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Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House/National Museum of the American Indian
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Map | The beaux arts Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (1907) is...
Museums / Galleries, Native American Sites Lower Manhattan
 
Brooklyn Bridge
Member Rating: 4.7
Map | "A drive-through cathedral" is how the critic James Wolcott describes...
Bridges / Tunnels Lower Manhattan
 
City Hall
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Map | You just might spot news crews jockeying on the front steps as...
Government Buildings Lower Manhattan
 
Ellis Island
Member Rating: 5.0
Map | Between 1892 and 1924, approximately 12 million men, women, and...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Federal Hall National Memorial
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Map | It's a museum now, but this site has a most notable claim: George...
Memorials / Monuments Lower Manhattan
 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Map | With its imposing mix of sandstone, limestone, and ironwork...
Financial Institutions Lower Manhattan
 
Fraunces Tavern
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Map | In his pre-presidential days as a general, George Washington...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Museum of American Finance
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Map | This Smithsonian Institution affiliate has made it big on Wall...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
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Map | In a granite 85-foot hexagon at the southern end of Battery Park...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
New York City Police Museum
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Map | Why are police called cops? Why does a police badge have eight...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
New York Stock Exchange
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Map | Unfortunately you can't tour it, but it's certainly worth ogling...
Neighborhoods / Streets Lower Manhattan
 
Skyscraper Museum
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Map | Opposite the Museum of Jewish Heritage, this small museum will...
Museums / Galleries Lower Manhattan
 
South Street Seaport Historic District
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Map | Had this charming cobblestone corner of the city not been declared...
Nautical Sites Lower Manhattan
 
St. Paul's Chapel
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Map | For more than a year after the World Trade Center attacks, the...
Religious Sites Lower Manhattan
 
Staten Island Ferry
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Map | About 70,000 people ride the ferry every day, and you should...
Nautical Sites Lower Manhattan
 
Statue of Liberty
Member Rating: 4.6
Map | For millions of immigrants, the first glimpse of America was...
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue) Lower Manhattan
 
Trinity Church
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Map | Alexander Hamilton is buried under a white-stone pyramid in the...
Religious Sites Lower Manhattan
 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Map | At the center of a triangular plaza sits this 14-foot-high, 70-foot-long...
Memorials / Monuments Lower Manhattan
 
Woolworth Building
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Map | Until 40 Wall Street stole the title in 1930, the 792-foot Woolworth...
Architectural Sites Lower Manhattan
 
World Trade Center site
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Map | On September 11, 2001, terrorist hijackers steered two commercial...
Architectural Sites, Memorials / Monuments Lower Manhattan


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