Financial District, Manhattan in video games
Wall Street's canyons of old banks and towers are The Exchange in GTA IV. Financial District, Manhattan appears in 2 games on Pixel Pilgrimage: Marvel's Spider-Man and Grand Theft Auto IV (as The Exchange).
In real lifeThe games
In gameMarvel's Spider-Man2018Financial DistrictReal place, still recognisableThe tightly packed towers at the southern tip of Manhattan, where the island narrows into the harbour.Game vs real photo 
In gameGrand Theft Auto IV2008The ExchangeInspired by a real placeThe Exchange is the old downtown business district in southern Algonquin, full of pedestrians in business suits.Game vs real photo
The real place
The Financial District is the oldest part of New York, laid out on the street plan of Dutch New Amsterdam. Wall Street takes its name from a wooden wall the Dutch built in the 1650s, and the New York Stock Exchange has stood on it since 1903.
Visiting
Walk from Trinity Church down Wall Street to Federal Hall, then on to Battery Park for the Statue of Liberty ferries.
More landmarks in New York City
- Brooklyn Bridge2
- Central Park2
- Chinatown, Manhattan2
- Empire State Building2
- Harlem2
- Hell's Kitchen2
- Manhattan Bridge2
- Times Square2
New York City in video games · All landmarks · Marvel's Spider-Man · Grand Theft Auto IV