Travel Reference
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Trinity Church
CHURCH
New York City's tallest building upon completion in 1846, Trinity Church features a
280ft-high bell tower, a stained glass window over the altar and a small museum of histor-
ical artifacts. Famous residents of its serene cemetery include Founding Father Alexander
Hamilton, while its music series includes Concerts at One (1pm Thursdays) and choir
concerts, such as an annual rendition of Handel's
Messiah
.
(
www.trinitywallstreet.org
; Broadway at
Wall St;
church 7am-6pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Sat, 7am-4pm Sun, churchyard 7am-4pm Mon-Fri, 8am-3pm Sat,
7am-3pm Sun;
R to Rector St; 2/3, 4/5 to Wall St)
8
St Paul's Chapel
CHURCH
Despite George Washington worshiping here after his inauguration in 1789, this classic
revival brownstone chapel found new fame in the aftermath of September 11. With the
World Trade Center destruction occurring just a block away, the mighty structure became
a spiritual support and volunteer center, movingly documented in its exhibition
Unwaver-
ing Spirit: Hope & Healing at Ground Zero
.
(
www.trinitywallstreet.org
; Broadway at Fulton St;
10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat, 8am-4pm Sun;
A/C, J/Z, 2/3, 4/5 to Fulton St)
9
Bowling Green
New York's oldest - and possibly tiniest - public park is purportedly the spot where
Dutch settler Peter Minuit paid Native Americans the equivalent of $24 to purchase Man-
hattan Island. At its northern edge stands Arturo Di Modica's 7000lb bronze
Charging
Bull
, placed here permanently after it mysteriously appeared in front of the New York
Stock Exchange in 1989, two years after a market crash.
(cnr Broadway & State St;
PARK
4/5 to Bowl-
ing Green)
10
Hudson River Park
PARK
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