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The Top cool Central Bank Buildings:- Show us the money :)
« on: April 15, 2010, 09:37:58 PM »

   
  The recent world   financial crisis has shone the spotlight on the world’s   central banks, those Keepers of the Keys to the money machine.   These cool central bank buildings display something of their country’s character while at   the same time stamping an impression of stability,   power and wealth.
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:08 PM »
                      

 
U.S. Federal Reserve
   
   
 
The main offices of the   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are located in the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building at the   corner of 20th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW in   Washington, D.C. This archetypal bank building exemplifies conservative   Art Deco style and was built over a two year period from 1935 to 1937[/b].
        
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« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:19 PM »

   
   
  The Fed’s subsidiary branches often show off   distinct styling that sets them apart from the master branch in   Washington, sometimes not for the better. The above images of the   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas are a case in point: you can either love   it or hate it. One of the more interesting comments made about this   controversial design comes from former Talking Heads frontman David   Byrne, who posted at his blog that “This   very out of place structure somehow lingers, like a fart left by   someone no longer in an elevator.”
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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:29 PM »
                      

 
European   Central Bank

   
  The main offices of the European Central Bank[/size] [/b]are located in the Eurotower, a 148 meter (486 ft)   tall steel & glass skyscraper rising from the heart of Frankfurt,   Germany. The building contains 78,000 square meters (839,612 sq ft) of   office space spread over 40   stories. Designed by architect Richard Heil, the Eurotower was completed   in 1977.        
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« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:40 PM »

   
   
  Some of the ECB’s staff currently work in   other downtown Frankfurt buildings due to a lack of space in the   Eurotower – a situation which has grown worse as the EU and the Eurozone   have expanded considerably since the 1970s. A new HQ was therefore   planned with ground broken in early 2010, aiming for completion in 2014.   The new building will soar 185 meters (607 ft) into Frankfurt’s sky and   its 48 floors will provide up to 184,000 square meters (1,980,624 sq   ft) of working space. The celebrated “gnomes of Zurich” never had it so   good!
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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:49 PM »
                      

   
  The People’s Bank of China
   
   
 
The People’s Bank of China is located in a park-like setting in the Xidan   commercial district of downtown Beijing. From 1948 to 1978 the PBC was   China’s only bank and handled a full range of financial functions from   local commercial banking to acting as the People’s Republic of China’s   central bank.
        
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2010, 09:38:59 PM »

   
   
  Though China’s economy is (for the moment)   ranked third in the world, the People’s Bank of China holds more   financial assets than any central bank in the history of human   civilization. Think about that next time you decide to shop ’til you   drop at WalMart!
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« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2010, 09:39:08 PM »
                      

   
 
Bank Of Japan
   
 
The headquarters of the Bank of Japan[/size] is a   rambling neo-baroque building constructed in the late 1890s, inspired by   the Bank of England. Central Tokyo’s late 20th century building boom   has surrounded the imperious looking BOJ building with glittering   highrises but the size and status of the bronze-roofed financial   fortress still make it the power center of the Nihonbashi financial   district.[/b]
        
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« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2010, 09:39:18 PM »

   
   
   
  The Bank of Japan building in Tokyo was built   on the site of government gold mint, known colloquially as the Kinza.   If that sounds familiar, it should be: Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district is   close by and “Ginza” translates to “silver mint”.
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« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2010, 09:39:28 PM »
                      

 
Reserve Bank   of India
   
  The Reserve   Bank of India[/size] occupies a rather bland and characterless   modernist highrise in India’s financial center of Mumbai. The RBI   supervises 4 regional “representations” including the Mumbai offices,   the others being located in New Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. As well, the   institution has 22 regional offices, each located in the capitol city   of an Indian state[/b].
        
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