It’s been a tough year for Wall Street…and Main Street…really, any street you can think of…for me, though, that giant wreath hanging on the Stock Exchange represents the indomitable spirit of the American way, freedom, democracy and capitalism…no, it wasn’t our best year, hell it wasn’t our best decade, but we’re still here… There were so many touching moments after 9/11, of course, but one that was extremely emotional for me was when Wall Street went back to work six days after the attack…when I see that wreath it takes me back to that moment in time… In the words of Ronald Reagan: I’ve spoken of the Shining City all my political life. …In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still. So do I… randomnyc: Wall St, 2009.

It’s been a tough year for Wall Street…and Main Street…really, any street you can think of…for me, though, that giant wreath hanging on the Stock Exchange represents the indomitable spirit of the American way, freedom, democracy and capitalism…no, it wasn’t our best year, hell it wasn’t our best decade, but we’re still here…

There were so many touching moments after 9/11, of course, but one that was extremely emotional for me was when Wall Street went back to work six days after the attack…when I see that wreath it takes me back to that moment in time…

In the words of Ronald Reagan:

I’ve spoken of the Shining City all my political life. …In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.

So do I…

randomnyc:

Wall St, 2009.