WALL STREET:
We were walking down the famous Wall
street.
Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of New York City. It runs crosstown between Broadway on the west to South Street, at the East River, on the east. The term has become a synonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry,
Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of New York City. It runs crosstown between Broadway on the west to South Street, at the East River, on the east. The term has become a synonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry,
The charging bull statue was installed
by Italian American artist Modia in 1989 Dec after 87 crash, 11 ft
tall, 16 ft long 3200 kg bronze, cost $360,000.
In 2010, similar bull in Shanghai, in
2012, in Amsterdam.
We walked on down the Wall Street.
TRINITY CHURCH:
Trinity church seen here. .
Trinity
Church used to be the tallest building in New York City When
construction was completed in 1846, the steeple reached 281 feet,
making it one of the most recognizable features of the skyline and a
welcome sight for those sailing into New York Harbor.
An old pic here... when the church did not get dwarfed/hedged in by skyscrapers...
An old pic here... when the church did not get dwarfed/hedged in by skyscrapers...
The parish received its charter
from King William III in, 1697. Its land grant specified an
annual rent of 60 bushels of wheat. On July 9, 1976, Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited
Trinity Church. Vestrymen presented the Queen with a symbolic "back
rent" of 279 peppercorns!!
During the September 11 attacks,
people took refuge inside the church from the massive debris cloud
produced by the first World Trade Center tower collapse. Some of the
chapel pew's paint was rubbed off from the people taking refuge. The
pews were later replaced, but one still exists at the back of the
chapel for remembrance of the events on 9/11
TRINITY ROOT:
This is the Trinity root sculpture made by sculptor Tobin from the miraculous sycamore tree that had "saved St. Paul's Chapel."
The enormous old sycamore tree in the church yard was spit out of the ground by the impact as the World Trade towers came crashing
down and its trunk and branches bore the brunt of falling debris,
protecting St. Paul's and its churchyard, which holds the
tombs of such luminaries in American history as Alexander
Hamilton and Clement C. Moore.
The
fallen tree was found covered with fallen objects, including victims'
DNA and a large I beam that had flown from the collapsing buildings.
Scientists agreed that the seismic waves the tree absorbed were so
powerful they would have damaged or completely destroyed St.
Paul's Chapel.
Artist Tobin made this bronze sculpture incorporating the original stump. Unveiled in 2005, on the four year
anniversary of the WTC attack, the sculpture standing at 15-feet wide, 20-feet deep and 13-feet high, stayed in the
churchyard of St. Paul Chapel’s, which is part of Trinity’s
parish for 10 years.
Weighing more than three tons, the
sculpture contained actual DNA from the attack victims, and required
Tobin to take out a home equity loan to pay more than $1 million to
create it, according to the artist.
The Trinity Root, which was
the first and only memorial in Lower Manhattan for nearly a decade,
until the official 9.11 Memorial and Museum opened to the public in
2012, attracted a million visitors annually, according to church officials.
A 6' high bronze maquette study of the Trinity Root is in
the permanent collection of the 9.11 Memorial and Museum.
10 years later the church announced
plans to move it to a seminary in Connecticut. Lupfer as new rector
in 2015, moved “to send ‘The Trinity Root’ away because he did
not want non-parishioners and ‘hordes of strangers’ to continue to
crowd the church’s courtyard.”
Tobin, who called the work
site-specific, refused to have it moved, but said the church
furtively moved it during the evening of Dec. 11, 2015. The matter
was taken to court and ruled in the Church's favor.
As a report succinctly stated...Shading the churchyard of a
250-year-old Wall Street chapel for a century, an august sycamore
fell with the World Trade Center a few blocks away on Sept. 11, 2001.
Then, an artist’s painstaking bronze
sculpture of the tree stood in its place for roughly a decade. The
litigation over the artwork, however, lasted in Manhattan federal
court only for a few months.
Glad we got to see it though!!
Glad we got to see it though!!
Here we are at the church...
the famous bronze doors with relief
panels modelled on the Duomo in Florence.
TRINITY church--Sunday service is going
on.
We visited the 9/11 memorial also. Did not take pics as we felt
that' s disrespectful
that' s disrespectful
We took the subway to Jay st metrotech
station by A/C from Fulton to walk the Brooklyn bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge:
This engineering masterpiece was the world's longest suspension bridge upon its completion in 1883. One of the most recognizable structures in NYC, the bridge has been featured in countless movies and television shows and, as the first land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn, represents a critical piece of New York City history. Though the bridge is visible from the shores of both boroughs, it is best experienced through a leisurely stroll across its elevated pedestrian walkway.
Here, visitors from around the world
can share a path with New Yorkers making their daily commute; those
walking across can enjoy views of downtown Manhattan and New York
Harbor on every step of the 5,989-foot traverse.
The Manhattan-side entrance is at Park
Row and Centre Street, across from City Hall Park.
Here we are at the start of the
Brooklyn bridge...pedestrian side.
We got off the bridge.
Brooklyn city hall here...
We took the subway back to our hotel. From there collected our bags, took the subway to Penn station and took the train the airport.
End of a lovely holiday!!
Hope to resume travel soon, when the world recovers!
End of a lovely holiday!!
Hope to resume travel soon, when the world recovers!
Trip report on Mexico starts here:
