A
proper building to convey all the attributes you would
want in a financial institution: stability, history,
and monolithic presence. All of that was achieved
in a building that is far from original. The first
exchange on this patch of ground burned down in the
Great Fire of 1666. Its replacement burned in 1838.
The current building features a line of Corinthian
columns, behind which reside statues of Queen Elizabeth,
Queen Victoria, and Charles II. The London Stock Exchange
no longer conducts its trading here. In 1972 it moved
to a modern office building. But money still changes
hands. Now it has been converted into a shopping mall.
