New York For VisitorsA travel guide for New York City |
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| Getting Here | Hotels | *Free Things* | Restaurants | Bars/Nightlife | Landmarks |
LandmarksDon’t miss this FREE 90-minute guided walking tour, weaving together history, events, architecture and people of Downtown - the birthplace of New York, the financial capital of the world, and the hottest new neighborhood in the city. Charging Bull (or the Wall Street Bull) on lower Broadway is a bronze sculpture created by Arturo Di Modica. In December of 1989, Di Modica secretly dropped off the 7,000 bull in front the of New York Stock Exchange as a response to the rebound of the 1987 stock market crash…. During the early to mid 1800s, the South Street Seaport was the largest shipping port in the country. Back then merchants and sailors turned this area into a city within a city complete with brothels, saloons, and boarding houses… Now is the time to visit the Fulton Fish Market before it moves. The 184 year old market is a classic New York institution that is worth checking out, and the looming Brooklyn Bridge in the background makes for great photographs… |
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