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Lower Manhattan
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Lower Manhattan, or in the parlance of New Yorkers emphatically giving directions to tourists, "all the way downtown," has long been where the action—and transaction—is. Originally the trading post called New Amsterdam (1626-47), it later became the focal point of immigration from all over the world.
Lower Manhattan at a Glance
Sights
- All Good Things
- Battery Park
- Bowling Green
- Brooklyn Bridge
- City Hall
- Ellis Island
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Fraunces Tavern Museum
- Governors Island
- La Colombe Torrefaction
- Museum of American Finance
- Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
- National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution)
- New York City Police Museum
- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- Skyscraper Museum
- South Street Seaport Historic District
- St. Paul's Chapel
- Staten Island Ferry
- The Statue of Liberty
- Stone Street Historic District
- Trinity Wall Street Church
- Woolworth Building
- World Financial Center (WFC)
- World Trade Center Site (Ground Zero)
- Zucker's Bagels
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