How I Wound Up With “Lettering” from the SEC’s HQ

In my self-anointed role as “keeper of the weird” for some of the notables related to the SEC, it’s high time that I share this story. When the SEC announced – fifteen years ago – that it was moving its headquarters from 450 Fifth Street to 100 F Street, I got sentimental and started to inquire about what would happen to the massive letters that comprised the main signage above the entrance of the old HQ. Somehow I reached a facilities person that was the guy for this purpose.

I sent him an email asking whether I could obtain the letters when they were taken down. As you can see from this picture, there were 43 letters bolted into the wall – I was gonna distribute a letter to each of my friends that had worked at the agency with me. For more on this, read my blog - it has the photos that relate to this story...