Wall Street & Financial District

Wall Street is the center of the Financial District in Lower Manhattan and also one of the original neighborhoods from New York’s early days as New Amsterdam.  It was once the location of a wooden stockade protecting the north end of the Dutch colonial settlement in the 1600s; when the British took over in the 1700s they tore down the wall, paved the lane, and called it Wall Street.  In 1792, two dozen NYC stockbrokers met under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement, establishing the rules for securities transactions and laying the groundwork for what would become the New York Stock Exchange.  Now, the NYSE is the largest financial exchange in the world.  Wall Street and the surrounding Financial District is an engine of American and global economic activity, seeing both astounding highs and staggering lows as the markets they host and service grow and fluctuate.

• See the hub of the world's economic activity and learn about the vital importance of Wall St.

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