Written by Well many people are so focused on the new and exciting side of New York City. They want to be apart of the action with their tickets to a Broadway Show or to be in the audience of one of the many television show tapings like Saturday Night Live . They want to work their way into some hot dance club and they want to see some celebrity dining at the classic places like the Russian Tea Room . But there is so many layers of years of history that can still be found around all areas of New York.
After living in the fast lane, get up in your great New York hotel such as this and keep an eye out for the sites of real colonial history. Many of these sites are on the path of other areas of interest. If Wall Street is on the list of things to see than one wont miss the Federal Hall National Monument . Thou the building that stands there now is a rebuild, the site itself has a building were George Washington was given the oath of office on the balcony in 1790. The establishment of freedom of the press was started here after John Peter Zenger was acquitted for charges of sedition against the king in 1735.
Speaking of George Washington. The St Paul’s Chapel was were President George Washington would come to pray. The building was erected in 1766 by the Trinity Church with a Georgian style of architecture. There is still the pew that the president use during his visits. Washington was also at City Hall Park on July 9th 1776 for the first reading of the Declaration of Independence. One can see the beautiful fountain on Chambers Street, Park Row and Broadway.