New York Stock
Exchange
20 Broad Street (at Wall
Street)
Manhattan
(212) 656-5168
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The largest, and the most
famous and venerable of the U.S.
exchanges and a symbol of the New York's
financial activity and strength. At one
time, the Exchange was open on weekdays
for free tours, which included a stop at
the visitors' gallery overlooking the
trading floor, thereby allowing you to
watch millions of dollars exchanging
hands; in the post-September 11th world,
these tours have been discontinued.
The NYSE was first housed at
a rented room at 40 Wall Street in 1817.
It moved into a five story building at 10
Broad Street in 1865. It was enlarged and
remodeled during the 1870s and 1880s,
then was demolished in 1901 to make way
for the current building, which opened in
1903. It was designed by George B. Post
and styled in the classical-revival
manner popular at the time.
The pediment is one
of the building's most
recognizable and photographed features.
It was designed by sculptor John Quincy
Adams Ward and titled:
"Integrity Protecting the Works of
Man." The central figure represents
Integrity; flanking Integrity
are figures representing the
sources of wealth and the means of
invention.
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