The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Metroxylon, genus Metroxylon
(noun) a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
Source: WordNet® 3.1
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.