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Show Monday, October 27, 2008 University Journal Page A4 i t - 1 ; c y ! rk, t I A u ; u t j rJ i r . fc' 3 i , v 'j ) y c 1 i r I f Financial huh more like ILW Gsdenda! Main Street ; k - ! Jf POST WASHINGTON r,.:h uniim tsd iccal? bciiO-- s d divided to .yv,l FV:, ii dudrs 13 Tits . i j JL b'vry Cain;; Crfb-'- r t A. a or i h fut rvwtl 9 a n rf e in Tf a?Li e s, tnt!t.Juisv Voica H rd, lb Cd'l Waun a arid rrio"1 j 5 V TURK Every day recent weeks, tourists have n ii id onto Wall Street to catch cni ot its demise only to discover ll at the financial center of then imagine ions, which dice stietched the length of the fehled sueet, has long since ceased to exist NLV I fJjiiu'n Djitil Only a few majoi financial motiimions still have national ; iVcir., r CMt;! Ctrtle ft ;ipo:ir:V.Ai,D !: i 1 S Cft 1 E1, i o to 20 channels mdudmg ESFN, C4 Leiime andnne! MTV, Enjoy access o 2.(0 OiJ CCMAND titles, indud'ng Kindi eds of shows, movies -- i w v J and events! $ f T U-- i' a month for 9 months J V Ur&sn,rt Online A, - RMs 4 f. r live-wor- tcnJ Intsrnst I " Get peace cf mind with our Erse Computer Associates T Security Suite. c'' i" to 150x as fast as Dial-u- I :i 21st-centu- Download large music & video files in a snap View streaming video instantly. Up ') r business impiovenient distuct Now, theie are more than 56,000 residents, including those in more than 2,000 apartments on Wall Street itself Wall Street is the model for central the new, business district, wheie people live and woik in the same place, LaRusso said Of course, 300 years ago, this was 100 percent a k community There was no place else to live or work As financial leadeis give up the risky piactices that gave Wall Street its reputation, the stieet itself has become a mecca foi microphones, cameras and Ikadquartcis oil W'all Street Otheis have moved over the decades to mote spacious and modern offices in Midtown Manhattan or New Jersey, or to distant outposts such as Iowa and South Dakota Wall Stieet is, m fact, an increasingly residential strip, with the dogs, babies, fitness clubs and juice bais to prove it Its woi ket s are just as likely to be lawyeis or architects, nonprofit agency dnectors or researchers, aitists, writers or bioadcasters, as they aie to be bankeis A f visitors, an impulse to bear witness to history But some feel let down, finding that the street is actually a difficult vantage point from which to view the crisis Im a little disappointed said Richard in Wall Stieet, Whittaker, 26, an engineering PhD student visiting from the United Kingdom with a We thought itd be on a fi lend gi ander scale, less touristy, more business, more banks Financial firms began to leave for Midtown in the 1960s, Moss said, seeking big, new buildings with large floors for trading and the capacity for extensive wiring Employees were also moving to the suburbs and wanted to be closer to the commuter trams at Grand Central Station in Midtown In the 1970s, some financial firms moved to the World Trade Center In the 1980s, began moving companies farther afield, to cheaper, states Wall Street is shorthand for an indusliy that is no longer on all Stieet, said Mitchell Moss, a piofessoi of uiban planning at New York University Befoie Sept 11, 2001, theie weie 23 000 residents in Lower Manhattan said Nicole LaRusso, vice pi evident for planning and economic development at the Alliance for Downtown New Yoik, which manages the areas Sy HOGiM SHULMAH p. - J. I 5 V k arr.omhfnr 9 months , x V u i - HEY STUDENTS! START SAVING TODAY! 5 off your Tike u student A first month when you show your and permanent home address! ID J a A 1 1 " v u - f t rrw-- y S' i ) ' - 5P ii'in.hni 0 sV 'k f I ff irivv. KEITH B RICHBURG WASHINGTON POSTk, tC4 klnJ r Cerl'i p re nc; nr 1lfv i y Tourists in New York City take snapshots of th bull statue near Wall Street. Visitors arejl surprised to find that the area has taken on a residential character. Many companies have moved headquarters to Midtown, Manhattan or New Jersey - f n n p "lyn t 7 pp ax pPP rr r flr t ftjr C 30 R OUR i lURSES DOM'T JUST WOP.H IN HOSPITALS. M. THEY RUN T 1 a 4 j BEST BUSINESS COMPETITION 3 RD t NUAL BEST BUSINESS IDEA COMPETITION Sritries Due by 5:00 p.m. November 3 r lyono In Irani 1 ril htjncva Si rn BltjUilo Qomilr SPONSORED PRIZES: 1st Place: 2nd $5,000 Place: $3,000 3rd Place: itlUji $1,000 4 2 Honorable Mentions: $500 i fi In ri 4 r 'f iVf 5 ?!? For an official entry form go to: w.suu.e(lubusl less ebdc ww Any Questions Call: (435) 586-540- lVl or sbdcA sun e4 0 Vih' soifd By: VII f I b I mi k ganwiwywKiniwm "xCPLLFNf J nTTnllif V 1 V. Jeodiq w Funded -- AuJh 1 part through n a cooperative agreement n th the UT1 UMUfo'Ti . in US Small Business Admimstrat . f 1 J ' on k-- - Tour Sncfl r ) T" x - i 8js nss Rcovr( Avr-iftr- o Cnsji wojftfc I |