NYSE essays

NYSE essays The NYSE was first housed at a rented room at 40 Wall Street in 1817. A 5-story building at 10 Broad Street opened in 1865.It was enlarged and remodeled during the 1870s and 1880s, then was demolished in 1901 to make way for the current building.The new Exchange building at 18 Broad Street opened in 1903.Styled in the classical-revival manner popular at the time, it was designed by George B. Post, a well-known architect and engineer.The sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward designed the pediment.The eleven figures in the pediment are emblems of American commerce and industry.The central figure symbolizes integrity, bordered by figures representing sources of wealth. Other figures personify agriculture, mining, science, industry and invention.The view of lower Manhattan from the NYSE building includes the intersection of Nassau, Broad and Wall Streets and looks directly on Federal Hall, the historic site of George Washington's inauguration in 1789.It also includes Trinity Church at the end of Wall Street.The Main Floor occupies 36,000 square feet with a ceiling of 86 feet, including the Garage, Blue Room and Expanded Blue Room.It consists of 17 trading posts, 340 trading positions and 3,000 people who work on the trading floor.Trowbridge ...