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Ok, Wall Street (pic 1) is famous around the world as the heart of the financial district in NY but that doesn’t mean it’s something good to see especially when its full of tourists. The story behind the name is interesting though. In 1653 a defensive wall was built there as the north border of New Amsterdam so the Indians to be outside! What I like most was the ironic image of a church that overlooks the famous Wall street.
It’s the Trinity church(pic 2) that is located at the intersection of Broadway avenue and Wall street. It was built in 1846 by Richard Upjohn in gothic style but there was an older Trinity church that was burnt out of the great fire in 1766. Next to the church is the Trinity building a gothic skyscraper that was built in the early 20th century.
Then we walked for a while at the confusing small streets around there and we noticed many churches, some big but old skyscrapers (again!) and some interesting sculptures like the four trees (pic 3) a black and white sculpture made by Jean Dubuffet in 1969. It’s located at the Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza, off Pine street and is made of synthetic plastic..
We took some photos of buildings like the Federal Hall (pic 4) at 26 Wall street or the New York Stock Exhange (pic 5) at 8 Broad street (closed for the public) and it was very funny to see all the visitors with the cameras at hand and the at the same time all the businessmen trying to smoke a cigarette before returning to their relaxing work, you know that money swapping thing :) It was time for a walk at the Battery Park.
Battery Park is one of the popular parks in NY located at Lower Manhattan. Along the waterfront you can take the ferry for the Statue of Liberty, a watertaxi or the ferry for the Statten Island. The green area was very useful because of the hot sun above us. There are some sculptures like Fritz Koenig’s The Sphere that was once at the World Trade Center’s plaza.
Updated Jul 27, 2008
Address: Lower Manhattan
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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!
Written Jul 13, 2008
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Wall Street is located in lower Manhattan. It stretches from Broadway to South Street on the East River and along with the Trade Centre area is the most famous area of the financial district. Wall Street is home to the New York Stock Exchange and many financial companies have their headquarters around the area of Wall Street.
Written Mar 13, 2008
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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.
Written Sep 12, 2007
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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.
Updated Aug 10, 2007
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40 Wall Street was build in 1930 with the height of 282 and with 72 floors the owner was Bank of Manhattan trust co.Originally the headquarters of the bank of Manhattan
Renovated in 1996 by Donald Trump Tallest building in the world for a brief period in 1930
Also known as The Crown Jewel of Wall Street or as the Trump building
In the fog, the building was hit by a US Coast Guard plane in 1946, killing four people.
Written Aug 3, 2007
Address: 40 Wall Street, between William &Nassau streets
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Walking along Wall Street you cannot miss the huge Bronze Bull standing on an island in the middle of the road. It is the symbol of a rising stock market and is always a favourite of tourists. You can see me patting the bull hoping the market will rise to pay for our holiday.
Updated Jul 30, 2007
Address: Wall Street
The NYC Guide I had with me mentionned an observation gallery for the public at NYSE; however, when we got there, the security and the fact that there was so few people around the place scared my friend and I off.
When we got to a bookstore, I checked in a more recent version of my guide: it turned out the gallery is now closed for security reasons.
Written May 12, 2007
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The Financial District is an area at the southern tip of Manhattan. Major sights include South Street Seaport, Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange, Battery Park, Trinity Church and the Woolworth Building.
Written Apr 22, 2007
Address: One Wall Street
Website: http://www.bankofny.com
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This church played a very important role in the US. It was very influential in the 18th century. The current church is the third building on this site. It was designed by the english Richard Upjohn and constructed in 1846. To visit the church they ask you for a donation of $2,-. Worth it.
Written Apr 15, 2007
Website: http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/
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