World Financial
Center
West Street between Albany
and Vesey Streets
Manhattan
(212) 945-0505
A
huge complex offering prodigious amounts
of office, retail and public space.
Financial giant Merrill Lynch and other
international firms are headquartered
here. A number of restaurants and
specialty shops can also be found here.
The gem of the facility is the Winter
Garden, a huge space with a 120-ft high
vaulted glass ceiling and sixteen 40 ft.
tall palm trees, where free music, dance
and theater productions are held
regularly, and which was repaired
amazingly quickly after the September
11th tragedy. A glass wall on the west
side of the Winter Garden overlooks the
Ground Zero site.
Outdoors, the grounds
feature a marina for luxury yachts and
spectacular views of the Statue of
Liberty and Ellis Island.
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