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  Where It All Began A Lower Manhattan Walking Tour Experience the history and see the future of the “Big City” as our licensed tour guides entertain you while you walk the streets where much of the early history of New York City took place. On this walking tour you will be up close and personal to St. Paul’s Chapel the oldest continuously used house of worship and public building in Manhattan, and its historic churchyard, Trinity Church and the final resting places of Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton. You will hear about the history of New York’s “City Hall”, the world famous Brooklyn Bridge, the infamous “Tweed Courthouse” and the Woolworth Building, the skyscraper that was the tallest building in the world for 16 years. We will do more than show you the “heart of the financial capital of the world” we will teach you about its origins as you experience the sights of Federal Hall, the New York Stock Exchange, the former House of Morgan and 40 Wall Street. Our tour also includes a stop at the World Financial Center where you will be able to view “Ground Zero” of the World Trade Center. More importantly, the highlight of this experience is our tour guides knowledge of the lesser known places you will see along the way. Why are we including stops at 8 Spruce Street soon to be the tallest apartment building in North America the Croton fountain is a beauty with its replica gas lamps and the gurgling waters that celebrate New York’s legendary water supply system.90 Church Street a classic WPA era Federal building that withstood the ravages of 9/11 although it took 4 years to clean it to be habitable again and an architectural jewel, the Alexander Hamilton Customs House that is now the home to the Smithsonian Institution Museum of the American Indian Take our Where it all began Tour and find out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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