Wall Street of New York City, the Financial District neighborhood, with its rich history is a great place to take a walking tour and to grab a bite to eat. Start with the sculpture of the bronze ‘Charging Bull’, made by Arturo Di Modica. The ‘Charging Bull’ has become the icon symbolizing Wall Street. Hotels report most of their guests book rooms at their accommodation just for the purpose of seeing this financial icon. The statue is located in Bowling Green, and not in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where most people think it is located. The police moved it after thousands of complaints that it was blocking traffic in its original location. When you find the bull, you’ll see many visitor posing along side the statue for a snapshot , you might as well get a snapshot of yourself standing next to the bull, but be careful of which end you want to be associated with; the bull is fully endowed.
After taking a few photos, walk northeast to one of the most famous thoroughfares in the entire world, Wall Street. Located at the intersection of Broad Street and Wall Street is ‘The New York Stock Exchange’. NYSE goes back to 1792, where a gathering of brokers met under a buttonwood tree after Alexander Hamilton issued the first bonds in an attempted to raise funds to cover the Revolution debt. Currently, you’ll need to head to a related museum at the Federal Hall National Memorial, because the NYSE isn’t open to visitor.
Across the street of the NYSE is a building at 23 Wall Street, look for the deep craters and pockmarks that were created back in 1920 when a horse-drawn wagon, packed with explosives, detonated in front of the building . The explosion injured over 400 people and killed 30. The responsible party was never arrested because no one claims credit for the attack; it was the worse terrorist attack upon American until the Oklahoma City bombing and then 9/11 terrorist attack.
Trinity Church, located on the far west end of Wall Street, was founded by King William III of England back in 1697. Alexander Hamilton is one of a half-dozen people of note to be buried on Trinity’s grounds.
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