Begin at the foot of the island, where the harbor stretches out to the open sea, and where the first Europeans settled. As you stroll around, you come upon the solid foundations of the city's religious faiths in the brick and mortar of its earliest churches: Trinity, with its quiet, shady graveyard, a masterpiece amid the frenetic business of Wall Street. A few blocks north, Old St. Peter's - the city's oldest Catholic parish, founded in 1785 - sits at the corner of Barclay and Church. In the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, tucked away off Chatham Square, is the graveyard once a part of Shearith Israel, the only Jewish congregation in New York City between 1654 and 1825. Read the full article at the original source (amNY.com)…

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