Wall Street

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Summary: Great Combination Of Pictures And Insight!
Review: This book is a pleasure to read and to keep around for others to enjoy. I keep it on my desk at work so that my visitors can enjoy the incredible photography. The book also gives a unique insight in to the history of the many firms on Wall Street and how consolidation has led to our current list of players. Many find it interesting to see how certain firms came to be what they are today.

One example of an interesting foreshadow is that the author has included a picture of the Banker's Trust building reflecting off of a Deutsche Bank conference room table. The two frims merged several years after the photo was taken.

Since buying this book I now enjoy walking around lower Manhattan. While before I was caught up in the rat race, I know see the beauty of the arcitecture and can better appreciate the history of Wall Street. This book is full of insightful anecdotes which lead to interesting stories for me to share.

This book is a must for anyone who works in the finacial world for its insight and to keep around for others to enjoy.

I was happily surprised when I saw one of the authors books on Nantucket while on vacation there. I bought the book and was again happily surprised at its combination of photography and narration. I would rate Nantucket Island five stars as well.

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Summary: Visually Stunning!
Review: This book is an absolutely wonderful guide to lower Manhattan. It takes the reader into the exclusive, upper-echelons of Wall Street that few rarely glimpse. Giving a concise, yet very well written history of the architecture as well as the firms of Wall Street, this book is really a treat for everyone. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: incredible pictures and packed with background information
Review: This book makes a wonderful gift for the person with everything. A real treasure for all those who own stocks or those who want to visit NY.

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Summary: Janet Maslin writes in the New York Times
Review: This is a holiday gift to open more than once. Beautiful! Useful! Fuses text and illustrations in a way that enriches both!

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Summary: great photographic history of NY
Review: with all the mega mergers going on this may be the last photographic history of the old Wall Street.