Lower Manhattan: New York's Dutch Origins Self-Guided Audio Tour

This in app audio tour explores the rich history of New York City founded by Dutch colonists in 1625 as New Amsterdam. The tour guides you through the origins of the city from Battery Park to Wall Street highlighting historical sites that shaped the urban landscape. You will start at the Friendship Monument to learn about the New Netherland colony foundation. Across the street, the National Museum of the American Indian stands where Fort Amsterdam once defended the settlement. Walking along Pearl Street you will see Fraunces Tavern the oldest building in Lower Manhattan built in 1719 and experience the historic riverfront as early Dutch settlers did.

Continue the tour to Stone Street the city’s first paved road famous for its breweries and stop at South William Street to admire traditional Dutch step gabled houses. Learn how Wall Street evolved from a simple path along a wooden defensive fence into the financial hub it is today while spotting the landmark Trinity Church once the tallest building in the city. Finish the tour on Broadway the main road of the colony originally used by Native Americans long before the Dutch arrived. This tour provides a fascinating insight into the founding architecture and history of New York City while exploring iconic landmarks and hidden stories that reveal the city’s colonial legacy.