leave a Comment
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Wall Street takes its name from a wall the Dutch built in 1653. It was erected as a defense against nearby Indians. Under the Dutch, Wall Street was the city limit.
Located on the Financial District (From Broadway to South Street), Wall Street is home to the New York Stock Exchange, the Morgan Guaranty Trust Building, the Federal Hall National Memorial and many other buildings, Wall Street is worth a walk to look around.
During the day the area is incredibly busy with brokers, bankers, traders and other denizens of the financial forest running to and from, talking on cell phones and looking awfully important.
Our walking tour end at the Wall Street. Thanks to Jennifer, she did a great job. She made this walking tour a great experience for us. Leave a Comment
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The Wall Street is a very little Street in Manhattan, but world famous for the New York Stock Exchange. The narrow street is alway crowded of tourists and offers spectacular views for architecture lovers. The building 60 Wall Street is one of the most photographed ones in the world as well as the statue of the Wall Street Bull. Leave a Comment
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The tour starts at the Alexander Hamilton Customs House. This building is one of the finest beaux arts building in New York City. In 1994 the Customs House opened as the National Museum of the American Indian.
In this walking tour our guide, Jeniffer, only explained about the four sculptures at its façade. The sculptures are representating North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. These sculptures are created by Daniel Chester French who also sculptured Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial. Leave a Comment
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The walk continued to where Wall Street dead-ends at Broadway. The Anglican parish Trinity Church stood elegantly with its rose-colored Gothic chapel and graveyard. Every Thursday at 1 p.m. classical concerts are perform here. For those who wish to learn more about this church can join the guided tour offered at 2 p.m. There is also a small museum in the church. Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton and William Bradford are buried in the Trinity Church graveyard. Leave a Comment
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This is one of the oldest part of Manhattan, so you can see lots of buildings with gothic revival architecture.
Some of them are:
Chamber of Commerce
Trinity Church
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Federal Hall
Bank of New York
US Custom House
and my favourite... the Charging Bull and it's big balls! Leave a Comment
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Wall Street is almost a synonym for the NY Financial Districs being home to the largest stock exchange in the world (NYSE) and headquarters of many banks and other financial firms. Unfortunatelly NYSE can no longer be seen from the inside and not only this but also other building are guerded pretty well.
There is Federal Reserve Bank in the district. The bank has a gold vault 25 m beneath the street and its depository is the largest in the world.
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