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LOWER MANHATTAN

The Irish Hunger Memorial

Battery Park City

boundaries: West of West Street; Pier A to North Esplanade

 

Just north of Battery Park is one of New York City’s most impressive planned communities. Much of the area was created by land reclamation and landfill from the original World Trade Center excavation. It is managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA). It has numerous sculptures, walking spaces, benches, great views of New Jersey. It is one of the most beautiful and artistic parks in the city.

The Immigrants by Luis Sanguino

Battery Park

boundaries: Battery Pl, State St. and Whitehall St.

 

Battery Park’s history goes back to the Indians, New Amsterdam, and the new English colony of New York. The development of the city began here, this was the place where the first “battery” of cannons was placed in order to defend the city. This was also the first immigrant receiving center, and predates Ellis Island. Today the park is slowly being restored as a jewel in the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation system.

 

 

 

  • EAST COAST MEMORIAL- Designed by Gehron & Seltzer and the Bronze Eagle sculpted by Albino Manca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • GERMAN WALL- Gateway Plaza

 

  • WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER- Winter Garden

    • RECTOR GATE by R.M. Fischer

    • THE UPPER ROOM by Ned Smyth

 

  • WFC PLAZA by Siah Armajani, Scott Burton, Cesar Pelli, M. Paul Friedberg

    • PYLONS by Martin Puryear

 

  • THE PAVILION by Demetri Porphyrios

 

  • ROCKEFELLER PARK- North end of Battery Park City

    • TOM OTTERNESS SCULPTURES- "The Real World" 

 

  • TEARDROP PARK- Warren Street and Murray Street by Michael Van VAlkenburgh and Ann Hamilton

 

 

  • IRISH HUNGER MEMORIAL- Vesey Street and North End Avenue by Brian Tolle

 

 

  • ROBERT F. WAGNER PARK

    • RESONATING BODIES by Tony Cragg

    • EYES by Louise Bourgeois

    • APE & CAT by Jim Dine

 

 

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Bowery

New York Marble Cemetery

Bowery

boundaries: Canal to 4th Street; Bowery to Allen St/1st Avenue

 

The Anglicization of an Old Dutch word Bouwerij for "farm"! In the 1800s the Bowery had grown with mansions and many famous people moved into this area. By the Civil War, the mansions were replaced with shops, brothels, beer gardens and numerous less respectful enterprises. The area had some of the earliest street gangs and gangsters. In the late 1990’s the Bowery and the Lower East side has seen a dramatic change and gentrification. In 2011 a Bowery Historic District was registered by the NY State Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.

 

The Merchant's House Museum

Lower East Side
(LES)

boundaries: Canal to Houston St.; The East River to the Bowery

 

An historical immigrant neighborhood constantly changing. This area has gone through such rapid gentrification that it has been added to The National Trust for Historic Preservation, in order to place it on the list of America’s Most Endangered Places.

Lower East Side

 

 

  • EAST RIVER PARK- Montgomery Street to E.12 Street, FDR Drive

    • EAST RIVER PARK ANCHOR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • ALAMO or The Cube (Astor Place Cube) by Bernard Rosenthal at Cooper Square at Lafayette Street 

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Slocum Disaster Memorial

East Village

boundaries: Houston to 14th St., East River to the Bowery

 

The birthplace of "punk rock" and "Nuyorican" literature!  

 

 

East Village, a name that came into existence in the 1960’s. In the 1950’s the beatniks moved in, the 1960’s the artists, musicians, and hippies moved in, in late 1990’s the area become gentrified. The art scene, music scene has left this incubator area and has moved to other boroughs. It is now a neighborhood where many new comers to the city request to check.

East Village

  • TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK- Ave A to Avenue B, East 7th St. to E. 10th Street

    • SAMUEL SULLIVAN COX- by Louise Lawson

    • TEMPERANCE FOUNTAIN- by Bertel Thorvaldsen

    • SLOCUM DISASTER MEMORIAL- by Bruno Louis Zimm

 

  • MUSEUM OF AMERICAN GANGSTERS- 80 St. Marks Place (800) 603-5520

Chinatown
Chinatown

boundaries: Chambers to Delancey St., East Broadway to Broadway

 

Chinese immigrants began settling here in the 1870's. Today, it is one of the most densely populated areas in New York City. From the peddling of cigars on the streets to proper shops and a growing community, Chinatown has expanded into areas such as Little Italy, 5 Points, and Lower East Side. Today, Manhattan has 2 Chinatown’s--the one we all know and the other that is growing in East Harlem.

 Lin Ze Xu Statue

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  • CHATHAM SQUARE- an intersection of 7 streets (Bowery, East Broadway, St. James Place, Mott Street, Oliver Street, Worth Street and Park Row)

    • KIM LAU MEMORIAL ARCH- (in memory of the Chinese Americans who died in WWII) Chatham Square

    • LIN ZE XU STATUE- Chatham Square, (a 19th century anti-drug hero in China)

    • CONFUCIUS STATUE by Liu Shih

 

 

 

 

 

  • SEWARD PARK- Canal St. Essex St., Jefferson St. and E. Broadway

 

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Little Italy

boundaries: Mulberry Street from Canal to Broome St.

 

A little slice of Italian cuisine and culture--In the late 1800’s this area was thriving with Italians, their culture, their language and their food. After WWII many of these families moved to other areas of the city, today it is only three blocks around Mulberry Street. The area has also grown with new luxury buildings, expansion from the growth of Chinatown. It is still a good place to get a taste of what was once a great community.

Little Italy

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