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A 90-Minute Waterfront Walk

From the breezy Battery Park City Esplanade with its sweeping
river views and upscale condos to the magnificent schooners
moored at South Street Seaport, this waterfront route
introduces you to New York’s formidable maritime legacy. The
concrete jungle may lie just a few blocks inland, yet it seems
worlds away, as the bleating horns and hiss of the crosstown
buses are blessedly muffled. Stroll the green tip of Battery Park
for a startling reminder that Manhattan is, in fact, an island.
For more about Lower Manhattan, see pages 66–85.

“greenbelt.” Climb to the Wagner
Park lookout point 4 for The Statue of Liberty, as seen from the
vistas of the Hudson River. waterfront promenade
Here, information panels
chronicle New York City’s
seafaring history, when
grand schooners and
coastal packets plied BATTERY
these waters. PARK ALB ANY STREET
CITY
Battery Place 1 RECTOR ZUCCOTTI
On Battery Place, SOUTH END AVENUE PARK MAIDEN LA NE
WASHINGTON STREET
PLACE
visit the Museum L I BERTY STR E E T
5 The many photographs at the Museum of Jewish Heritage LIBERTY PLACE NASSAU ST S T J O H N S T R E E T
PLAZA
of Jewish Heritage 5 (see p76) and its WEST THAMES STREET Rector St Wall St
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outdoor Garden W E S T S I D E H I G H W AY 9 A ( W E S T S T ) G R EENWI C H S TREET 4.5 W I L L I A M S T R E E T r
SQUARE
Battery Park City of Stones, a calm, J 2 T H I RD P L A C E Broad St WATER ST BEEKMAN ST
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Begin your walk on the elegant space of TRIN ITY ST JOHN STREET e
Esplanade 1 near Rector Place dwarf oak saplings W A L L P E A R L S T R E E T FULTON STREET
Park, west of the Rector Street growing out of SE C O ND PL A C E Wall St FLETCHER ST Pier 17
P I N E S T R E E T
subway stop. Across the Hudson boulders. Since B R O A D W A Y EXC HANGE PLACE MA I D E N L ANE S O U T H S T R E ET
S O U T H S T R E E T V I A D U C T
River looms the Jersey City Manhattan is the 3 5 6 N E W S T R E E T STRE ET 2.3 S T R E E T t y
F I RS T P LA CE
skyline. Stroll toward the South undisputed king
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Cove 2, where you’ll catch of tall buildings, pay 4 Bowling B E A V ER ST REET W A T E R S T R E E T P I N E S T R E E T J
ROBERT F.
sight, as did more than 100 homage at the sleek WAGNER JR Green BOWLING B R O AD HANOVER P E A R L S T R E E T F R O N T S T R E E T Pier 16
GREEN
million immigrants on their Skyscraper Museum PARK J 4.5 SQUARE
arrival, of Lady Liberty herself. 6, which shares a 7 GOVERNEUR ST
Explore Robert F. Wagner, Jr. building with the Ritz- 8
Park 3, named after a former Carlton Hotel. Admire 9 W H I T E H A L L S T RE E T P E A R L S T R E E T O L D S L I P S O U T H S T R E E T
New York City mayor. The leafy skyscraper history and
acres of grassy slopes, linden contemporary designs from BATTER Y VIETNAM
VETERANS’
trees, and inviting pavilions around the world, as well as the P ARK PARK
B AT T E R Y P L A C E STATE S TRE E T
are an important link in Lower original model, created in 1971, Whitehall St BROAD STREET q
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Manhattan’s waterfront of the former World Trade Center. S O U T H S T
PETER MINUIT
SOUTH FERRY PLAZA
PLAZA
South Ferry
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9 Castle Clinton, an early 19th-century
6 Shiny surfaces and sharp angles at the Skyscraper Museum fort built to defend the harbor
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