The Ascent to the Executive Suite

The private executive elevator ascended smoothly from the subterranean vault, soaring through the concrete bedrock and public bank floors until it reached the thirty-fourth floor—the executive penthouse of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. When the brass doors slid open, they stepped into a reception salon of breathtaking aristocratic opulence. Deep burgundy silk carpets muffled their footsteps, antique mahogany wainscoting rose ten feet up the walls, and tall arched…