There were chaotic scenes outside Lehman Brothers' main office in midtown Manhattan as workers weaved past dozens of reporters gathered to witness the demise of one of the oldest names on Wall Street.

曼哈顿雷曼兄弟总部大楼门前一片混乱，离去的员工和数十名记者见证了这家华尔街最古老银行的死亡。

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"Street names are often a clue to what went on in an area in the past. We point out nooks and crannies, the little details you can only see by walking," she said.

“街道的名字多少可以提示这块地区以前发生了什么，我们会给客人指出一些特别的角落和裂缝，而这些细节必须步行才能看到”，Mary说到。

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Currently, when you are walking in the street, you will find some strange names of shops and restaurants on both sides.

最近，当你走在大街上的时候你就会发现街道两边一些奇怪的商店和餐馆名称。

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People would call her names on the street, Siemionow said.

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But even if the banking names on the High Street do not change, their branches may start to look a little less uniform and a little more imaginative.

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It opened its first store in 1968, in Hull, and was bought by Kingfisher in 1984, which expanded the Comet brand into one of the most familiar names on the High Street.

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