An inside look at what's new and exciting here at The Bourse.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Bourse Throwbacks
The exterior has not changed much since 1930.
The architecture may have stayed the same but the technology inside has drastically changed. The photo below is the American Telephone and Telegraph installation in The Bourse Building, circa 1921. Telegraph.
Celebrating over 100 years as a center for commerce and trade, The Bourse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, it is one of Philadelphia’s leading commercial complexes, home to 24 retail and food service stores and more than 50 businesses.
The concept of the Bourse – meaning a place of exchange – was brought to Philadelphia in 1890 by George E. Bartol, a prosperous Philadelphia grain and commodities exporter. While in Europe, Bartol visited the great Bourse in Hamburg, Germany. Upon his return to the United States, Bartol called together the most influential businessmen and merchants in the city, asking them to pool their resources to construct the city’s own business center – a Philadelphia Bourse.
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