Brooklyn Bridge and more - Financial District Tour

We will meet at the corner of Fulton Street and Broadway

Meeting point could be adjusted depending on which part of town you are travelling from.

- The Brooklyn Bridge

This wondrous bridge was the first to span the East River and connect Manhattan and Brooklyn. Upon completion, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world, with its towers standing taller than the rest of the country’s man-made structures!

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- New York Stock Exchange

Facing Broad Street at the corner with Wall Street stands a stronghold of American finance — the mighty Stock Exchange. The building looks like a Roman temple adorned with imposing columns and crowned with classical portico. The resemblance is not accidental: financial structures were meant to project stability, security, and strength.

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- Wall Street

The name Wall Street stands for high finance and is often used interchangeably with the Financial District. However, before it came to symbolize the American financial might, it was a location of an actual wall making its name – Wall Street – not a figure of speech but a reflection of reality.

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- St. Paul’s Chapel

Built in 1766, St. Paul’s is New York City’s oldest public building in continuous use as well as Manhattan’s oldest surviving church building. After Manhattan fell to the British in 1776, a raging fire set the city ablaze. Nobody knows for certain whether the fire was an accident or an act of arson by retreating patriots, but a quarter of Manhattan’s buildings perished in the Great Fire of New York. Yet the fire mercifully spared St. Paul’s Chapel.

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- Trinity Church

The present day Trinity Church—a glorious Neo-Gothic edifice—is the third church built on the same exact spot. The original Trinity Church, built in 1698, was the first Anglican Church in the city. His majesty King William III granted Trinity a royal charter at the cost of 1 peppercorn a year, allowing it to function as a virtual Church of England in the British colony of New York.

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- Federal Hall

Imagine visiting the locations where America’s freedom of the press was born, the slogan that started American revolution—”no taxation without representation”—was declared, the Bill of Rights was penned, and George Washington took the oath of office to become the first President of the United States. But you don’t have to visit different places: all of them happened in the same spot. Federal Hall, located on Wall Street, had been the site of government activity and momentous national historic events since early 1700s.

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- Charging Bull

The Charging Bull, representing a rising market, is one of the most easily recognizable symbols of Wall Street. Conceived by its sculptor as an antidote for the sour mood caused by the 1987 stock market crash known as Black Monday, the Bull was to represent resilience, hope, and strength and stand directly in front of the mighty New York Stock Exchange.

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- Statue of Liberty

Lady Liberty was christened “Liberty Enlightening the World” and gifted to the people of the United States by the people of France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of American independence. She was inspired by the famous Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. At 151 feet tall and made out of copper, she is an engineering wonder. Her outer copper dress is quite light, just 2 pennies thick. Her weight is supported by a bearing structure constructed by Gustave Eiffel, who later used the same principles for his famous Eiffel Tower.

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- The Woolworth Building

The Woolworth Building became the tallest in the world in 1913 and kept that distinction for the next 17 years. In 2013, 100 years after its construction, it still stood remarkably as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The Woolworth Building, a spectacular neo-Gothic edifice, was designed by Cass Gilbert and dubbed the “Cathedral of Commerce” during its opening ceremony.

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- Fraunces Tavern

How many places in the world offer dinner and beverages at the exact location where the Founding Fathers once dined and conducted official business of the country? Fraunces Tavern is one such place.

- 9/11 Memorial

The Memorial dedicated to the people perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001 was designed by architect Michael Arad. It is designed as two waterfalls known as “Reflecting Absence” that are set in the footprints of the fallen Twin Towers, each pool is approximately 1-acre in size.

- One World Trade Center

Opened in October 2014, it stands the tallest building in Western Hemisphere. It's height of 1776 is a direct reference to the year the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Observatory is located on the 100th, 101st and 102nd floors and is reachable by an elevator. The ride shows you the history of Manhattan and takes 47 seconds, traveling 23 miles (37 kilometers) per hour.

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