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Tour Description
Salute the past and the future! With a licensed NYC tour guide, visit the single most historic area in the United States. Pay tribute to this great nation as you learn the rich and exciting history of NYC and America. Tour Ground Zero, the 16-acre site of unparalleled heroism, and the future site of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. This moving and educational 3-hour tour guides you through Lower Manhattan where you will also see such icons as Wall Street, the Woolworth Building, a virtual museum of historical skyscrapers, Trinity Church, St. Paul’s Chapel, ending at the new 9/11 Visitors Tribute Center.

This acclaimed tour has been featured on CNN, Fox News, and TV Tokyo, and has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, London Times, World Affairs Weekly, USA Today and the New York Post.

Did you know that downtown Manhattan was the site of the nation's first capital? Learn more amazing facts on this renowned tour!

Tour Schedule

• Ground Zero, where you will witness the progress of the World Trade Center rebuilding efforts: The base of the new Number One World Trade Center "The Freedom Tower." And, due to recent excavations, the breathtaking view into the sight down seven stories below street level.

• The Winter Garden, with its unparalleled view of the "Footprints" of the former Twin Towers, the “teardrop” memorial to those who lost their lives at the WFC

• The Bronze FDNY 9-11 Memorial Wall, a 56-foot long bronze sculpture that shows firefighters battling the smoldering towers, located on the side of New York City's famed fire station "10 House," the former Reily Hose No. 10 firehouse

• The NYC Police Memorial at the World Financial Center, a moving tribute to all NYC police officers who have been lost in the line of duty

• Other touching memorials, both temporary and permanent, to the victims of September 11.

• Moving tributes to September 11th heroes at St. Paul’s Chapel, New York’s only surviving pre-Revolutionary church

• Trinity Church, where Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton are buried

• The Neo-Gothic Woolworth Building, the world's tallest building from 1913-1929

• A walk down narrow Wall Street, past the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall National Memorial, where you can see the scars of the 1920 terrorist attack on the JP Morgan Building

• The future sites of the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by world famous architect Santiago Calatrava, and the new National September 11 Memorial and Museum.

After your tour, plan on visiting the Ground Zero Museum Workshop. Your tour guide can give you directions.


Location and Directions
The tour departs from Paramount Plaza, 51st and Broadway in front of Cosi's Restaurant
Subway:

• 1 to 50th Street and Broadway
• B, D, E to 7th Avenue and 53rd Street
• N, R, W to 49th Street and 7th Avenue
  

NYCVP’s President Barry Tenenbaum calls the tour "a must for everyone. A visit to Ground Zero honors the truest spirit of New Yorkers and all the brave and courageous acts of heroism that took place there. I hope everyone will take advantage of this opportunity to aid in the revitalization of Lower Manhattan by participating in the Tour, supporting local shops, having lunch at restaurants and visiting the area's museums."

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*During inclement weather, the itinerary may change to afford you an unobstructed indoor view.

NOTE: Please be advised, the NYC subway system is not wheelchair accessible for this tour. The tour operates rain or shine. The order and exact itinerary is dependant upon weather conditions, subway schedule and other factors and may change. No refunds are issued for any reason. Return to midtown is on your own. Subway fare and tour guide gratuity is not included. New York City Vacation Packages is not responsible for delays, non-operation of tour or accessibility to sites mentioned in the itinerary. Itinerary may be altered if required due to weather, traffic, subway schedule changes, and/or any other condition beyond the control of NYCVP, the tour guides and/or vendors. Tours may be cancelled in advance due to insufficient participation. NYCVP is not responsible for anyone unable to keep up with a normal and reasonable walking tour pace, or anyone getting lost. Liability is expressly limited to the amount paid by patrons for the Tour.

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