The High Line or High Line Park is a public park built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, between 10th and 12th Avenues. This beautiful Manhattan getaway is a great place to relax, grab a bite to eat at Chelsea Market and […]
The Statue of Liberty is more than a monument, she is a beloved friend and a living symbol of freedom to millions around the world. These exhibits are a tribute to the people who created her, to those who built and paid for her, to the ideals she represents, and to the hopes she inspires. […]
Battery Park- The Battery Facing the New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty, Battery Park is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan. The area and park are named for the artillery batteries that were positioned there in the city’s early years to protect the settlement behind them. (wiki) Here you can visit […]
One World Trade Center “Standing as a shining beacon for the new Downtown and a bold addition to Manhattan’s skyline, One World Trade Center is safe, sustainable, and artistically dynamic. Soaring to a symbolic 1,776 feet — it is the Western Hemisphere’s tallest building, and already an iconic New York landmark.” (WTC) OWTC opened its […]
The 9/11 Memorial Museum “The 9/11 Memorial Museum serves as the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring 9/11’s continuing significance.” (9/11 Memorial) Inside the museum view artifacts from this day in history, family members stories of those lost and survivors […]
The 9/11 Memorial World Trade Center Site “Honoring the lives of those who were lost is at the heart of our mission. Occupying eight of the 16 acres at the World Trade Center, the Memorial is a tribute to the past and a place of hope for the future.” (9/11 Memorial) On this site today […]
Brookfield Place Originally known as the World Financial Center, is located across from the World Trade Center and overlooks the Hudson River. It has been home to offices of various companies including Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, Nomura Group, American Express and Brookfield Asset Management, among others. In 2014, the complex was given its current name following the completion of extensive renovations. Today this […]
The Charging Bull of Wall St Sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture, originally guerrilla art, by Arturo Di Modica that stands in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. Visit and rub the Bull for good luck and future wealth.
Wall Street is a 0.7-mile-long street running eight blocks, roughly northwest to southeast, from Broadway to South Street on the East River in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a symbol for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial sector (even if financial firms are not physically located there), signifying New York-based financial […]
The Financial District Picture above is the World Financial Center Winter Garden. The Financial District, also commonly referred to as FiDi, is a neighborhood located at the southern tip of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city’s major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Anchored […]