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The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. is the headquarters of the Fourth Federal Reserve District, which comprises Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. It has branch offices in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh and a check processing center in Columbus, Ohio. The president as of 2005 is Sandra Pianalto.

The bank building, located at Superior Avenue and East Sixth Street in downtown Cleveland was designed by the Cleveland firm of Walker and Weeks and completed in 1923. Its exterior architecture emulates an Italian Renaissance palazzo, is clad in pink Sienna marble, and features allegorical sculptures by Henry Hering representing Security and Integrity flanking the East Sixth Street entrance while his Energy watches the Superior Avenue entry. Its original 100 ton (90 tonne) vault door is the largest in the world. In 2006, the bank opened its Learning Center and Money Museum.

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