Wall Street Historic District (Manhattan)
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The Wall Street Historic District in New York City includes part of Wall Street and parts of nearby streets in the Financial District in lower Manhattan. It includes 65 contributing buildings and one contributing structure over a 63-acre (25 ha) listed area.[1]
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Wall Street Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Cedar St. and Maiden Ln., Pearl St., Bridge and S. William St., and Greenwich St. and Trinity Pl., New York, New York |
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Area | 63 acres (25 ha) |
Architect | multiple |
Architectural style | Skyscraper, Classical Revival, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 07000063[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 20, 2007 |
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The historic district's street plan originated in the colonial era. It "reflects medieval European town patterns rather than the standard grid found throughout much of Manhattan, and together with the district's towering skyscrapers it creates the narrow 'canyons' for which the area is so famous."[2]