7 Stop 7 of 12 on Hamilton Invented the Money

Forty Wall Street

Wall Street, New York City

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"The tower above you with the green pyramid on top went up in eleven months in nineteen twenty-nine, and for about four weeks it was the tallest building in the world. It lost the title to the Chrysler Building, whose architect — a former partner of this one's — had a hundred-and-eighty-five-foot steel spire hidden inside his own fire shaft, waiting."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

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Hamilton Invented the Money

Hamilton Invented the Money

12 stops · 1h 30m

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Follow the full Hamilton Invented the Money route.

  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Battery
  3. 3 Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
  4. 4 Fraunces Tavern
  5. 5 The Tontine Coffee House Site
  6. 6 Forty-Eight Wall Street
  7. 7 Forty Wall Street
  8. 8 Federal Hall
  9. 9 Trinity Church
  10. 10 The New York Evening Post Building
  11. 11 City Hall Park
  12. 12 The Reveal

Hear the full story at Forty Wall Street

This is just one of 12 stops on the Hamilton Invented the Money tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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