Symphony of numbers and stones

A guide to the parallel universe of Wall Street

Introduction: Selfies beyond the bronze bull

When tourists pose on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange, there are 12 living specimens of financial civilization within a radius of 1 kilometer. This article will take you to read the Morse code in the skyscrapers and decode the material memory of the capital world.

Chapter 1: Digital Ghost

The Vault Restaurant at 18 Broadway Street

Architectural mystery: The elevator floor display on the day of the stock market crash in 1929 is preserved

Limited experience: "Black Tuesday" theme dinner every Thursday night (the menu includes crash recipes)

Hidden gameplay: Order with an old stock telegraph machine to receive a gold foil dessert

Stone Street Code Wall

Historical stratification:

① Burn marks on the Dutch West India Company account book

② The 1920 stock market prediction written by the underground party with coal slag

③ Matrix of broken iPhones inlaid by protesters in 2008

Chapter 2: Materialism of Capital

Experience the Federal Reserve Bank vault

Shocking data: $90 billion worth of gold bars can be touched

Trivia: The ventilation system deliberately maintains 2% humidity to prevent static electricity from robbers

Performance art: Try to test the reaction of metal detectors with different denominations of banknotes

Pearl Street Steam Engine Room

Industrial aesthetics: The original circuit breaker of Edison Power Station in 1882

Interactive installation: Light up the modern LED Wall Street model with a pedal generator

Safety tips: Be careful of exposed ceramic insulators in the 1900s

Chapter 3: Financial folklore

Wall Street breakfast ritual

Traditional items:

7:15 Traders smash coffee cups at Delmonico's to pray for blessings

7:30 Analysts collectively tear up yesterday's research report

7:45 The scraps of paper swept by the cleaners can be used as souvenirs

Trinity Church Encrypted Garden

Plant Code:

Red Maple = Dow Jones Index

Ginkgo = Gold Futures

Ivy = Bitcoin Volatility

Survival Rules

Time Magic: 12:30-13:00 noon on weekdays is the time-space rift period

Gear Recommendation: Carry the 1987 edition of The Wall Street Journal as a pass

Photography Taboo: It is forbidden to take pictures of the fifth floor tile on the north side of the Federal Reserve， but you can choose vip escoting service to avoid it

Emergency Plan: If you get lost, say you are an intern at Goldman Sachs