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For visitors, it’s always mind-blowing to see where most of the world’s stocks, bonds and common commodities travel through, and gives a sense of reality to the fragility of currency. It’s just one of those places you always hear about, but never get the chance to see. So, while you’re visiting Manhattan, New York, make sure to stop by, and give the building some time of the day, so you can be the one to return home with a little knowledge of the largest stock exchange.  To make sure you learn all about it, take the NY See It All Tour or the NYC Freedom Tour to see the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street.  The New York Stock Exchange is a popular stop on OnBoard’s sightseeing tours.  Our Tour Guides walk the group off Broadway onto Wall Street and provide the tour group a historical narrative on the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the history of Wall Street and Federal Hall, where George Washington was inaugurated.  This brisk walk down to Wall Street takes only 10 minutes.

The NYSE is situated on Broad Street. The Visitor Gallery has been shut down since the terrorist attack in 2001, and there is no sign of whether it will open again. However we get a wonderful perspective of the spectacular Corinthian columns on the front of the building. The Exchange was established in 1792 when 24 New York City companies and suppliers finalized the Buttonwood Contract under a buttonwood shrub.  Since then, the NYSE has expanded to become the international icon it is these days.

From the NYSE, you can head back to Broadway and stroll down to the popular Wall Street Bull, one of the best picture possibilities in the area. Designed by then-unknown artist Arturo Di Modica, this icon since 1989 features a 7,000 pound version of a asking for bull with flaring nose that are touched or rubbed for best of fortune by many investors in the day. The statue was motivated by the 1987 Crash.

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New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the world’s largest stock exchange, located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. Each day approximately $150+ Trillion US dollars worth of stocks and market funds are traded. The main building of the exchange is located at 18 Broad Street and was designated a National Historic Landmark, along with the 11th Street location in 1978.

The NYSE is run by NYSE Euronet as part of a merger of the NYSE and the electronic stock management corporation, Euronext. It is considered the “seat” of American Finance and started in 1792 when 24 New York City stockbrokers and merchants signed the Buttonwood Agreement (signed under a buttonwood tree).

The NYSE’s opening and closing bells note the start and end of trading each day at 9:30 am and 4 pm EST. After September 11, 2001, visitors are not allowed to visit the exchange but may tour the exterior and start their tour of the Financial District’s landmarks – including the Federal Reserve Bank, National Museum of the American Indian/U.S. Custom’s House, Museum of American Finance, the Fraunces Tavern Museum, and the Federal Hall National Memorial.

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Visiting the New York Stock Exchange

You can't go in but the Financial District is worth a look

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The New York Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in the world, and billions of dollars worth of stocks are traded there every day. The Financial District that surrounds it is central to the importance of New York City. But because of tightened security measures after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, which occurred mere blocks away from the New York Stock Exchange  (NYSE), the building is no longer open to the public for tours. 

The History 

New York City has been home to securities markets since 1790 when Alexander Hamilton issued bonds to deal with debt from the American Revolution. The New York Stock Exchange, which was originally called The New York Stock and Exchange Board, was first organized on March 8, 1817. In 1865, the exchange opened in its current location in Manhattan's Financial District . In 2012, the New York Stock Exchange was acquired by InterContinental Exchange.

The Building

You can view the New York Stock Exchange building from the outside at Broad and Wall streets. Its famous facade of six marble Corinthian columns below a pediment sculpture called "Integrity Protecting the Works of Man" is often draped with a huge American flag. You can get there by subway trains 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Wall Street or the R or W to Rector Street.

If you want to learn more about the financial institutions in New York, you can visit the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , which offers free tours to visit the vaults and see the gold with advance booking. It is also in the Financial District and offera insight into the inner workings of Wall Street.  

The Trading Floor

Although you can no longer visit the trading floor, do not get too disappointed. It is no longer the chaotic scene that's dramatized on TV shows and movies, with traders waving slips of paper, yelling stock prices, and negotiating million-dollar deals in a matter of seconds. Back in the 1980s, there were up to 5,500 people working on the trading floor. But with the advance of technology and paperless transactions, the number of traders on the floor has dwindled to about 700 people, and it is now a much calmer, quieter environment if still loaded with daily tension.

The Ringing of the Bell

The ringing of the opening and closing bell of the market at 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. guarantees that no trades will take place before the opening or after the close of the market. Starting in the 1870s, before microphones and loudspeakers were invented, a large Chinese gong was used. But in 1903, when the NYSE moved to its current building, the gong was replaced by a brass bell, which is now electrically operated at the start and end of each trading day.

Sights Nearby

The Financial District is the scene of a number of different sights in addition to the NYSE. They include the Charging Bull, also called the Bull of Wall Street, which is located in Bowling Green, near the intersection of Broadway and Morris streets;  Federal Hall ; City Hall Park; and the Woolworth Building. It is easy and free to see the exterior of the Woolworth Building, but if you want to take a tour, you will need advance reservations. Battery Park is also within walking distance. From there, you can take a ferry to visit the  Statue of Liberty  and  Ellis Island .

Tours Nearby

This area is rich in history and architecture, and you can learn about it on these walking tours: History of Wall Street and 9/11, Lower Manhattan: Secrets of Downtown, and the Brooklyn Bridge. And if you're into superheroes, the Super Tour of NYC Comics Heroes and More might be just the ticket.

Food Nearby

If you need a bite to eat nearby,  Financier Patisserie  is a great spot for light eats, sweets, and coffee and has several Financial District locations. If you want something more substantial,  Delmonico's , one of NYC's oldest restaurants, is also nearby.  Fraunces Tavern , which first opened as a tavern in 1762 and was later headquarters to George Washingon and home to the Department of Foreign Affairs during the Revolutionary War, is another historic restaurant where you can sit down for a meal, as well as tour its museum. 

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New York Stock Exchange Tours

This post is a guide and a virtual tour of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) headquarters in Lower Manhattan, with tips on planning your visit.

Click here for a self-guided tour of Wall Street .

HOW TO GET TO THE NYSE

Located at the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is by far the world's largest stock exchange and is the symbol of American capitalism.  

The massive facade of the building is actually not on Wall Street but on Broad.  

Click here for directions to the NYSE . Or why not stay in the area?

The Financial District has a number of inexpensive hotels with great reviews on TripAdvisor .

Or, let us take you here. Many of our tours of Lower Manhattan include or start at the NYSE.

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This includes our GPS-led audio tour of Lower Manhattan, which we offer in English, Spanish, and German. Here's a sample.

As you can see on the map, the NYSE is within walking distance from several New York City subway lines.

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NOTE: If you are considering any of the t ourist attraction concession passes when in NYC, then keep in mind that all include one or more hop-on-hop-off bus tours for free. 

HISTORY + DESIGN

When you turn the corner to see the Broad Street side of the Exchange, you will be standing in a location of great historical significance.

Prior to 1792, businessmen who engaged in the trading of goods and money met under a tree to transact business.

It was a sycamore tree but known more commonly as a buttonwood tree.

Thus in 1792, when 24 stockbrokers signed an agreement that would regulate their dealings, they named it the Buttonwood Agreement.

25 years later, the members of the Agreement drafted an official constitution and the New York Stock & Exchange Board was born.

In 1863 its name would be shortened t o the New York Stock Exchange.

The first location of the NYSE was a room rented in a small for $200 a month in 1817 located at 40 Wall Street (now the location of the Trump Building, one of the top 10 skyscrapers in New York City .  

When the original NYSE HQ’s were burned down in the Great Fire of New York (1835), the Exchange moved to a temporary headquarters and then again in 1865 moved to 10-12 Broad Street.

As the Exchange grew in business, a larger, grander building was needed.

Construction of the current NYSE building began in 1901 and George B. Post was the architect (known for his neo-classical buildings around New York including the glorious Customs House at Bowling Green).  

It took two years to complete the Exchange and costs ran over the estimated price. In the end, the final cost was $4 million.  

R.H. Thomas, chairman of the Building Committee justified the what-was-then substantial amount of money by saying,  “Where so many of our members spend the active years of their lives, they are entitled to the best that architectural ingenuity and engineering skill can produce.”  

Little could he know that a century later, the price of the building was no more than a typical trader’s end of the year bonus!

Above the columns is a pediment with a sculpture designed by John Q.A. Ward (who also designed the over-life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall diagonally across from the Exchange.

Ward’s sculpture, called “Integrity Protecting the Works of Man” centers on the wing-hatted Mercury, the god of commerce.

To her left are representations of mining and agriculture and on her right, symbols of industry, s cience, and invention, all sources of American prosperity.    

THE TRADING FLOOR

Although you cannot visit the trading floor for security reasons, don’t feel too disappointed.

It is no longer the chaotic scene we’ve become familiar with throw movies and TV shows, with traders waving slips of paper, yelling stock prices, and negotiating million-dollar deals in a matter of seconds.  

Back in the 1980s, there were 5,500 people working on the trading floor.

But with the advance of technology and paperless transactions, the number of traders on the ground has dwindled to a mere 700 people and is now a much calmer, quieter environment.

Click the image for the interactive 360-degree view of the main trading floor.

Discovery Education  offers an online virtual visit to the NYSE trading floor.

If you are missing the good old days, you can see what a typical day of trading used to be like by watching movies like “Wall Street” with Michael Douglas, “ The Pursuit of Happiness” starring Will Smith, and “ Trading Places” starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. 

THE RINGING OF THE BELL

The ringing of the bell at 9 am and again at 4 pm is more than a gesture - it guarantees the marketplace that no trades will take place before the opening or after the close of the market.

Starting in the 1870s, before microphones and loudspeakers were invented, used a large Chinese gong to let traders know to start or stop trading for the day.

But in 1903, when the Exchange moved to its current building, the gong was replaced by a brass bell which is now electrically operated.

Each of the 4 trading areas of the NYSE has its own bell which operates synchronously from one single control panel.  

You can see a detailed video history of the Exchange bell here.  

STUDENT GROUP VISITS

Unfortunately, the NYSE can no longer accommodate private requests for visits by school groups.

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WALL STREET CHRISTMAS TREE

The Wall Street Christmas Tree and its 2023   Lighting Ceremony are undoubtedly less famous than the one at Rockefeller Center, but no less beautiful.

Wall Street is also known as the New York Stock Exchange or, abbreviated, NYSE .

Besides being decorated with thousands of lights, the Wall Street Christmas tree also has Beautiful   Ornaments . This makes it even more special and a must-see stop during your Christmas trip to New York City.

In this article in our BLOG on Christmas in New York I will tell you everything you need to know about the Wall Street Christmas tree.

CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK 2023

This article from my NYC BLOG belongs to the section dedicated to the Christmas Time in New York .

If you are planning a travel to NYC in December and you would like to know more, you are in the right spot!

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Let’s now explore together everything you need to know about the Wall Street Christmas Tree!

Where is Wall Street?

Wall Street or the New York Stock Exchange is located in Lower Manhattan.

This part of New York is famous for so many landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center, Little Italy, and China Town.

The E xact   Address of Wall Street is 11 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, United States.

To help you find Hudson Yards, you can click on this Google Maps Link or use the Map below.

HOW TO GET TO WALL STREET BY SUBWAY

Getting to Wall Street by Subway to see its 2023 Christmas Tree is really super easy.

From Times Square take the number 2 or 3  subway and go in the direction of Brooklyn. The Subway Stop is called Wall Street / William Street .

The subway ride takes less than 15 minutes .

From the subway stop to the Wall Street Christmas tree is less than a 5-minute walk

2023 WALL STREET CHRISTAMAS TREE LIGHTING

The Lighting of the Wall Street Christmas Tree always takes place on the same day as that of Rockefeller Center .

Therefore, in 2023 , the lighting ceremony will be on November 29.

The times are different, though. While the Rockefeller Center tree lighting always takes place in the evening (around 10 p.m.), the Wall Street tree lighting takes place at 6 p.m.

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The answer is no. In fact, in order to attend the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony, one must arrive well in advance . Attending the 2023 Wall Street Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at 6 PM and then going to Rockefeller Center makes it impossible to attend the second ceremony. So choose well which one you want to attend.

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50 Cent on what fans can expect on his 20th anniversary tour (not upside down crunches)

NEW YORK – "It was the best body of work at that time."

50 Cent is giving " Get Rich or Die Tryin' " a tour encore.

The Grammy-winning artist , 47, announced a 20th-anniversary tour, The Final Lap, to celebrate his debut studio album Friday. Busta Rhymes is joining him for all 90 days and Jeremih is coming along for the North American stops.

50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) helped define an era of hip-hop with his 2003 album that included hits "In Da Club," "21 Questions," and "Many Men (Wish Death)." Several of the songs referenced the moment he was shot nine times in 2000 as well as various happenings from street life in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York.

The album also popularized hip-hop artists rapping and singing, laying the foundation for Drake , 6LACK , Monaleo, Doechii, Ty Dolla $ign and more.

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Two decades later, 50 Cent jokes the anniversary of "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" means "I'm getting old."

What can you expect for 50 Cent's The Final Lap tour with Busta Rhymes and Jeremih?

If you saw the rapper perform the album in the past, don't expect the same from this tour. "It’s going to be a whole new show," he promises.

"Sometimes out of habit, you go to certain records," 50 Cent says. "People love other things on it, so I want to make sure I touch those records before I don’t do those anymore."

One thing you shouldn't expect from the tour is upside-down crunches, a move he did in the music video for "In Da Club" and recreated during a guest appearance at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar .

"I think that was a mistake for the Super Bowl," he says. "Everybody else walked in regular, the songs still went over and they got the trophy, too. They all won an Emmy. They got the same thing I got and I had to put myself upside down."

50 Cent jokingly adds that someone should have intervened, because if he fell, he would've been made fun of for years to come. It was high risk over reward.

In contrast, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" has proved to be all reward. After all, he did get rich.

Here's more from USA TODAY's interview with 50 Cent:

Question:   Did you know the revolutionary impact you'd have rapping and singing on "Get Rich or Die Tryin'"?

Answer: It's not really a revolution. If you're going to make music that is going to be world music, it has to have melodies. English is not their first speaking language in a lot of places that I travel. What (those crowds) follow is the melody until they understand what you're saying. 

Drake is the new, stronger version like that because he can do a whole pop record, sing the whole song. I've never done that. He'll say that I'm one of those influences. ... That’s a big compliment because he's established himself and done great work.

Would you ever collaborate with Drake?

That would be a good one.

How did you learn to perfect your craft?

Luckily enough I was able to run into Jam Master Jay from Run DMC and he took an interest in (my music). He helped develop me as an artist in the very beginning (and) taught me my song structure.

He would make me write the chorus to the song twice or three times before we decided which one and then write the rest of the record. "P.I.M.P." has two (choruses) on the record and that instinctively comes from because of how I learned how to write music.

Who is your dream male collaborator?

Elon Musk .

I mean in music.

I'd do something with Eminem again. We'll do something again at some point.

Who is your dream female collaborator?

Nicki Minaj . She's on fire. She's still right there.

Would you ever retire from making music?

I've retired several times. Because specifically, hip-hop is not something that you "work." In the culture, you work in it and you start to look at everything that happens like new artists to keep in touch with what's going on in music.

You can't see limitations with hip-hop, because look at what artists from hip-hop have done. You look at Will Smith in film, Mark Wahlberg in film, you look at Queen Latifah , L.L. Cool J . They've done phenomenal work and it was harder to do it in the time because they wouldn't let people in, specifically African Americans.

50 Cent The Final Lap – North American tour dates: 

The final lap – european tour dates:.

Additional dates for Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe will be released at a later time.

How to buy tickets to 50 Cent's tour

Fans who registered for 50 Cent's Ticketmaster Verified Fan presale and receive an access code can buy tickets to North American shows May 10 on Ticketmaster.com.

The general sale for North American shows begins Friday, May 12 at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster.com. 

For European tour dates, local presales start on May 10 at 10 a.m. local time on 50Cent.com.

The general sale for European shows begins Friday, May 12 at 10 a.m. local time on 50Cent.com.