Financial District

Task 1:
Write down interesting facts and details of the Financial District -> have a look at the sources as well and find more information on the internet (make notes)

Financial District:
-the Financial District is also called FIDL
-It comprises the offices and headquarter of many of the city´s major financial institutions
-it includes the New York Eschange and the amercian Stockexchange
-as a district it excludes the Battery Park and the Batterie Park City
-the heart of the Financial District is the Broad Street and the Wall Street

Wall Street:
-One of the most important streets in New York is the Wall Street
-The Wall Street is a city street in lower Manhatten
-It runs east from Broadway downhill to South Street on the East River through the center of Financial Distrikt
-the Wall Street was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange
-become his name of the surrounding geographic neighborhood

Stock Exchange:
-the New York Stock Exchange is also called the Big Board
-it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world by dollar volume
-2,764 listed securities are there and it is the secound most securities of all stock exchanges.

The Charging Bull:
-the Charging Bull is sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull
-the bull is a 3,200 kg bronze sculpture by Artino Di Modica
-it sits in Bowling Green park near to the Wall Street
-the sculpture is a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity