Even though Chicago is one of the great financial centers of the world, to an ordinary person it doesn’t feel that way. In fact, the area right at the center of things, near the Board of Trade and the Federal Reserve, can be downright sleepy. Chicago is essentially a city of quiet money.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, on South LaSalle, © 2012 Celia Her City.
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[…] at five is a golden canyon, as commuters hurry along between massive bank buildings and the Board of Trade. The time to make money is over: the clock has been punched, the markets […]