Saturday 2-5pm July 17th in New York City.
(Rain date is Sunday 2-5pm July 18th.)

1. Start in Astor Place & Cooper Union in the East Village
2. Go up Broadway to Union Square (south side)
3. CHANGE Catch 4-5 subway to Fulton St
....(N-R-W is NOT running this weekend due to construction.)
4. World Trade Center Site on Church St, bet Vesey & Liberty
5. Travel to Liberty Square on Liberty St and Trinity Pl
6. Go south on Broadway, turn left on Wall St to the corner of Broad St in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
7. Travel down Broadway past Bowling Green to the front of the National Museum of the American Indian
8. Go to the "Sphere" in Battery Park next to Hope Garden
9. Travel east along the waters edge toward the East Coast Memorial overlooking the Statue of Liberty.
10. Take the 1-9 subway to Times Square from "South Ferry"

AFTER PARTY at Tagine Restaurant. Moroccan Cuisine, 537 9th Ave (@40th St) 212.564.7292 6pm onwards
www.taginenyc.com

Astor Place/Cooper Union:
Enpowerment through Art and Education. Astor Place and the East Village is famous as a gathering place for artists in New York.
Cooper Union is the ONLY private, full-scholarship art, architecture and engineer college in the United States. The University is the brainchild and legacy of Peter Cooper, who, (though one of the era's most successful businessmen, could not read or write), believed education should be free to those who desired it regardless of economic background.

Union Square:
Power of Community to Create Change. Declared a national landmark, Union Square Park was a political hub, serving as a site of many of New York's most significant parades and political events dating back to the nineteenth century.

World Trade Center and Liberty Square:
Remembrance. Of those lost on September 11th.

New York Stock Exchange:
Sharing the Wealth. The US is one of the most powerful and wealthy nations in the world. How can we help those that are less fortunate than ourselves? The NYSE has more than 3,000 companies listing more than 253 billion shares of stock valued at over $11 trillion.

National Museum of the American Indian:
Working in Harmony with Native Cultures. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an Act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

The Sphere next to Hope Garden in Battery Park:
Survival of Spirit. The "Sphere" was conceived by the sculptor Fritz Koenig as a symbol of world peace. The bronze Sphere stood in the fountain of the World Trade Center plaza, and was pulled from underneath the collapsed towers. The Sphere is now in Battery Park as a temporary memorial.

East Coast Memorial and Statue of Liberty:
Freedom and Sacrifice. This memorial commemorates those soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, merchant marines and airmen who met their deaths in the service of their country in the western waters of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Its axis is oriented on the Statue of Liberty, America's most famous symbol for freedom.

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call 917-679-8772

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