Trace the impact of this historic area from the greatest newspaper founders to the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to the development of seaport commerce.

Visit St. Paul’s Chapel, the African Burial Ground, the World Trade Center site, the Irish Famine Exhibit and New York’s great waterfront.

Learn about P.T. Barnum, the first woman to run for President, the first “department” store, Boss Tweed’s great embezzlement,  “the Cathedral of Commerce”, New York’s first attempted subway, and the islands of New York.

Discover Nathan Hale, George Washington, Horace Greeley, and other characters that have shaped the development of the City, the country and the World.