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> Can you point to where the FDIC as an institution is responsible for this? The most obvious is to look at bank buildings built before the FDIC and after. Bef
by skookumchuck 9y ago
> Can you point to where the FDIC as an institution is responsible for this?
The most obvious is to look at bank buildings built before the FDIC and after. Before they were massive stone edifices with spectacular vault doors inside very visible to the customers.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/U.S._National_Bank_Building_-_Portland%2C_Oregon.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/U.S._Nat...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/WinonaSavingsBankVault.JPG/300px-WinonaSavingsBankVault.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Wi...
After, they were cheap insubstantial buildings in strip malls. The corner Radio Shack here has morphed into a Wells Fargo branch :-)
This one looks like a gas station:
http://www.jeffarchitect.com/images/projects/exp-websterbank.jpg http://www.jeffarchitect.com/images/projects/exp-websterbank...
- grzm 9y agoChurches have undergone similar changes in architecture. The local roller rink is now a church. I included a lot more in my comments which is more substantial. If this is what you're going to continue with, it's hard to imagine the conversation is likely to improve. Best wishes and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
- skookumchuck 9y agoVery few monumental churches were built in the US. The monumental ones in Europe date from eras where the church was able to forcibly extract funds to build them - not volunteer donations. It's a very different dynamic.