Finansdistriktet, Manhattan

Finansdistriktet, även kallat FiDi^[1], i New York ligger på i det sydligaste delarna av Manhattan. I dess grannskap återfinns World Trade Center norr om distriktet och söderom ligger Battery Park i Manhattans absoluta sydspets. I finansdistriktet återfinns kontor och huvudkontor för flera av stadens stora finansinstitutioner, inklusive New Yorkbörsen och Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Distriktet överlappar gränserna för det område som utgjorde New Amsterdam på 1600-talet och har en bofast befolkning på 56 000 personer.^[2] Under dagtid stiger antalet personer i området till över 300 000 individer.

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^ Cuozzo, Steve. "FIDI SOARING HIGH: THE OLD FINANCIAL DISTRICT HAS IT ALL", The New York Post, 5 september 2007. Accessed February 20, 2008. "The Financial District is over. So is the "Wall Street area." But say hello to FiDi, the coinage of major downtown landlord Kent Swig, who decided it's time to humanize the old F.D. with an easily remembered, fun-sounding acronym."
^ Toy, Vivian S. " The Financial District Attracts Families", The New York Times, February 20, 2009. Accessed March 1, 2009. "The overall population downtown has more than doubled since 2001, from 22,961 to 56,354 in the third quarter of 2008."

[1] Cuozzo, Steve. "FIDI SOARING HIGH: THE OLD FINANCIAL DISTRICT HAS IT ALL", The New York Post, 5 september 2007. Accessed February 20, 2008. "The Financial District is over. So is the "Wall Street area." But say hello to FiDi, the coinage of major downtown landlord Kent Swig, who decided it's time to humanize the old F.D. with an easily remembered, fun-sounding acronym."

[NYT2009-2] Toy, Vivian S. " The Financial District Attracts Families", The New York Times, February 20, 2009. Accessed March 1, 2009. "The overall population downtown has more than doubled since 2001, from 22,961 to 56,354 in the third quarter of 2008."

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