Wandering Around NYC: Wall Street

This was also an incidental discovery.

After a happy time exploring the museum, I decided to continue with my original plan of walking all the way down to Soho to see what the place was like.

I didn't think much about the large number of tourists around since the entire NYC itself is a movie spot.

And while I was strolling along, I saw the name of the nearest MTA station and suddenly realised that I'm right smack in the middle of the world-famous Wall Street financial district!

Ok, totally hadn't intended to see this area but since I was there, I might as well take a better look, right?

This was especially so when one sees something like the above photo. A barricaded area and swarms of people with cameras held high only indicate that there must be interesting stuff around, right?

And so I followed the line of people walking into the barricaded spot, which turned out to be the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall... cheh.

Unlike the chaotic vibrance of Hong Kong, Wall Street was an extremely orderly and neat place.

I felt like an ant among the skyscrapers.

Hmm... no, that's not very accurate. When among the tall Caucasians, I felt even smaller than an ant.

I felt like an aphid, LOL~ 

On the right side of the above photo is the Federal Hall where George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.

You can see part of the Trinity Church in the far background between the space of the two skyscrapers.

Police on patrol in front of the building of the New York Stock Exchange

Title of photo: Police, Horses, Photographer and Horse Manure

This really caught my attention when I walked past it.

Why in the world were people queuing in the middle of the road? What's more, there was an NYPD patrol car among them. (0_o)?

It turned out that these people were queuing to take photos with the Wall Street Bull.

(I only found out later what this statue was when I spotted small replicas of it selling on tourist stands. I totally regretted not getting one for my brother at that time, why didn't it occur to me then?? Argh......)