Take Nassau Street north of Wall to Maiden Lane, where you'll find Phillip Johnson and John Burgee's
Federal Reserve Plaza
, which complements the original 1924 Federal Reserve Bank. Eighty feet below the somber neo-Gothic interior of the bank are most of the "free" world's gold reserves. It is possible - but tricky - to tour; contact the Public Information Department, Federal Reserve Bank, 33 Liberty St, New York, NY 10045 (tel 212/720-6130,
www.ny.frb.org
) several weeks ahead - tickets have to be mailed.
Retrace your steps along Nassau to
Liberty Street
, which leads west toward Liberty Plaza. At no. 1, you'll find the
US Steel Building
. When the World Trade Center collapsed, many of the US Steel Building's windows popped out, and it was feared that the building itself would tumble.
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