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messages[0] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_1.jpg|Downtown\'s workforce & students enjoy numerous public parks & plazas';
messages[1] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_2.jpg|Pace University';
messages[2] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_3.jpg|High-end retail shops abound Downtown';
messages[3] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_4.jpg|Historic Fraunces Tavern was the scene for George Washington\'s 1783 farewell address to his troops';
messages[4] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_battery_park_city.jpg|Battery Park City is a Downtown oasis';
messages[5] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_trapeze_school.jpg|Trapeze School of New York operates along the Hudson River';
messages[6] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_stone_street.jpg|Outdoor dining on Stone Street - a summertime, after-work favorite';
messages[7] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_st-johns-verticle.jpg|St. John\'s University\'s "Vertical Campus," near the Hudson River, houses several graduate degree programs';
messages[8] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_city_hall_park.jpg|City Hall Park';
messages[9] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_seaport.jpg|The historic South Street Seaport includes a mall, ferry dock, and the Seaport Museum';
messages[10] = 'lower-manhattan/slide_american_indian.jpg|The newly restored National Museum of the American Indian';