Looking for finance attractions in NYC
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Anonymous
| Hi-We are taking our 12 year old to NYC for her bday. She had decided she wants to go into finance and become a banker (I know) so we are taking her to tour the Federal Reserve. I'm looking for other suggestions of interesting attractions. We are also stopping outside the AMEX building and NYSE. Any other suggestions? |
Anonymous
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Museum of American Finance - on Wall Street in the Standard Oil building; it's pretty small so I have no idea what it has but I imagine it covers historical events like the depression, the gold standard etc.
Bull statue - though that'll take 2 seconds. Other than that -- walk around downtown; have her get a feel for what the big skyscrapers are night and if you're out at night -- all the junior bankers who can be seen leaving the I banks at 10 or 11 pm nightly. If she wants to do IB and make the $$, she should realize that it's a sacrifice -- no one pays you that much to stroll in whenever you want and leave at a reasonable hour. |
Anonymous
| Ugh. I would not encourage this career choice. |
Anonymous
| Nasdaq Market sit in times square |
Anonymous
- Take a ferry from the NYC Financial Center to Liberty State Park (where the Statue of Liberty) or to Exchange Place in Jersey City. The Morris Canal, the stub of canal between Exchange Place and Liberty State Park, is the end of the biggest infrastructure projects of the early 1800s. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Canal - The New York City Science, Industry and Business Library (could combine with Empire State Building) - https://www.nypl.org/locations/sibl - Alexander Hamilton founded the U.S. Treasury Department. You could visit one of his old houses - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Grange_National_Memorial |
Anonymous
| Keep her up until midnight each night and then wake her up each morning and have her ready to go by 6am. |
Anonymous
+ 1,000 OP: maybe you could steer her in the direction of law or government work instead? |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks for these suggestions. They are great. She's 11, so I anticipate she will change her mind a few times, but we are giving her a chance to explore her interests. Is income inequality very visible in that area? |
Anonymous
I think it's just like H Street downtown in DC, but with taller buildings and more food trucks. The real money is mostly in Midtown. |
Anonymous
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Times like this when it is a shame everything is electronic.
My dad took me to the floor of the NYSE in the late 70s when 6000 people worked there and most of the trading was done on paper. It was fascinating. And I think that most of the real money is in generic office parks in Greenwich 
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Anonymous
What area? NYC is one of the most greed centered locations on earth. |
Anonymous
You mean will you have to see homelessness? Of course you will. |
Anonymous
I mean will she be able to realize the income inequality so she can actually experience the real world. Or, is it policed and moved elsewhere so the inconvenience of the visibility does not "bother" the tourists. I want her to see it 
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Anonymous
There are a fair number of "street people" in New York. I think that most are undercover cops or mentally hill. If you end up waiting some place where tourists go and street people go, you'll see outreach people come by and try to persuade them to go to a shelter. The easiest way to see homeless people is to go the 34th Street subway station, right by Macy's. |
Anonymous
This is true. We are in Manhattan and staying in the financial district now. DS actually mentioned how he was shocked at how few homeless people we saw out last night down here. It’s much more noticeable in the touristy parts of the city. |