Wall Street [Hardcover]

Robert Gambee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2002

The most complete profile of the world's greatest financial center—celebrating the beauty, strength, and resiliency of an extraordinary community.

On September 11, 2001, the face of Wall Street was tragically scarred, but its spirit remains undaunted. Behind the noble buildings and long-established firms are the men and women who constitute the financial world. These are the souls who have resolved to maintain the greatest financial center in the world. New York's financial district is one of the city's oldest and most elegant architectural neighborhoods, as well as home to some of the richest and most powerful organizations in the world. With over 300 full-color photographs, accompanied by text and captions, Wall Street: Financial Capital is the most comprehensive portrait ever published of this famous district. Robert Gambee's stunning photographs take us on a complete tour of the city's centers of finance, including the Wall Street Financial Center, TriBeCa, and midtown Manhattan, revealing Wall Street past and present. Included are the stories of every major bank, brokerage house, law firm, and securities exchange, interspersed with anecdotes about Wall Street's buildings, byways, seaport, and residences. Gambee's captions are a mine of fascinating history: here was John D. Rockefeller's old Standard Oil company office, there the Old Lawyer's Club; and here is Pearl Street, once the outer limit of the city, whose name is derived from the oyster shells with which it once was paved. Anyone with an interest in finance, architecture, or the history of New York will enjoy this magnificent book. Over 300 color photographs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Brilliant Photography" -- Steve Forbes, The New York Times

"Handsome photos with historical nuggets." -- Institutional Investor

"Many of us who know the Street will feel very poignant as we turn the pages...How splendid, how magnificent the Street is without the people. How rich in history as the widely informative captions corroborate, and may I emphasize that this is as much an engrossing text on Wall Street and its institutions as it is a marvelous pictorial survey. In addition to its great arks and ziggurats, Gambee sems to have missed few of Wall Street's most picturesque chinks, corners and coigns, and the reader is led to each through angles of vision which by most definitions known to me deserve the name of artistry. It is all here: the banking houses, clubs, churches, the spires and rotundas, the corner offices and trading bedlams which make up America's Rome, its Nineveh and Tyre. I recommend this book without reservation." -- Michael Thomas, Washington Post

"Robert Gambee's photographs speak magic." -- The New York Times

We recommend this book without hesitation! -- Washington Post

About the Author

Robert Gambee has spent summers on Nantucket for five decades and done freelance photography for twenty-five years. His photographs are in the permanent collections of museums throughout the country.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Robert Gambee; 1St Edition edition (September 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393047679
• ISBN-13: 978-0393047677
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #639,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Combination Of Pictures And Insight!, July 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wall Street (Hardcover)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great photographic history of NY, January 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wall Street (Hardcover)

with all the mega mergers going on this may be the last photographic history of the old Wall Street.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars architectural wonderland, June 5, 2006

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This review is from: Wall Street (Hardcover)

i saw this book at a financial advisor's office and immediately came home and purchased it. it is a fabulous melding of text and photography, beautifully rendered. if you have visited this part of new york, you will enjoy the memories....if you have not been there yet, look at this before you go and it will greatly enrich your experience.