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                 New York Stock Exchange       KEY
                 Although hidden from view by
                 more modern edifices, this is still   1 One New York Plaza
                 the hub of the hectic Financial   2 125 Broad Street
                 District (see pp72–3).
                                               3 55 Water Street
                                               4 One Financial Square
                          40 Wall Street
                          In the 1940s, the    5 New York Stock Exchange
                          pyramid-topped       6 Citibank Building (111 Wall St)
                          tower of the         7 28 Liberty
                          former Bank
                          of Manhattan         8 120 Wall Street
                          was hit by a
                          light aircraft.





                                               70 Pine Street
       Bank of New York                        Replicas of this
       This serene 1928 interior is part       elegant Gothic-
       of the bank set up in 1784 by           style tower can
       Alexander Hamilton (see p25).          be seen near the
                                               Pine and Cedar
                                              street entrances.



























                     100 Old Slip
                     Now in the shadow
                     of One Financial
                     Square, the
                     small palazzo-
                     style First
                     Precinct Police
                     Department was
                     the city’s most
                     modern police            Queen Elizabeth Monument
                     station when it    Carved medallion,   The ocean liner that sank in
                     was built in 1911.  100 Old Slip  1972 is remembered here.




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