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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Institutions involved in printing, processing and storing money traditionally resist publishing plans of their facilities. Hence the resources available tend to omit specifics. Site visits may also present problems: though open to the public, photography and sketching may be forbidden.
Some general and historical information is often available. See Pevsner, “Banks and Exchanges,” in A History of Building Types, NA4170 .P48 1997
“Bank,” Oxford Art Online
Arenson, Adam, Banking on beauty: Millard Sheets and midcentury commercial architecture in California, University of Texas Press, N6537.S524 A88 2018
Belfoure, Charles, Monuments to money: the architecture of American banks, McFarland & Co., NA6241 .B45 2005
Hafertepe, Kenneth, “Banking houses in the United States: the first generation, 1781-1811,” Winterthur Portfolio, Spring 2000, p.1-52 (via JSTOR)
Heathcote, Edwin, Bank builders, Wiley-Academy, NA6240 .H43 2000
Liu, Hanlin, Bank architecture, LST Publishing House, NA6240 .L58 2012
Walquist, John A., “Banks,” in Forms and Functions of Twentieth-century Architecture, Columbia University Press, NA680.H3 v. 4
“Exchange,” Oxford Art Online
Handa, Puneet, et al, “The Economic Value of a Trading Floor: Evidence from the American Stock Exchange,” The Journal of Business, April 2004, p.331-355 (via JSTOR)
Ingraham, Catherine, “The Stock Exchange: Standing Upright, Idle,” Grey Room, Spring 2004, #15, p.80-101 (via JSTOR)
Wells, M. J., “Relations and reflections to the eye and understanding: architectural models and the rebuilding of the Royal Exchange, 1839-44,” Architectural History, 2017, Vol.60, p.219-241
Abramson, Daniel M., Skyscraper rivals: the AIG Building and the architecture of Wall Street, Princeton Architectural Press, NA6233.N5 A363 2001
Hsu, Jonathan & Cynthia Chan, “The emergence of Asia supertalls,” CTBUH, 2014, #4, p.28-33
List of financial districts (Wikipedia)
Rowe, Peter G., Emergent architectural territories in East Asian cities, Birkhäuser, NA9263 .R69 2011
Sagalyn, Lynne B., Power at ground zero: politics, money, and the remaking of lower Manhattan, Oxford University Press, HV6432.7 .S224 2016
Scanlon, Rosemary, “London-New York dialogues,” Urban land, July 2008, p.46, 48
Plans and details of currently used mints and currency printing facilities are closely guarded secrets, but some historical information is available. William Strickland designed Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia (1824), the second Philadelphia mint building (1829), and the decommissioned branch mints in Charlotte, NC (1835) Dalonega, GA (1835), and New Orleans (1838).
Between 1836 and 1939, the U.S. Treasury operated an Office of the Supervising Architect, responsible for federal buildings. See Antoinette Lee, Architects to the Nation: the rise and decline of the Supervising Architect's Office, Oxford University Press, 2000 (via Ebook Central). Many Treasury buildings can be attributed to specific Heads of this agency:
See U.S. Treasury, Bureau of Engraving & Printing
Easterling, Keller Easterling: Extrastatecraft. March 13, 2013. (SCI-Arc Media Archive)
Farole, Thomas, Special Economic Zones in Africa: comparing performance and learning from global experiences, World Bank Publications, 2011 (via Ebook Central)
Hall, Aiden D. & Cory R. White (editors), Empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and renewal communities, Nova Science Publishers, 2012 (via Ebook Central)
Palit, Amitendu, et al, Special Economic Zones in India: myths and realities, Anthem Press, 2008 (via Ebook Central)
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua, Building Engines for Growth and Competitiveness in China: experience with special economic zones and industrial clusters, World Bank Publications, 2010 (via Ebook Central)
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