Wall Street Walks Tour: Atop the Steps of Federal Hall

One of the stops on each Wall Street Walks guided walking tour is 26 Wall Street, now known as Federal Hall. This location has been an important site in the history of the United States from the very beginning, and in later blog posts we will discuss all that has transpired here. The U.S. Capitol building once stood on this site, back when New York City was the capitol of the United States. That building was later demolished and the New York Customs House was built on the site.
Here, tour guide Annaline Dinkelmann speaks to her tour group on the very same spot that many newscasters use when reporting on the goings-on of Wall Street. The elevation of the steps, and the NYSE in the background, make for a perfect spot to discuss the intricacies of Wall Street.
To learn more about the history of Wall Street, click through and buy a ticket to a Wall Street Walks guided tour.

The Wall Street Bull: a stop on the Wall Street Walks Tour

The Wall Street Bull is an iconic sculpture located in a median in the middle of Broadway in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, very close to Wall Street. In the 1980s, when he created the Bull sculpture, the artist deposited it in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the middle of the night. The following day was probably the only day in history a bull was not welcome on Wall Street, and the sculpture was removed. However, the public demanded that the Bull sculpture be returned to Lower Manhattan, and shortly thereafter we experienced the very strong bull market from the 1990s. The sculpture was placed temporarily in a median in the middle of Broadway and was never moved. As you can see from the video, the Wall Street Bull is a popular tourist attraction. To learn more about the Wall Street Bull and all the other intricacies of the history of the Financial District, click through to reserve tickets for a Wall Street Walks tour.

Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street

Although many of the anecdotes about Hetty Green's stinginess have been exaggerated or altered, the Guiness Book of World Records does list her as "the World's Greatest Miser."

By most accounts, she spent as little as possible on food, clothing, health care and other expenditures. On the other hand, she parlayed an inheritance into an astounding fortune by investing with gusto. Her main investment vehicles were bonds, real estate, railroads and lending. Incredibly, she kept New York City afloat on more than one occasion, most notably by lending the city $1.1 million in 1907.

Hetty Green spent most of her time in the offices of a Wall Street bank,  too frugal to pay for her own office. Her rather dreary fashion sense (always in black, sometimes with a black veil) and her acerbic demeanor led her contemporaries to give her the nickname "The Witch of Wall Street."

Walk in the footsteps of one of the wealthiest and most eccentric women to set foot on Wall Street! A perfect gift for your mother on Mother's Day, the schedule of Wall Street Walks' "Women of Wall Street" guided walking tours can be found here. Victoria Hoodhull, Hetty Green and Muriel Siebert are just a few of the many powerful women that are covered in depth on this walking tour.

There are tours starting at 1pm on both May 7th and 8th. Tickets can be purchased here.

Muriel Siebert: The First Woman of Finance

Muriel Siebert is the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. After encountering significant ridicule and sexism in the financial industry, she was finally elected to membership on the NYSE in 1967, paying $445,000 for her seat. Earlier that year, Siebert founded her own firm, giving her another first: the first woman to own an NYSE member firm.

As an advocate of women's rights and a proponent of women in industry, Muriel Siebert continues to pave the way for progressive thinkers. You can learn more about the legendary women of Wall Street on the guided walking tours provided by Wall Street Walks.

A perfect gift for your mother on Mother's Day, the schedule of Wall Street Walks' "Women of Wall Street" guided walking tours can be found here. Victoria Hoodhull, Hetty Green and Muriel Siebert are just a few of the many powerful women that are covered in depth on this walking tour.

There are tours starting at 1pm on both May 7th and 8th. Tickets can be purchased here.

Victoria Hoodhull: Powerful Woman, Maverick, Bundle of Contradictions

Victoria Hoodhull was a woman far ahead of her time. Born in 1838 in Ohio, she went on to open the first female-owned stock brokerage in 1870. She ran for President of the United States in 1872. Her peculiarities and eccentricities led to public slander and personal attacks which eventually landed her in jail on more than a few occasions. Hers is a rags-to-riches story punctuated at the end by the loss of everything that she had worked so hard to build.

As fascinating as it is complex, the life of Victoria Hoodhull can be explored in a more intimate fashion by walking the streets of New York's Financial District, where Hoodhull built her fortune.


A perfect gift for your mother on Mother's Day, the schedule of Wall Street Walks "Women of Wall Street" guided walking tours can be found here. Victoria Hoodhull, Hetty Green and Muriel Siebert are just a few of the many powerful women that are covered in depth on this walking tour.

There are tours starting at 1pm on both May 7th and 8th. Tickets can be purchased here.

Meet Annaline Dinkelmann, Founder of Wall Street Walks

 Wall Street Walking Tours from Annaline Dinkelmann on Vimeo.

The Best Way to Experience Wall Street is on Foot 

Come on a fascinating journey into the financial heart of New York City with Wall Street Walks. Our guided walking tours, led by real industry insiders, provide an exciting peek at what happens behind the scenes on Wall Street. On our tours you will:

• Discover how an 18th century street bazaar became the greatest financial center in the world.
  
• Learn about the darker side of Wall Street, including its scandals, panics, and crashes.
  
• Walk in the footsteps of financial moguls such as Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Victoria Woodhull.
  
• Explore the district's most celebrated landmarks.
  
• Hear firsthand accounts of Wall Street today as only industry insiders can tell them.

Wall Street Walks offers a number of exciting and specialized walking tours of the financial district, including:

• History of Wall Street (also known as Stock Market History).
  
• Wall Street's Panics and Crashes.
  
• The Women of Wall Street (a Wall Street Walks exclusive).
  
• Federal Reserve Gold Vault Visit.

All of our tours are available for either private parties or group excursions and can be done on your own schedule at a time convenient for you. See Lower Manhattan from an entirely new perspective - schedule your Wall Street walking tour today!