NEW YORK PARTY SHUTTLE SIGHTSEEING TOURS

NEW YORK CITY TOURS

5 1/2-HOUR ITINERARY:
8:30AM - 2PM
3PM - 8:30PM
Get out of the shuttle at all stops!

START AT: TIMES SQUARE
WORLD TRADE CENTER
Memorial
STATUE OF LIBERTY
(Aboard the free Staten Island Ferry)
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
WALL STREET
ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL
TKTS LINE - B'WAY TIX
TRINITY CHURCH
BROADWAY
WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
FEDERAL HALL
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
(Snack break: not included in price)
US CUSTOMS BUILDING
5TH AVENUE
MADISON SQUARE PARK
FLATIRON BUILDING
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
CENTRAL PARK
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
DAKOTA BUILDING
CANYON OF HEROES
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
(Optional, extra $14 admission) 

OTHER SIGHTS YOU'LL SEE:
We  stop near these attractions and provide historical narrative

BROOKLYN BRIDGE
VERRAZANO BRIDGE
HUDSON RIVER
EAST RIVER
FAO SCHWARZ
LINCOLN CENTER
CHRYSLER BUILDING
WOOLWORTH BUILDING
 MET LIFE BUIDING
TRUMP TOWER
(From the Apprentice)
PLAZA HOTEL
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
CITY HALL
 ELLIS ISLAND
(view from Staten Island Ferry)
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
GREENWICH VILLAGE
SOHO/TRIBECA
MACY'S
HERALD SQUARE
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL
TIFFANY'S 

World Financial Center

Near Ground Zero, one cannot help but notice the collection of buildings that comprise the World Financial Center. Located directly across the street from the original World Trade Center complex, these structures rose a few years later on landfill that was created with the excavation of the Twin Towers.

The original plan called for creating a late twentieth-century version of Rockefeller Center, a new community that would be self-sustaining with its own schools, shops and restaurants. It would also provide new housing for those that would soon be working in the new towers, and it would open up a magnificent riverside promenade that would take advantage of the stunning sunsets and bring much-needed nightlife to an area that previously closed down after sundown.

Designed in 1985 by architect Cesar Pelli and completed in 1988, the towers that make up the Center are excellent examples of Post-modernist architecture in that they combine new ideas with traditional forms. The four towers, ranging from 33 to 54 stories, provide eight-million square feet of office, retail and public space on fourteen acres of land in the center of Battery Park City. Four stocky, polished granite-and-glass towers are topped with geometrically shaped crowns, each one identifying their owners: a dome for Merrill Lynch, a solid pyramid for American Express, a cut pyramid (or mastaba) for Dow Jones and Oppenheimer and a solid pyramid for #3 World Financial Center.

The luxurious lobbies feature polychromatic marble and shiny black columns. The soaring Winter Garden (120 feet high) is a glass-enclosed greenhouse pavilion that is comprised of 2,000 panes of glass, sixteen 40-foot tall Washington palm trees and 60,000 square feet of tricolor Italian marble. Free music, dance and theatrical recitals are frequently held here. A glass wall on the west side, which formerly served as a major entryway for the World Trade Center, now offers a sobering view of Ground Zero.

Approximately 35 specialty shops and restaurants overlook an outdoor waterfront plaza with spectacular views of New York's Hudson River. The guardrail along the marinašs edge features the words of Walt Whitman and Thomas O'Hara.

Having sustained major damage after the attacks of September 11, the World Financial Center is finally back to full operation.

The World Financial Center is a memorable part of your New York Party Shuttle Sightseeing tour.  Your licensed NYC tour guide will walk you to the World Financial Center and give you its history as well as other fascinating facts about one of New York City's most memorable attractions.

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