WALL STREET, Tour

On the corner between Wall Street and Broad Street, you’ll find the emblematic Stock Exchange, built in 1903.

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it’s no longer possible to visit the inside of the building, for security reasons, so all you can do is stand at a distance and admire the front, with its six Corinthian columns, elaborate pediment with allegorical figures, and of course, US flags.

To your left, almost seeming to elbow its way through between the tall buildings around it, you can see the Neoclassical Federal Hall, a commemorative monument in white marble designed to resemble the Parthenon and built over the ruins of the original US capitol building, which was in New York. It was here that the US Congress met for the first time, while George Washington, in 1789, was sworn in as President. You’ll come face to face with this illustrious figure, or rather, with a bronze statue of him, at the foot of the steps to the colonnade that leads into the museum housed in the building, dedicated to the history of the United States.

Now press pause and move on to the Trump Building....