History of Lower Manhattan self-guided audio tour

Overview

Discover the glorious history of New York at your own pace with a sightseeing app on your smartphone. New York City was founded by the Dutch colonists in 1625 as New Amsterdam, which once took just a few blocks of today's city, from Battery Park to Wall Street, and left a legacy of street patterns and place names that is insightful to embrace.You will start at the Friendship Monument and see the National Museum of the American Indian, the place where Fort Amsterdam was located to defend the colony. Then, you will promenade a riverfront of the time, Pearl Street, as a Dutch settler would. Here you will see the Fraunces Tavern, the oldest building in Lower Manhattan, built in 1719.From there, you will come to Stone Street, the first paved street in the city, and spot the flamboyant step-gabled houses of South William Street to reimagine traditional Dutch architecture. Let yourself be amazed by what Wall Street once was: a humble path along the defensive wooden fence, and be allured with the statuesque landmark, Trinity Church, once the tallest building in the city.The audio tour includes the following sights: Battery Park, Hudson River, National Museum of the American Indian, Whitehall Street, Bridge Street, Pearl Street, Stone Street, South William Street, Broad Street, Marketfield Street, Beaver Street, William Street, Wall Street, Trinity Church, Broadway, Pine Street, Nassau Street, Maiden Lane, Cortlandt Street.

What's included

Offline functionality, audio narration, and written text explanations

What's Not included

Earphones not included — bring your own

Where

New York, USA

Meeting point:

The audio tour starts in Battery Park.

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What To Expect

Follow your in-app audio tour and travel back in time to the period of New Amsterdam
Catch up with New York's aspiring Dutch past that ensured its bright American future
Find out how much it cost the Dutch to purchase Manhattan from the Native Americans

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