New York Essential — Lower Manhattan: Power, Freedom & Resilience

The Experience

Explore Lower Manhattan from the rebuilt Oculus and the 9/11 Memorial through Trinity, Federal Hall, Wall Street, old merchants' streets and the Revolutionary tavern to Bowling Green and the harbor. Stories of power, freedom and resilience at walking scale.

Your Route

1. 1Oculus — Wings Over a Moving City
2. 29/11 Memorial — The Names Around an Absence
3. 3Trinity Church — A Skyline Before the Skyscrapers
4. 4Federal Hall — A Republic on Borrowed Ground
5. 5New York Stock Exchange — Trust in Stone and Steel
6. 6Stone Street — The Merchants Who Paid for the Pavement
7. 7Fraunces Tavern — Washington's Last Goodbye
8. 8Bowling Green — A King Comes Down
9. 9The Battery Waterfront — A Harbor of Arrivals

Start point

Oculus — Wings Over a Moving City