World Financial Center

Beyond Wall Street lies the World Financial Center, a complex of buildings housing offices to some world renowned financial companies such as Dow Jones & Co., Fidelity Investments, Lehman Brothers, Deloitte and Touche, American Express and Merrill Lynch. This center located just opposite the former site of the world trade center is composed of six buildings: One World Financial Center, Two World Financial Center, Three World Financial Center, Four World Financial Center, Winter Garden and NYMEX building.

world trade center (Ground zero)

Ground Zero, the former site of the World Trade Center, is an area as large as 15 football fields, and has been set for rebuilding through Project Rebirth. At this site, building plans have already been approved to be built here, with Memory Foundations named as the master plan for the site. Among the buildings planned for this site is the Freedom Tower, which is to be constructed at 1776 feet with architecture resembling that of the Statue of Liberty. Additionally, another building here will be the World Trade Center Cultural Center, which will be the venue for the visitor’s center, the International Freedom Center as well as The Drawing Center. A memorial for the World Trade Center, occupying an area of 4.7 acres will be located at the south-western section of the site. Other than that, another building constructed here will be the 7 World Trade Center, planned to be the first building to be completed at Ground Zero in March 2006. This building will be an engineering feat, composing of the latest technological and engineering advancements used in its construction. Additionally, this building is designed to be 10 stories higher than its predecessor, and already has leasing agreements with American Express Financial Advisors as its first tenant. Furthermore, in addition to Freedom Tower, there will also be Towers Two, Three, Four and Five planned for the site, aimed to provide total office space of 10 million square feet in total. It will be an incredible location for your office space or your virtual office once the Freedom tower will be ready.

Lower Manhattan

Other prominent areas within the financial district of Lower Manhattan are the 21 acre Battery Park, the City Hall and the South Street Seaport, a prominent shopping and tourist area. This tourist attraction is center to over 100 shops, cafes and restaurants and also includes a maritime museum. Thus, if you are seeking an office for a business within the tourism industry, this would be a good location for your virtual office or an office space.

Other famous landmarks worth mentioning within Lower Manhattan include the Federal Hall National Memorial located on 26 Wall Street, the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Harbor, the United States Customs House and the Fulton Fish Market.

The extended area within Lower Manhattan would include neighborhoods such as the Lower East Side, which is considered a lower class and slum neighborhood, the Five Points area, another slum inhabited mostly by people of Irish and African decent, SoHo, which is short for South of Houston Street, Chinatown, Houston Street and TriBeCa, short for Triangle Below Canal Street.

Upper Manhattan

The northern section of Manhattan is known as Upper Manhattan and is considerably less busy than other parts of Manhattan. This area includes neighborhoods such as Harlem and Washington Heights. Basically a residential area with a high-crime rate and less tourist friendly nature, this area encompasses the panhandle of Manhattan Island at the west of Harlem River and consists mostly of homes and less of major commercial buildings.

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is essentially the mid section areas in between Upper Manhattan and Lower Manhattan. This is another busy area within New York City, being the Central Business District of New York essentially larger than the financial district of Lower Manhattan. With this, Midtown Manhattan is roughly designated as the area between the northern boundary of 40th Street and the southern boundary of 59th Street, and between the Third Avenue and Ninth Avenue as the East and West boundaries respectively.

Midtown Manhattan is one of the busiest areas within New York, and also has the most number of skyscrapers within New York City. This is probably why this area is the workplace for close to 3 million workers in a myriad of industries, including tourism, hospitality, food and beverage, education and retail. Amidst these activities, there are also clusters of residential buildings and apartments within this area, which contributes to the variety of Midtown Manhattan.

One of the main streets within Midtown Manhattan is Madison Avenue that runs from the north at Madison Square and ends at Madison Avenue Bridge at the south. With this, Madison Avenue goes through the Upper East Side of New York and the Harlem area. The whole stretch of Madison Avenue is basically divided into four main portions – Madison Midtown, Historic District, Museum District and Carnegie Hill.