Financial District



The oldest part of NYC around wall-street is a tourist attraction by itself. The narrow streets surrounded by towering buildings create the effect of canyons and leave an intimidating impression of power. The standard shots of Trinity Church looking down Wall-street puts things into perspective: churches used to once be the tallest buildings, they were supposed to be glorious and intimidating structures erected as symbols of a communities reverence for their God. Today, the tower of trinity church is nearly asphyxiated between the financial towers flanking it on either side (at least in this perspective), while the pompous neo-classical facade of the NYCE building is decidedly more that of a temple than that of a market hall. After a stop at the worlds most controversial construction site, we turn to the beginning of Broadway with the statue of the charging bull. Since bronze statues tend to be light and polished where a lot of people touch it for good luck, one can easily assess what matters most in the high-testosterone culture of Wall-street: balls!

Posted: Sun - August 13, 2006 at 09:32 PM        


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