It’s Springtime in New York City, but the coldness still feels like Winter. Last week, I had the time to revisit downtown and other beautiful places of the city that never sleeps.  Battery Park is the southern end of the Manhattan island.  From here, you’ll find the South Ferry Port where you could ride boats going to Staten Island and Jersey City. This park has a lot of monuments and landmarks good for picture-taking. If you are saving from your visit in this city, you don’t really need to go to Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty. Here, you could see the statue in the middle of blue waters.A US Army-Navy memorial could be found in this place. Then, as you walk towards north, you’ll find Castle Clinton, which served as a fortress long time ago. This serves now as a place to buy tickets for the cruise going to the Liberty Island. Just a stone-throw from the fortress, you’ll find the Korean War Memorial.Few blocks from the Battery Park is the Wall Street area. This is the tourist spot that’s well-guarded by armed securities, including military personnel of the government. Just across the NYC Stock Exchange Building is Federal Union Building – the place where the first President, George Washington made his inaugural oath-taking. The Trinity Church compound along Broadway Avenue, is the place where Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804), one of the Founding Fathers, and Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815), inventor of steamboat were buried.

As you step forward towards the Ground Zero, you will realize that it’s time to eat for lunch, if you started visiting Battery Park at 9:00 AM in the morning. Just in front of the Helmsley building, you’ll find lines of food carts that are serving really good and cheap food. They’re hot and really yummy. Buy them “to go” and take the food to the park across the road. With the Spring around eating this yummy food at an open park is really great. Finish eating, and start your next journey for the afternoon, towards the Ground Zero. (To be continued on my next blog.)

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