New York City Financial District Walking Tour

Our Financial District walking tour explores New York City from its founding as a Dutch settlement to its rise as the world’s financial capital. Your guide will bring the city to life through the eyes of the our nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury.

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Highlights

Hear stories about the Statue of Liberty, Castle Clinton, and Ellis Island
Visit Bowling Green Square
See Fraunces Tavern, which claims it is Manhattan's oldest surviving building
View Hanover Square, named for the House of Hanover, when King George I ascended to the throne
Discover Delmonico’s, one of the first restaurants in the United States
Travel Wall Street and William Street where the financial fate of the world is decided
Observe the Federal Reserve Building and Chase Manhattan Headquarters
Stop at the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall, the site of George Washington's 1789 inauguration
Take in Trinity Church chartered in 1697
Visit Alexander Hamilton’s Grave in the Trinity Churchyard Cemetery

Description

The Alexander Hamilton Financial District Walking Tour takes you through the founding of New York City. With highlights that include Battery Park, Bowling Green, Fraunces Tavern, Stone Street and Wall Street, explore New York City from its founding as a Dutch settlement, New Amsterdam, on the Hudson River to its rise as the world’s financial capital. Your guide will bring NYC to life through the eyes of Alexander Hamilton, a penniless immigrant who rose to become our nation’s first Secretary of the Treasury. As you walk by Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Federal Reserve building you will discover all that went into the creation of our modern financial system despite the many disagreements among some of our great founding fathers. Your guide will also take you through the more recent history of lower New York with stories of the Statue of Liberty, immigration at Ellis Island and Castle Clinton, and the Canyon of Heroes. Your journey concludes at the site of the World Trade Center.