Articles tagged "financial district"

The View From Above: Looking Down on Lower Manhattan Almost 100 Years Ago

This image from Shorpy shows St. Paul’s Church in Lower Manhattan on April 19, 1919. Photographed looking south from the Woolworth Building, this is a peek into the daily life of New York City just... Continue reading »

Woolworth Building Lit in Red to Honor Barbara Kruger and Bernard Tschumi

March 30, 2012 1:26am

Did you notice something different on the horizon this evening? The Woolworth Building changed its accent lights from white to red tonight to honor Barbara Kruger and Bernard Tschumi as part of Sto...

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Arrests and the Closing of Zuccotti Park on Occupy Wall Street's Six-Month Anniversary

March 19, 2012 3:20pm

Written by Patrick deHahn Throughout the day on Saturday, Occupy protesters gathered in their home base of Zuccotti Park, just blocks away from Wall Street. After their November eviction and thei...

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Occupy Wall Street's #FightBAC Protest at Bank of America [photos]

March 15, 2012 9:17pm

Today’s Occupy Wall Street protest involved holding demonstrations outside a few financial institutions downtown, but the main event of the day was constructing an impromptu living room outside the...

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Barricades Are Removed on Wall Street

March 13, 2012 1:20am

How long have the NYPD barricades been removed from Wall Street? They were nowhere in sight late Monday night, and there was no indication that the removal was only temporary – unlike Zuccotti Park...

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