Part of:

• Fonds: Asymptote Architecture New York Stock Exchange project records, 1991-2009
•    Series: Advanced Trading Floor Command Center, 1998 - 2004

People:

• Asymptote (Firm) (archive creator)

Title:

Advanced Trading Floor Command Center

Date:

1998 - 2004

Level of archival description:
Series

Extent and medium:

• approximately 1,700 digital files (3.2 GB)
  71 drawings
  7 folders of textual material
  1 oversized photograph

Scope and content:
Series 3, Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, 1998-2004, combined two projects in the built environment, the Command Center and the Executive Ramp, both conceived as a technological expansion on the existing NYSE Trading Floor. This series includes textual and born-digital components, as well as a number of drawing sets.

The real-time virtual reality environment returned to the physical environment with the design and construction of the Command Center and Executive Ramp. The Command Center project involved the construction of a raised platform from the Main Room to the Blue Room; features included an information desk, a systems desk, and a video wall, the last of which displayed various stock data. It was later renovated during the Executive Ramp project, which primarily involved the installation of a multi-screen display of the 3DTF into the Command Center. Together, the two projects make up the Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, often referred to as “the ramp.”

The textual records for this series include correspondence and a small number of photographs. Digital files for the Advanced Trading Floor primarily include handouts for presentation meetings; there is also a small body of photographs of NYSE and press material. Additionally, there are also approximately 65 plans, which document the design and construction of the Command Center. These include preliminary drawings, construction sets, and addendums. Notably, the oversized materials also contain a photograph of former U.S. President Bill Clinton standing on the ramp.

Reference number:

AP184.S3

Arrangement:
This series was processed to a file-level. Files are grouped by format (i.e. textual, oversized, digital), and then roughly arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

• Digital material can only be accessed on-site. Please contact Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca for more information. Access by appointment only.

Contains:

• AP184.S3.001, Microstation wireframe drawings and AutoCAD plans for Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, 3 August 1998 - 20 January 1999
• AP184.S3.002, Maya and Microstation wireframe models and renderings for Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, 21 September 1998 - 16 May 2001
• AP184.S3.003, Photographs of the New York Stock Exchange Command Center and exterior, 30 June 1999
• AP184.S3.004, Press release, credit text, and images of Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, 9 March 1999 - 24 May 1999
• AP184.S3.005, After Effects project files for Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center, 4 May 2001 - 17 May 2001
• AP184.S3.006, Digital files for presentation handout of Executive Ramp (1 of 2), 22 August 2003
• AP184.S3.007, Digital files for presentation handout of Executive Ramp (2 of 2), 20 September 2003
• AP184.S3.008, Drawings, images, and presentation handout files of Executive Ramp Three Dimensional Trading Floor display, 6 October 2004
• AP184.S3.009, Floorplan transparencies of New York Stock Exchange floor, circa 1998
• AP184.S3.012, Set of plans and sections issued for construction for Command Center, 30 September 1998
• AP184.S3.013, Bound set of plans and sections issued for construction, Addendum 1, for the Command Center, 15 October 1998
• AP184.S3.014, Bound set of plans and sections issued for construction, Addendum 2, for the Command Center, 18 January 1999
• AP184.S3.015, Photograph of Bill Clinton and Richard Grasso on Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center and related memo to Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, circa 2000
• AP184.S3.016, Design and correspondence for the Command Center (1 of 2), 1998
• AP184.S3.017, Design and correspondence for the Command Center (2 of 2), 1998
• AP184.S3.018, Before and after photographs of the Command Center, 18 July 1997 - 30 April 1999
• AP184.S3.019, Graphics for the Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center wall, circa 1999
• AP184.S3.020, Design and correspondence for the Executive Ramp (1 of 2), 2003 - 2005
• AP184.S3.021, Design and correspondence for the Executive Ramp (2 of 2), 2003 - 2005
• AP184.S3.023, Partial plan of first floor of New York Stock Exchange Trading Floor as directed by architects and engineers and as per field conditions, 22 January 1999 - 19 February 1999