Zuccotti Park was home to the majority of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, as they camped out with tents and tarps during the duration of the movement. This park was cleared out by the NYPD, signaling the end of the protest.
Category: Occupy Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
At the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement was the New York Stock Exchange. The protesters intentionally set up camp close to this building, and targeted the values the stock exchange stood for, including corporate greed and income inequality.
Brooklyn Bridge
One significant protest during Occupy Wall Street took place on the Brooklyn Bridge, resulting in the arrest of many protesters. This was one of the rare occasions of Occupy Wall Street moving out of Zuccotti Park.
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street was a movement initiated in 2011 to protest the corporate greed and widespread economic inequality that was experienced across New York and the country as a whole. This protest consumed the city, as tens of thousands of individuals participated, and the protest dominated the news cycles for months. New York itself played …