Castle Clinton is named in honor of Governor Dewitt Clinton of New York State. It was originally called The South West Battery, hence " Battery Park". The truth about the Castle's various uses is (as often happens) stranger than being a secret NSF hideout.
From 1812 to now the Castle has been: An island cannon battery (that never fired on an enemy ship), a theatre and opera house, an immigration processing center (Harry Houdini came through there), an aquarium (I kid you not.) and the U.S. National Monument we know it as today.
What struck me most was the size. It looks and feels almost exactly as it did in Deus Ex. There were two kiosks in it instead of one, but other than that, damn near the same. You could practically hear the machine gun fire.
There is a tiny museum inside that shows the Castle as it looked in various time periods. Ken got you all a great shot of the original "island" battery diorama.
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