THE WALL STREET EXPERIENCE

This tour combines Wall Street's history with exciting first hand accounts of the Financial Crisis. Tours feature the following:

• Get the inside story. Hear first hand accounts of the events of the financial crisis and how some traders made billion dollar profits while some banks collapsed!
• Learn about the shadow banking system that the government ignored until it was too late. Gain a deeper understanding of the financial markets and recent financial innovations.
• What is it like being a Wall Street Trader? Learn about the trading culture and lifestyle.
• Discover the Financial District's rich history, architecture and trivia. See the skyscraper race within the concrete jungle.
• What is a (CDO) Collateralized Debt Obligation? What is a (CDS) Credit Default Swap? How were they able to destroy financial institutions around the world?
• What really brought down Bear Stearns, Lehman and AIG? Hear first hand accounts of their final days from an insider.

Stops include New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, AIG, House of Morgan, Trump Tower, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merchant Exchange, Federal Reserve, Charging Bull, Trinity Church and more. NYSE is closed to visitors. This is mostly an outdoor walking tour with a chance go inside a few stops.
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• Learn about the 400 years of history that lead to modern Wall Street from the Dutch trading outpost to the humble beginnings of the NYSE to the current financial markets
• See where high-powered meetings take place- where billion dollar deals are negotiated and where the fate of our economy is determined.
• Get a glimpse of where the "captains of industry" and Wall Street's "master of the universe" live and work.
• Be inspired by how some of the biggest US financial institutions were built by immigrants and their entrepreneurial spirit.
• Discover the Financial District's rich history, architecture and trivia. See the skyscraper race within the concrete jungle.
• On this tour, a Wall Street Insider will demystify and personify Wall Street. Bring your questions and your camera.

On the Wall Street Insider Tour, stops include New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, House of Morgan, Trump Tower, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Federal Reserve, Charging Bull, Trinity Church and more. NYSE is closed to visitors. This is mostly an outdoor walking tour with a chance go inside a few stops.
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See New York City through the business, economic and financial perspective. The Wall Street Experience will give you the economic and business lens to view the great sites and hidden gems of New York City.

We bet you have never seen New York City this way even if you are a born-and-bred New Yorker. While other tours focus on the historical aspects, we add the economic and business stories that give greater educational dimension.

• Rediscover famous sites such as Grand Central Station, Chrysler Building, Times Square and more.
• See hidden gems such as the Pfizer building, Daily News building, NASDAQ and more.
• On this tour you will learn about New York City's economic development through her key industries such as transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, media, entertainment and finance.

Tour will require a short subway ride. Please purchase a MetroCard prior to the tour. The tour will meet at the information booth at the CENTER of Grand Central Terminal.

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The Wall Street Experience tour was filmed for Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2 Movie DVD feature. With Hollywood on our minds, we developed a tour that goes behind the sets of some famous movies filmed in and around Wall Street. You will also learn about the true historical and financial significance of these sites. This is a fun, lighthearted and educational tour.

• Go inside Trinity Church where Nicolas Cage searched for clues in National Treasure.
• Take in the Federal Reserve where Bruce Willis tried to stop the world's biggest gold vault heist in Die Hard with a Vengeance. This is also a major site for the Wall Street 2 Movie.
• See the former Farmers Trust Building where Denzel Washington negotiated with bank robbers in The Inside Man.
• See the hangouts of Peter Parker and Spiderman and more

Stops include Federal Hall, Farmers Trust Bank, House of Morgan, Federal Reserve, Battery Park, Trinity Church and more.
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An enhanced Harbor tour that includes view's of New York City's five Boroughs! Your tour begins down the Hudson River, Manhattan's Financial District, Woolworth Building and Ellis Island, allowing for a birds-eye view of the Statue of Liberty, Governors Island, Verrazano Bridge, which joins Brooklyn and Staten Island before returning up the Hudson to view Midtown's famous skyscrapers: Empire State, Chrysler and Met Life (Pan Am) Buildings, along with Central park, Yankee Stadium-Home of the New York Yankees, St. John the Devine Cathedral, Columbia University, George Washington Bridge and the Palisade of New Jersey.

Important Notice:

• Pay Deposit on this site. We will send you an electronic voucher number via email confirmation. For example, for a 1 person helicopter ride, you pay a $20 deposit and then later pay the balance of $172 plus $30 facility/security fee.
• Contact Liberty Helicopters at 1-800-542-9933 or 1-212-967-6464 to reserve your helicopter tour. Pay balance at the heliport the day of your tour.
• Tour is available from: THE DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN HELIPORT, Pier 6 and The East River, (South Street between Broad Street and Old Slip), Mon thru Sat from 9am to 6pm, Sunday 9am to 5pm

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