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6 Brookfield Place
230 Vesey St. Map 1 A2. Tel (212)
945-2600. q Fulton St, Cortlandt St,
Rector St. 7 0 - =
∑ brookfieldplaceny.com
A model of urban design by Cesar
Pelli & Associates in the 1980s,
Brookfield Place (formerly known
as the World Financial Center),
is an imposing 14-acre (6-ha)
shopping, dining, and business
complex. When it was first
inaugurated in 1988, the building
was hailed as the Rockefeller
Center of the 21st century.
Thereafter, following 9/11,
an ambitious $250-million
renovation took place, which was Main floor of the magnificent Winter
The peaceful graveyard at finally completed in 2014. Today, Garden, Brookfield Place
Trinity Church there are four office towers that
soar skyward, and house the leads down to the Winter Garden,
5 Trinity Church headquarters of some of the but this often doubles as
biggest financial companies in picturesque seating for free
79 Broadway at Wall St. Map 1 C3. the world, such as Merrill Lynch events. There are a variety of
Tel (212) 602-0800. q Wall St,
Rector St. Open 8am–6pm daily. and American Express. shows held at the plaza, ranging
5 8:15am, 12:05pm, 5:15pm Located within the Brookfield from concerts in classical and
Mon–Fri, 9am & 11:15am Sun. Place complex is the dazzling contemporary music to dance
8 2pm Mon–Fri; also Sun Winter Garden, a magnificent, and theater performances, all of
after 11:15am service. Concerts: 10-story public plaza. The ceiling which are listed on the website.
see details online. = - is made entirely of glass, of which There are two food halls that
∑ trinitywallstreet.org 2,000 panes were replaced after both adjoin the Winter Garden
the attacks of 9/11. The plaza is plaza – Hudson Eats offers
This square-towered Episcopal further complemented by 16 modern and popular eateries,
church at the head of Wall Washingtonia robusta palms from while Le District is a French-
Street is the third one on Florida, each standing at a height themed food court. The plaza
this site. Designed in 1846 of 45 ft (14 m) and replacing the then opens out onto the
by Richard Upjohn, it was palm court tradition of yesteryear. North Cove yacht harbor and
among the grandest churches A sweeping marble staircase promenade by the Hudson River.
of its day, marking the
beginning of the best period
of Gothic Revival architecture
in America. Richard Morris
Hunt’s design for the
sculpted brass doors
was inspired by Lorenzo
Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise
at the Baptistery in Florence.
Restoration has uncovered
the original rosy sandstone,
long buried beneath layers
of city grime. The 280-ft (85-m)
steeple, the tallest structure
in New York until 1890, still
commands respect despite
its towering neighbors.
Many prominent early
New Yorkers are buried in
the graveyard: statesman
Alexander Hamilton; steamboat
inventor Robert Fulton; and
William Bradford, founder
of New York’s first newspaper
in 1725, to name but a few. Brookfield Place viewed from the Hudson River

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