Later, the orphaned facade of Martin Thompson's 1824 Branch Bank of the U.S. was moved from Wall Street and attached totheback of the museum, where it had a forlorn service-yard look until it was enclosed by the Engelhard Court.
Their plan says let's go backto a system on Wall Street where there were the kinds of rules that allowed people to take reckless bets that ended up affecting all of Main Street.
By putting the fun out front, wrapped around the day's woes, Kilgore sent a larger message: That anyone serious enough about life to read TheWall Street Journal should also be wise enough to step back and consider life's absurdities.