20 Exchange Place is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower

Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1931, it was designed by Cross &

Cross as the headquarters of the City Bank–Farmers Trust Company,

predecessor of Citigroup. The building, standing at approximately 741

feet (226 m) with 57 usable stories, was one of New York City's tallest

buildings and the world's tallest stone-clad building upon its

completion. The building has a granite and limestone facade, while its

internal superstructure is made of steel. The lower section of the

facade fills the entirety of an irregular quadrilateral city block and

contains piers with figures depicting the "giants of finance". The upper

stories, consisting of a square tower with chamfered corners, are offset

from the base. The building is an official New York City landmark and a

contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1913:

The United Mine Workers of America begin a strike against the

Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado

Coalfield War.

2002:

The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by

the Mozilla Organization.

2008:

A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki

University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing

suicide.

2019:

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations

with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around

the world.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

mean business:

(idiomatic, used to convey serious intent) To be serious, especially

where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned.

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  Science ... commits suicide when it adopts a creed.  

--Thomas Huxley

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