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==Architecture== [[File:Federal Hall and George Washington statue in New York City.JPG|thumb|right|[[Federal Hall National Memorial]]]] [[File:USA-NYC-New York Stock Exchange.JPG|thumb|right|Detail of [[New York Stock Exchange Building]]]] Wall Street's architecture is generally rooted in the [[Gilded Age]].<ref name="nyt20010909" /> The older skyscrapers often were built with elaborate facades, which have not been common in corporate architecture for decades. There are numerous landmarks on Wall Street, some of which were erected as the headquarters of banks. These include: * [[Federal Hall National Memorial]] (26 Wall Street), built in 1833β1842. The building, which previously housed the [[United States Custom House (New York City)|United States Custom House]] and then the [[Subtreasury]], is now a [[national monument (United States)|national monument]].<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000095.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000095.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Historic Structures Report: Federal Hall|date=October 15, 1966|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0047.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0047.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=United States Custom House|date=December 21, 1965|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0887.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0887.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Federal Hall Interior|date=May 27, 1975|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> * [[55 Wall Street]], erected in 1836β1841 as the four-story Merchants Exchange, was turned into the United States Custom House in the late 19th century. An expansion in 1907β1910 turned it into the eight-story [[Citibank|National City Bank]] Building.<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|17}}<ref>{{cite web|date=November 30, 1999|title=Historic Structures Report: National City Bank Building|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000872.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000872.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2020|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]}}<br />{{cite web|date=December 21, 1965|title=National City Bank Building|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0040.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0040.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]}}<br />{{cite web|date=January 12, 1999|title=National City Bank Building Interior|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1979.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1979.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]}}</ref> * [[14 Wall Street]], a 32-story skyscraper with a 7-story stepped pyramid, built in 1910β1912 with an expansion in 1931β1933. It was originally the [[Bankers Trust]] Company Building.<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|20}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1949.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1949.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Bankers Trust Building|date=June 24, 1997|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> * [[23 Wall Street]], a four-story headquarters built in 1914, was known as the "House of Morgan" and served for decades as the [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]] bank's headquarters and, by some accounts, was considered an important address in American finance. Cosmetic damage from the 1920 [[Wall Street bombing]] is still visible on the Wall Street side of this building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000874.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000874.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Historic Structures Report: 23 Wall Street Building|date=June 19, 1972|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0039.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0039.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=J. P. Morgan & Co. Building |date=December 21, 1965|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> * [[48 Wall Street]], a 32-story skyscraper built in 1927β1929 as the Bank of New York & Trust Company Building.<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000847.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000847.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Historic Structures Report: Bank of New York & Trust Company Building|date=August 28, 2003|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2025.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2025.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Bank of New York & Trust Company Building|date=October 13, 1998|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> * [[40 Wall Street]], a 71-story skyscraper built in 1929β1930 as the [[Manhattan Company|Bank of Manhattan Company]] Building; it later became the Trump Building.<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000577.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000577.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Historic Structures Report: Manhattan Company Building|date=June 16, 2000|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1936.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1936.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Manhattan Company Building|date=December 12, 1995|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> * [[1 Wall Street]], a 50-story skyscraper built in 1929β1931 with an expansion in 1963β1965. It was previously known as the [[Irving Trust]] Company Building and the Bank of New York Building.<ref name="White 2010">{{Cite aia5}}</ref>{{Rp|20}}<ref>{{cite web|date=March 6, 2001|title=1 Wall Street Building|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2029.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2029.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]}}</ref> * [[75 Wall Street]], built in 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Curry |first=Lynne |date=March 12, 1987 |title=British companies find it hard to cut big South African stakes |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0312/fmark12.html |access-date=February 27, 2022 |issn=0882-7729 |quote=Barclays has just completed new headquarters on Wall Street |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227041618/https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0312/fmark12.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was built to be the U.S. headquarters of [[Barclays]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salpukas |first=Agis |date=April 12, 1984 |title=Barclay's Will Build a Headquarters on Wall St. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/12/business/barclay-s-will-build-a-headquarters-on-wall-st.html |access-date=February 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226193445/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/12/business/barclay-s-will-build-a-headquarters-on-wall-st.html |url-status=live }}</ref> although several firms leased space in the building after it opened.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Feldman |first=Amy |date=July 27, 1997 |title=Barclays may have found new home |volume=13 |issue=30 |page=9 |id={{ProQuest|219149470}} |magazine=Crain's New York Business}}</ref> It was converted in 2006β2009 into a [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] building with [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]]s and a hotel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sachmechi |first=Natalie |date=January 12, 2022 |title=Hakimian sells off Andaz Wall Street hotel |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/hakimian-organization-sells-andaz-wall-street-hotel |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226033908/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/hakimian-organization-sells-andaz-wall-street-hotel |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[60 Wall Street]], built in 1988.<ref name="White 2010" />{{Rp|17}} It was formerly the J.P. Morgan & Co. headquarters<ref>{{cite news|last=Barbanel|first=Josh|date=September 10, 1985|title=Instead Of Leaving, Morgan Bank To Buy a Tower on Wall St.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/10/nyregion/instead-of-leaving-morgan-bank-to-buy-a-tower-on-wall-st.html|access-date=April 11, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101035622/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/10/nyregion/instead-of-leaving-morgan-bank-to-buy-a-tower-on-wall-st.html|url-status=live}}</ref> before becoming the U.S. headquarters of [[Deutsche Bank]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/06/nyregion/deutsche-bank-is-moving-to-lower-manhattan-tower.html|title=Deutsche Bank Is Moving To Lower Manhattan Tower|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last=Bagli|first=Charles V.|date=December 6, 2002|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028065451/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/06/nyregion/deutsche-bank-is-moving-to-lower-manhattan-tower.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the last remaining major investment bank headquarters on Wall Street. Another key anchor for the area is the [[New York Stock Exchange Building]] at the corner of [[Broad Street (Manhattan)|Broad Street]]. It houses the [[New York Stock Exchange]], which is by far the [[List of stock exchanges|world's largest stock exchange]] per [[market capitalization]] of its listed companies,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/2013_WFE_Market_Highlights.pdf |title=2013 WFE Market Highlights |publisher=World Federation of Exchanges |access-date=March 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327112731/http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/2013_WFE_Market_Highlights.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_ny_overview.html |title=NYSE Listings Directory |access-date=June 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621174531/http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_ny_overview.html |archive-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/global-stock-market-capitalization-chart-2014-11?IR=T|title=The NYSE Makes Stock Exchanges Around The World Look Tiny|website=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126114852/http://www.businessinsider.com/global-stock-market-capitalization-chart-2014-11?IR=T|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://finance.zacks.com/new-york-stock-exchange-largest-stock-market-world-5426.html|title=Is the New York Stock Exchange the Largest Stock Market in the World?|access-date=March 26, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126160825/http://finance.zacks.com/new-york-stock-exchange-largest-stock-market-world-5426.html|url-status=live}}</ref> at US$28.5 trillion as of June 30, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NYSE Total Market Cap|url=https://www.nyse.com/market-cap|access-date=September 6, 2020|website=www.nyse.com|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070521/https://www.nyse.com/market-cap|url-status=live}}</ref> City authorities realize its importance, and believed that it has "outgrown its [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] temple at the corner of Wall and Broad streets", and in 1998, offered substantial tax incentives to try to keep it in the Financial District.<ref name="usatoday20011024" /> Plans to rebuild it were delayed by the September 11 attacks.<ref name="usatoday20011024" /> The exchange still occupies the same site. The exchange is the locus for a large amount of technology and data. For example, to accommodate the three thousand people who work directly on the exchange floor requires 3,500 kilowatts of electricity, along with 8,000 phone circuits on the trading floor alone, and {{convert|200|mi}} of [[fiber-optic cable]] below ground.<ref name="nyt20010916" />
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