In the Financial District

According to the Official Website of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: "Sculptor Luis Sanguino (b. 1934) celebrates the diversity of New York City and the struggle of immigrants in this heroic-sized bronze figural group. The sculpture depicts figures of various ethnic groups and eras, including an Eastern European Jew, a freed African slave, a priest, and a worker. The figures’ expressive poses emphasize the struggle and toil inherent in the experience of the immigrant or dislocated person."
More immigrants come to NYC every day.

Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere" once stood in the area between the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was relocated to Battery Park.


Built near the space once occupied by the Twin Tower, architect Daniel Libekind's "One World Trade Center." opened in November. The total height of the building, including its spire, is 1776 feet--an homage to the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 104 stories high, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the 4th tallest in the world.

Above: the cemetery of Trinity Church. The original church was built in 1699. A fire destroyed the church in 1776; a reconstructed building collapsed from snow in 1839. The current church building was constructed in 1846. Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton (inventor of the steam engine and first Brooklyn Ferry) are buried in the churchyard.
According to my good friends at Wikipedia, "Falling wreckage from the collapsing tower knocked over a giant sycamore tree that had stood for nearly a century in the churchyard of St. Paul's Chapel, which is part of Trinity Church's parish. . . Sculptor Steve Tobin used its roots as the base for a bronze sculpture that stands next to the church today."

The sky above Wall Street.

George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States on this spot in 1789. Federal Hall was built here in 1842.

The South Tower Memorial pool.

A replica of Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere" as it appeared before the 9/11 attacks.

Above and below: two different perspectives on One World Trade Center.
Under construction: a new transit hub, designed by Santiago Calatrava.

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