Lower Manhattan

Southern New York tip

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of Manhattan island in New York City, roughly below 14th Street.

It contains the Financial District, Wall Street, and the World Trade Center site.

The area served as the original settlement of New York and remains the city's historic and financial core: She works in Lower Manhattan near the stock exchange.

finance

Wall Street

American finance hub

stocks · bonds · investment banking · broker · securities · commodities · futures · equities · portfolio · dividends

skyline

One World Trade Center

New York's tallest structure

tower · glass · steel · office building · observation deck · panorama · view · rooftop · architecture · Woolworth Building

landmarks

Statue of Liberty

Island colossus near Manhattan

Fearless Girl · Woolworth Building

neighborhoods

Tribeca

Lower Manhattan district

Greenwich Village · East Village

urban

downtown

Central business district

pedestrian · congestion · ferry terminal · streetscape · waterfront · Hudson River · East River · esplanade · public space · plaza

history

New Amsterdam

Dutch colonial settlement on Manhattan

settlers · land grants · immigration · tenements · Tammany Hall · fur trade · British occupation · Alexander Hamilton

Categories
Opposites
geographic position within manhattan

Lower ManhattanUpper Manhattan

Northern part of island

Harlem · Washington Heights · Upper East Side · Upper West Side · East Harlem

urban character/development pattern

Lower ManhattanMidtown Manhattan

Central Manhattan business district

Upper West Side · suburban sprawl · Greenwich Village

symbolic/cultural identity

Lower ManhattanTimes Square

Famous Manhattan intersection

Main Street · Hollywood · Silicon Valley · Central Park · residential neighborhoods

Family

lower, Manhattan, Lower East Side

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G