Architecture

During the Depression, an enormous statue of Integrity crashed from the pediment of the New York Stock Exchange building. Some people said the fallen figure represented the disaster that had befallen America. Now, when protesters rally near Wall Street, they point to the iconic NYSE building as a symbol of capitalist greed. How does architecture take on so much meaning? Does it make sense to turn a building into a symbol? Join us as we examine the architecture of the NYSE building.

• What did the NYSE building look like in the 1800s?
• The 1903 Vision of Architect George B. Post
• An Imposing Facade
• A Classic Portico
• A Mighty Colonnade
• The Traditional Pediment
• What is the symbolic statuary within the pediment?
• A Curtain of Glass
• Inside, the Trading Floor
• Is the NYSE a symbol of Wall Street?

_{Photo of the NYSE © Siegfried Layda/Getty Images}

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