This popular walking tour of the lower tip of Manhattan covers a compact area around Bowling Green and Battery Park and explores the connections between the city and the harbor from colonial times to the present day. Along the way, we take in wonderful views of iconic city skylines, the New York Bay and the Statue of Liberty. We start the tour at Bowling Green near subway stations for:
Introduction
U.S. Custom House
Bowling Green
Steamship Row
Charging Bull and Standard Oil Building
East Side of Morris Street Overpass
West Side of Morris Street Overpass
South Cove and Museum of Jewish Heritage
Harbor View from Hudson River Esplanade
Wagner Park
Pier A and Merchant Mariners Memorial
Battery Park and Castle Clinton
WWII War Memorial and View of Governors Island
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine and James Watson House
Staten Island Ferry Terminal
Battery Maritime Building
City View from Corner of Broad and Water Streets
Fraunces Tavern
Dutch Foundations and Fraunces Tavern Historic District
Stone Street Historic District
Neo-Dutch Buildings along South William Street
City View at the Intersection of William and Beaver Streets
Hanover Square