So this is the centre of the global economy. You may admire that or detest it - depending on your politics - but this is where financial power resides ! A block south go and find the Charging Bull statue which sums up the brazen energy of capitalism.

New York stock exchange

This classical Greek-style building replaced the original in which George Washington was inaugurated as the USA's first president...

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Image: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hall#/media/File:Federal_Hall_(48126566178).jpg">"Financial District, NYC"&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/83136374@N05">Ajay Suresh</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank">CC BY 2.0</a>

Federal Hall

This is one of the most moving places on planet Earth. More than 3,000 people were killed here by the terrorist air attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001. The museum is underground but with reflecting pools where the original buildings stood...

World Trade Centre memorial

The New York City Hall is a traditional building which sits at the heart of the civic centre. Around it are administrative buildings for the state of New York and various courthouses...

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Image: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Hall#/media/File:New_York_City_Hall_exterior,_October_2016.jpg">"Exterior of&nbsp;New York City Hall&nbsp;in October 2016"</a>&nbsp;by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/83136374@N05">M</a><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MusikAnimal">usikAnimal</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>

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New York city hall

This is one of the truly beautiful bridges of the world. It's also one of the most recognised images of New York city. It's a brilliant walk out and across the East River on the pedestrian walkway...

Brooklyn Bridge

This district isn't as strongly ethnic as it used to be - but there are clear traces and a great deal more history of how this area used to house Italian immigrants and gangs...

Little Italy

There's always been an unconventional feel around Washington Square... hippies... people who don't like too much government interference. It's a great place to hang out and maybe play a game of chess with a local...

Washington Square park

This tour covers the financial district of southern Manhattan and such iconic locations as the New York Stock Exchange and its Charging Bull statue. We move on through the memorials to the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Centre in 2001 - to City Hall - Brooklyn Bridge and through ethnic districts to Washington Square park...

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NYC - from the Wall Street to Washington Square

World Trade Centre Memorial

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NYC - from the Wall Street to Washington Square

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