Battery Park, New York Photos

Sitting at the tip of Manhattan, Battery Park contains Castle Clinton National Monument which is a museum and the starting point for excursions to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Several statues in Battery Park commemorate immigrants, the World Trade Center, the designer of the ironclad Union ship Monitor, the defense of America's coastal waters in WW II & other bits of American history. The Battery is surrounded by modern buildings which constitute one of the prime skyline shots of New York City.

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Statue of Liberty & New York City skyline.	New York City skyline seen from Ellis Island.	Battery skyline of New York.	Lower Manhattan seen from Staten Island ferry.

Castle Clinton National Monument (1811) (Battery Park). Architect: Lt. Col. Jonathan Williams & John McComb, Jr. On National Register.	Castle Clinton National Monument, once immigration landing, now museum run by National Parks Service.	The Immigrants sculpture group (1973) by Luis Sanguino outside Castle Clinton National Monument.	Castle Clinton National Monument against Battery skyline.

Highrises along West Street from Battery Park.	Highrises along West Street from Battery Park.	Millennium Point (2001) (38 floors) (25 Battery Place) by Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP, Handel Architects + buildings over Battery Park.	Whitehall & annex, Downtown Club (red), Le Rivage Apartments (tan) & other buildings over Battery Park.

Whitehall Building (1900) (17 Battery Place) (20 floors). Architect: Henry J. Hardenbergh + Clinton & Russell.	Arched Whitehall Building Annex (1911) (31 floors) over upper floors of Whitehall Building (1900) off Battery Park. Architect: Clinton & Russell.	Battery Place buildings above Brooklyn Battery Tunnel service building.	Brooklyn Battery Tunnel ventilation building (1905) on Battery Place services tunnel underneath. Architect: Ayman Embury II.

Sphere (1971) by Fritz Koenig formerly at WTC, now memorial in Battery Park.	Sphere (1971) by Fritz Koenig dedicated 2002 to victims of World Trade Center destruction.	John Ericsson statue (1902) by Jonathan Scott Hartley holds Ironclad Monitor model which Ericsson designed.	James Watson House now Shrine of the Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton (1793 & 1806) (7 State St.). Style: Federal. Architect: John McComb, Jr. (attrib). On National Register.

Statue of Eagle of East Coast Memorial in remembrance of those who died in defense of America's coastal waters in WW II (1960) by Albino Manca.	17 State St. beyond Eagle of East Coast Memorial on Battery Park.	17 State St. (1988) (41 floors). Architect: Emery Roth & Sons.	Facade patterns of 17 State St.

17 State St. surrounded by black towers of One Battery Park Plaza. Architect: Emery Roth & Sons.	Ground floor entrance of 17 State St.	Whitehall Ferry Terminal now Battery Maritime Building (aka Municipal Ferry Pier) (1909) (11 South St.). Style: Beaux Art. Architect: Walker & Morris or Frederick Snare.	Facade details of Whitehall Ferry Terminal now Battery Maritime Building.

Whitehall Ferry Terminal beside Staten Island Ferry Terminal.	Staten Island Ferry Terminal (2005) part of restoration of Whitehall Ferry Terminal. Architect: Ronald Evitts Architect.	Staten Island Ferry Terminal (2005) with glass walls replaced former structure which burned in 1991.	Staten Island Ferry docks with Verrazano Narrows bridge in distance.

Staten Island ferry.	City Pier A with clock tower memorial to World War I dead (1885) (Off Battery Park on Hudson River). Architect: George Sears Greene, Jr. On National Register.	Facade of City Pier A.	Pyramid atop Museum of Jewish Heritage - Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Hudson Riverfront highrises of Jersey City, seen from Battery Park, .	30 Hudson St., 101 Hudson St., Exchange Place Centre, Harborside Plaza 5 in Jersey City, NJ.	30 Hudson St. (2004) (42 floors) by Cesar Pelli & Assoc. Architects & 101 Hudson St. (1992) (42 floors) by Brennan Beer Gorman / Architects in Jersey City, NJ.	Circle Line tour boat passes Exchange Place Centre (1989) (30 floors) by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, Harborside Plaza 5 (2002) (34 floors) by Grad Assoc. & other buildings along Hudson River in Jersey City, NJ.