Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A Day Exploring
Lower Manhattan
Morning
Begin at
Battery Park
for
a view of the waterfront,
and look into
Castle
Clinton
(see p16)
, an 1807
fort, to see dioramas of a
changing New York. Then
visit the
Museum of the
American Indian
at the
U.S. Custom House
. Cross
to
Bowling Green
, the
city's first park, then turn
right on Whitehall, and
left on Pearl Street for the
Fraunces Tavern Museum
,
a restoration of the 1719
building where George
Washington bade farewell
to his troops.
Cunard Building
Federal Reserve Bank
Although gold is no longer
transferred in payments between
nations, much of the world's gold
reserve remains stored in the
five-story vault below this build-
ing. All bank notes from this
branch have the letter B in the
Federal Reserve seal.
d
33 Liberty
Street, between William & Nassau sts
•
Map Q4
•
Tours 9:30, 10:30, 11:30am, 1:30,
2:30pm, Mon-Fri
•
Free, reserve ahead
Head up Broad Street to
Wall Street to the
New
York Stock Exchange
,
where there is chaos on
the trading floor. Close by
is
Federal Hall
(see p73),
where the country's first
president took his oath of
office. Join Wall Street
denizens at a favorite
lunching spot, the impec-
cably French
14 Wall
Street
(see p77)
, between
Broad Street and Broadway.
Cunard Building
Brass doors and wrought
iron gates lead into a U.S. Post
Office in one of New York's
grandest interiors; a Great Hall
with murals, frescoes and an
elaborate domed ceiling. It was
once the ticket office for the
Queen Mary and Cunard's other
great ocean liners.
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25 Broadway
•
Map R3
•
Open 8am-6pm Mon-Fri
Afternoon
Continue uptown on Nas-
sau Street (a continuation
of Broad Street) to see
Chase Plaza
and its
famous sculptures. At the
end of the Plaza on
Liberty Street is the
ornate
Federal Reserve
Bank
and then Louise
Nevelson Square,
featuring the artist's
Shadows and Flags
.
Battery Park
Built largely on 18th- and
19th-century landfill, this park at
New York harbor is usually visited
for Castle Clinton, the 1811 fort
that is now the embarkation
point for Ellis Island and Statue
of Liberty ferries. This welcome
swath of green is of interest for
its many monuments and
statues.
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Broadway and Battery Place
•
Map R3-4
•
Open daily
•
Free
Go back on Liberty and turn
downtown on Broadway to
find
Trinity Church
(see
p73)
and the
Cunard
Building
. End the day with
dinner at the Ritz-Carlton's
restaurant,
2 West @ Bat-
tery Park Place
(see p77)
.
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