A gift from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to New York City in honor of the 400th Anniversary in 2009 of Henry Hudson`s arrival in New York Harbor. The pavilion and plein (Dutch for "plaza") is located in Peter Minuit Plaza on State Street at the intersection of Whitehall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan.An area to showcase art, design, and horticulture, it was conceived as an "outdoor living room" where both scheduled and spontaneous activities can take place alongside public markets and a state of the art, food and information pavilion.
