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The New York Stock Exchange, virtually synonymous with "Wall Street," is the headquarters of the nation's largest securities market. It began in 1792 under a buttonwood treee, and, after a number of temporary locations, moved into the first section of its present building early in the 20th century. Designed by architect George Post, the Exchange is fronted by an imposing Corinthian portico on a high podium, a fitting architectural symbol for the ultimate "Temple of Finance."
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The New York Stock Exchange, at 8 Broad Street, on the southwest corner of Wall Street, has been the nation's principal securities market since 1903, the year it was completed. Designed by the prominent 19th-century architect George B. Post, it has a facade dominated by a portico in neo-classical style enhanced by sculptures depicting the theme, ''Integrity Protecting the Works of Man.''
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The New York Stock Exchange building opened at 18 Broad Street on April 22, 1903 at a cost of $4 million. The trading floor was one of the largest volumes of space in the city at the time at 109 x 140 feet (33 x 42.5 m) with a skylight set into a 72-foot (22 m) high ceiling. The main façade of the building features marble sculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward in the pediment, above six tall Corinthian capitals, called “Integrity Protecting the Works of Man”. The building was listed as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1978.[8]
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Perhaps no building symbolizes America's capitalist ethic as readily as the New York Stock Exchange. George B. Post's million-dollar landmark structure opened its doors for trading on April 22, 1903. On what has come to be the most recognizable Wall Street exterior, six massive Corinthian columns (draped today by a giant American flag) are topped by a pedimental sculpture entitled Integrity Protecting the Works of Man. (The original 90-ton version was replaced in 1936 with a durable lead-coated reproduction.) Designed by sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, human forms representing Agriculture and Mining (at right) and Science, Industry and Invention (on the left) symbolize the sources of American prosperity. The forms flank a central 22-foot corpus of Integrity. Surrounding ocean waves portray the far-reaching influence of the Exchange. Inside, the cluttered stock floor sits beneath marbled walls, a skylight and 95-foot windows, which splash the entire trading area with light.
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NEW YORK: Behind the marble facade of its neoclassical fortress on Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange has been a hub of financial activity for more than a century. But with computerized trading rapidly reducing the need for face-to-face transactions, the exchange plans to shut two trading rooms that were added decades ago, when its status as the place to buy and sell stocks was unchallenged.
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In March, Maharishi's Global Financial Capital of New York quietly opened a headquarters at 70 Broad Street, close to the New York Stock Exchange. The organization had purchased the five-story, 20,000-square-foot building in May 2004 from Goldman Properties for $5.5 million.
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