tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post7702545884362291649..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Banks, Beautifiers of Yesteryear, Crudifiers of TodayBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-52426281771899221412008-02-01T19:26:00.000-08:002008-02-01T19:26:00.000-08:00Lets face it. NOBODY does it like they used to any...Lets face it. NOBODY does it like they used to anymore. We live in a homogenized, carpmentalized (pardon the spellling!) society. Detail is frowned upon.<BR/><BR/>Come to the shindig on Saturday at Freddy's February 2nd...where i try to relive the early 80's era of nYC of whence i grew up, where people of all ages and bands that do not relate to each other, but all dress fabulously merge.Lisannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-64707813418511838342008-01-31T17:51:00.000-08:002008-01-31T17:51:00.000-08:00Sorry, j$, but I gotta disagree. Commerce Banks ar...Sorry, j$, but I gotta disagree. Commerce Banks are the bottom-feeders here. They look like something out of a mid-80s nightmare. And a cheap nightmare at that. Only they exist in a world with the knowledge that mid-80s tackiness sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-49323069974740551962008-01-31T09:58:00.000-08:002008-01-31T09:58:00.000-08:00Physical branches are not there to provide service...Physical branches are not there to provide service, they are dirt-cheap billboards. How many actual billboards do you think you could rent for $30k per month in Manhattan? - let alone street-level, in-your-face billboards?L'Emmerdeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004040303058104490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-3890040884607327072008-01-30T20:03:00.000-08:002008-01-30T20:03:00.000-08:00I still can't figure out why so many bank branches...I still can't figure out why so many bank branches are opening. Haven't ATM's and online banking and direct-deposit paychecks rendered physical branches semi-obsolete?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-34612094871544030332008-01-30T16:51:00.000-08:002008-01-30T16:51:00.000-08:00Movie theatres are similar to banks in this regard...Movie theatres are similar to banks in this regard - public gathering spaces that were once profound and are now plastic boxes.Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-81510449133856525182008-01-30T13:47:00.000-08:002008-01-30T13:47:00.000-08:00agreed on all points except for the plastic pens. ...agreed on all points except for the plastic pens. a bin of free working pens is a huge improvement over the non-working pen on a chain of yore.<BR/><BR/>commerce branches usually have nice marble floors, and respectfully tasteful interiors. chase & citibank are literally like cattle pens for both customers and workers.J$https://www.blogger.com/profile/07526309129182495617noreply@blogger.com