While many people know where Wall Street is located, most know very little about the history and features of this eight-block-long street in New York City.

1. D and D THE SOUND THE BELL, RINGING AT THE
OPENING AND CLOSING OF EACH DAY, IS
TRADEMARKED AS A PITCH D WITH
OVERTONES OF D SHARP
THE YEAR THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE WAS DECIDED ON BY 24
NEW YORK CITY STOCKBROKERS
UNDERNEATH A BUTTONWOOD TREE.
35%
THE PERCENTAGE
OF NEW YORK CITY'S
INCOME THAT
COMES FROM WALL
STREET ALONE
4.62
BILLION DOLLARS
IS THE AMOUNT
THAT IT COSTS
THE US FOR THE
FINANCIAL
BUYOUT PROGRAM
WALL STREET FACTS
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Wall Street is known internationally as being the hub
of the financial world. Although Wall Street is a
prominent feature in modern society, most people
know very little about this area of New York City.
IT TOOK ARTIST TARTURO
DI MODICA 2 YEARS AND
$360,000 TO CREATE THE
7,100 POUND SCULPTURE
The Charging Bull
THE IDEA CAME TO DI MODICA
AS A RESPONSE TO THE STOCK
MARKET CRASH OF 1987, TO
SYMBOLIZE "THE STRENGTH
AND POWER OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE"
DI MODICA GIFTED THE
SCULPTURE TO THE CITY OF
NEW YORK BY LEAVING IT
OUTSIDE OF THE EXCHANGE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
ON DECEMBER 15, 1989