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— FINANCIAL DISTRICT —

Street Art Tour

DISTANCE

0.9 Miles (1.5 km)

DURATION

1.5 Hours


Use this interactive map to follow the walking route and explore landmarks




Highlights


1) Shadows & Flags

Louise Nevelson's 1977 grouping of seven black steel abstract sculptures fills Louise Nevelson Plaza, marking the only NYC public space named for a female artist.


2) Group of Four Trees

Jean Dubuffet's 1972 fiberglass sculpture at Chase Manhattan Plaza, its black-and-white biomorphic forms offering a playful counterpoint to the surrounding skyscrapers.


3) Sunken Garden

Isamu Noguchi's circular garden (1961-64) sits one story below Chase Manhattan Plaza, its rippled stone bed and seven black basalt boulders from Kyoto's Uji River visible through surrounding windows.


4) Fearless Girl

Kristen Visbal's 2017 bronze girl, hands on hips, was installed to promote gender diversity in corporate leadership and now stands near the New York Stock Exchange.


5) Charging Bull

Arturo Di Modica's guerrilla-installed 1989 bronze bull near Bowling Green has become an unofficial symbol of Wall Street's financial optimism and resilience.


6) Wild Table of Love

A six-meter bronze banquet by artists Gillie and Marc, where their hybrid Rabbitwoman and Dogman characters host ten endangered species at a shared table.




7) Red Cube

Isamu Noguchi's 1968 steel sculpture balances improbably on one corner outside 140 Broadway, its vivid red form and hollow cylindrical core a favorite Financial District landmark.


8) Double Check

J. Seward Johnson II's 1982 lifelike bronze businessman sifting through his briefcase became an accidental 9/11 memorial when it was found upright amid the rubble near Zuccotti Park.


9) Joie de Vivre

Mark di Suvero's monumental painted-steel sculpture in Zuccotti Park, inspired by Frank O'Hara's poem Steps and installed in 2006.


10) Rose III

Isa Genzken's 26-foot painted-steel sculpture, permanently installed in 2018 near Zuccotti Park.


11) FDNY Memorial Wall

A 56-foot bronze bas-relief by Joe Petrovics on the facade of FDNY Ten House, honoring the 343 firefighters who died responding to the World Trade Center attacks.


12) Fulton Street Art Wall

Striking modern street art stands in breathtaking contrast to the Oculus’s sleek, futuristic white wings, paying tribute to NYC's resilience post-9/11.

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