Art and Banking: Cleveland Federal Reserve

Powerful images and figures greet you at the door of Federal Reserve Building in downtown Cleveland. I know the interior is spectacular but I was setup today to do outdoor facades.

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Statute to the left of the entrance to the Cleveland Federal Reserve Building is called "Integrity". According to the Ohio Outdoor Sculpture Inventory (OOSI), she is "a female figures in classical robes, crowned with olive, proper left hand holds a staff topped with a hand, proper right hand holds scrolls."



Statue to the right of the entrance to the Cleveland Federal Reserve Building is called "Security" OOSI says "she is a female figure in classical robes and an armored vest, crowned with oak leaves, proper left hand holds a strong box, proper right hand holds a sword for protection."

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Federal Reserve Bank Entablature. According to OOSI "it is a broken segmental pediment frieze decorated with acanthus leaves, triglyphs and metopes decorated with replicas of ancient coins."

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Center figurine at the entrance to the Cleveland Federal Reserve Building.

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An eagle and a star on the side of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Building.

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Statue at the Cleveland Federal Reserve Building called "Energy in Repose" by artist Henry Hering. OOSI says "it is an heroic sized male figure wearing a tunic is seated on a rock; proper left hand holds a sledge hammer. " And from Wikipedia, it is "four times life size, this enormous figure symbolizes the physical and intellectual energy characteristic of economic and commercial activities."

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