Tuesday, March 23, 2010

There is a Lion in the picture. Lions.

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange is guarded by these lions, seen close-up from the skyway to the Haaf ramp.. While the financial world that built the Grain and Flour exchange was much simpler than today's intricate filigree of trading instruments, I think the imagination of the traders was more ornate. It included the protections of stone effigies, and public reminders of nobility in the visage of the King of Beasts.
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