Financial District

One of the first terrorist attacks to take place in America took place on September 16, 1920 at 23 Wall Street. From the Wikipedia article on the subject:
“At noon, a horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street, in New York City….

  • Wall Street Bombing Reminents

    • The Federal Hall National Memorial reopened on October 6th after an 18 month restoration project. From the nps.gov website:
    “Here on the corner of Broad and Wall Street, General George Washington took the oath of office as the first President of the United States….

  • Federal Hall National Memorial reopens

    • One of the most visited sites for tourists in New York City is the World Trade Center and the symbolic cross made by a T-beam found in the ruins. Please note that as of October 4, 2006 the cross has been relocated one block north to St….

  • Symbolic World Trade Center Cross temporarily moved

    • Listing of hotels in the Financial District

  • Listing of hotels in the Financial District

    • Bowling Green is New York City’s oldest park. According to tradition, this spot served as the council ground for Native American tribes and was the site of the legendary sale of Manhattan to Peter Minuit in 1626…

  • Bowling Green Park - New York City’s oldest public park

    • Don’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.

  • FREE Wall Street Walking Tour

    • Downtown Alliance offers free wireless Internet service (WiFi) at 8 different locations in downtown New York City. Click below for the Google map with better detail of the locations

  • Free Internet access Downtown

    • 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….

  • Wall Street Charging Bull

    • 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…

  • South Street Seaport

    • 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…

  • Visit the Fulton Fish Market before it’s gone

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