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The Bank of LaCrosse 1

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Somewhere I’ve read that banks employed Classical detailing in the façade to impart the sense of stability and permanence. The Bank of LaCrosse (Mecklenburg County, Virginia) is no exception, a small town bank exhibiting the Classical features that seemed standard for early banks. I have no date for the structure but guess before 1925; I also don’t know the building material. The façade is framed by four pilasters instead of columns, one at each corner and the remaining two on either side of the entrance. The stylized capitals are elongated and grooved. Above the overhang are recessed panels, functioning as extensions of the pilasters. The overhang has prominent rectangular brackets which resemble large dentil. Below that at each corner is a circular floral design and the name of the bank. A broken pediment is above the entrance with an urn (in funerary sculpture it symbolized immortality, hence permanence of the institution). There's an ornamental swag pattern in the panel between the two large brackets, which support the pediment, and below each bracket are long narrow vertical panels. The doorway itself consists of narrow grooves. The windows are fixed and are enclosed within a large panel between the pilasters in a set pattern (except for the window above the entrance): the second-story windows are arched and have recessed areas, simulating a surround with a bracket form as the keystone; the first story windows are to either side of the entrance; between the stories is a recessed ornamented rectangular panel and below the first-story windows the panel is raised instead of recessed.

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Detail of Pilaster Capital 6

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Somewhere I’ve read that banks employed Classical detailing in the façade to impart the sense of stability and permanence. The Bank of LaCrosse (Mecklenburg County, Virginia) is no exception, a small town bank exhibiting the Classical features that seemed standard for early banks. I have no date for the structure but guess before 1925; I also don’t know the building material. The façade is framed by four pilasters instead of columns, one at each corner and the remaining two on either side of the entrance. The stylized capitals are elongated and grooved. Above the overhang are recessed panels, functioning as extensions of the pilasters. The overhang has prominent rectangular brackets which resemble large dentil. Below that at each corner is a circular floral design and the name of the bank. A broken pediment is above the entrance with an urn (in funerary sculpture it symbolized immortality, hence permanence of the institution). There's an ornamental swag pattern in the panel between the two large brackets, which support the pediment, and below each bracket are long narrow vertical panels. The doorway itself consists of narrow grooves. The windows are fixed and are enclosed within a large panel between the pilasters in a set pattern (except for the window above the entrance): the second-story windows are arched and have recessed areas, simulating a surround with a bracket form as the keystone; the first story windows are to either side of the entrance; between the stories is a recessed ornamented rectangular panel and below the first-story windows the panel is raised instead of recessed.

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The Bank of LaCrosse--Brackets for Pediment 3

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Somewhere I’ve read that banks employed Classical detailing in the façade to impart the sense of stability and permanence. The Bank of LaCrosse (Mecklenburg County, Virginia) is no exception, a small town bank exhibiting the Classical features that seemed standard for early banks. I have no date for the structure but guess before 1925; I also don’t know the building material. The façade is framed by four pilasters instead of columns, one at each corner and the remaining two on either side of the entrance. The stylized capitals are elongated and grooved. Above the overhang are recessed panels, functioning as extensions of the pilasters. The overhang has prominent rectangular brackets which resemble large dentil. Below that at each corner is a circular floral design and the name of the bank. A broken pediment is above the entrance with an urn (in funerary sculpture it symbolized immortality, hence permanence of the institution). There's an ornamental swag pattern in the panel between the two large brackets, which support the pediment, and below each bracket are long narrow vertical panels. The doorway itself consists of narrow grooves. The windows are fixed and are enclosed within a large panel between the pilasters in a set pattern (except for the window above the entrance): the second-story windows are arched and have recessed areas, simulating a surround with a bracket form as the keystone; the first story windows are to either side of the entrance; between the stories is a recessed ornamented rectangular panel and below the first-story windows the panel is raised instead of recessed.

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Armenia-18021000025 - World Bank

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At trial in a courthouse. Photo: © The World Bank

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Bank of America - Take Back the Economy 4-28-09 (33)

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Photo Credit: Neil Parekh / SEIU Healthcare 775NW

Seattle Taxpayers Demonstrate at Bank of America as Part of Continued Nationwide Actions to Take Back the Economy

“Taxpayer Proxy” Action Demands Bank Fire CEO Ken Lewis,

Commit to Strong Banking Reform, Voice for Workers

Seattle (April 28, 2009) – Taxpayers, working families and SEIU members joined together in Seattle today and more than 100 other cities across the nation today to take action outside Bank of America branches and collect and deliver “Taxpayer Proxies” demanding the bank fire CEO Ken Lewis and commit to financial reform that puts consumers and workers ahead of profits.

The taxpayer actions took place on the eve of Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC. After accepting billion in bailout funds, taxpayers and the government are the largest shareholders of Bank of America, and taxpayers in Seattle are demanding that their voices be heard.

On April 29th a delegation of community and national leaders will deliver the “Taxpayer Proxy” demands to the Bank of America shareholder meeting calling on it to: fire CEO Ken Lewis; support strong banking reform; eliminate predatory lending practices and unreasonable fees; support the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure workers have a voice to speak out for consumers and improve working conditions; and provide affordable healthcare to bank workers so they are not forced to rely on tax-payer funded public health programs.

“Taxpayers didn’t cause this economic crisis—but we sure are paying the price," said SanJerra Collins, a caregiver from Tacoma and member of SEIU Healthcare 775NW. “For years, banks have built a business model around pushing dangerous products and burying customers in more and more debt. It’s time for banks to stop these predatory practices and create a system that’s about helping people, not exploiting people.”

Over the last two years, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis has received .8 million in compensation, while the median wage for a teller at Bank of America hovers around the federal poverty line for a family of four.

Despite receiving billion in federal taxpayer bailout funds since last fall, Bank of America has announced plans to lay off 30,000 to 35,000 workers and handed out .2 million in corporate bonuses. Bank of America could have used the money they paid out in bonuses to give each of its bank tellers an estimated 1,000 raise—nearly seven times their median salary.

The bank also continues to make taxpayers pick up the tab for approximately million a year in employee health care costs because many Bank of America workers cannot afford the company’s health insurance and must rely on public healthcare programs. This costs Washington state taxpayers 9,000 every year.

Last year, Bank of America collected .3 billion in bank fees, almost 30 percent higher than either of its two largest competitors. And even after taking bailout money Bank of America continues running up credit card interest rates on customers even if they have made every payment on time. The bank arbitrarily hiked interest rates on one million play-by-the-rules, pay-on-time customers in 2007 alone.

In 2008, Bank of America spent over million on lobbying and opposed bills like the Employee Free Choice Act, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights and the Foreclosure Prevention Act which would directly benefit the economy and consumers.

For more information, please visit www.TakeBackTheEconomy.org.

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SEIU Locals in Washington State
include:

SEIU Local 6 – representing 3,500 janitors and security guards

SEIU Local 49 – representing 1,200 health care workers in SW Washington

SEIU Healthcare 775NW – representing 35,000 long-term care workers

SEIU 925 – representing 23,000 education and child care workers

SEIU Healthcare 1199NW – representing 22,000 nurses and healthcare workers

SEIU Local 1948 – representing 27,000 school employees

Bank of America - Take Back the Economy 4-28-09 (19)

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Photo Credit: Neil Parekh / SEIU Healthcare 775NW

Seattle Taxpayers Demonstrate at Bank of America as Part of Continued Nationwide Actions to Take Back the Economy

“Taxpayer Proxy” Action Demands Bank Fire CEO Ken Lewis,

Commit to Strong Banking Reform, Voice for Workers

Seattle (April 28, 2009) – Taxpayers, working families and SEIU members joined together in Seattle today and more than 100 other cities across the nation today to take action outside Bank of America branches and collect and deliver “Taxpayer Proxies” demanding the bank fire CEO Ken Lewis and commit to financial reform that puts consumers and workers ahead of profits.

The taxpayer actions took place on the eve of Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC. After accepting billion in bailout funds, taxpayers and the government are the largest shareholders of Bank of America, and taxpayers in Seattle are demanding that their voices be heard.

On April 29th a delegation of community and national leaders will deliver the “Taxpayer Proxy” demands to the Bank of America shareholder meeting calling on it to: fire CEO Ken Lewis; support strong banking reform; eliminate predatory lending practices and unreasonable fees; support the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure workers have a voice to speak out for consumers and improve working conditions; and provide affordable healthcare to bank workers so they are not forced to rely on tax-payer funded public health programs.

“Taxpayers didn’t cause this economic crisis—but we sure are paying the price," said SanJerra Collins, a caregiver from Tacoma and member of SEIU Healthcare 775NW. “For years, banks have built a business model around pushing dangerous products and burying customers in more and more debt. It’s time for banks to stop these predatory practices and create a system that’s about helping people, not exploiting people.”

Over the last two years, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis has received .8 million in compensation, while the median wage for a teller at Bank of America hovers around the federal poverty line for a family of four.

Despite receiving billion in federal taxpayer bailout funds since last fall, Bank of America has announced plans to lay off 30,000 to 35,000 workers and handed out .2 million in corporate bonuses. Bank of America could have used the money they paid out in bonuses to give each of its bank tellers an estimated 1,000 raise—nearly seven times their median salary.

The bank also continues to make taxpayers pick up the tab for approximately million a year in employee health care costs because many Bank of America workers cannot afford the company’s health insurance and must rely on public healthcare programs. This costs Washington state taxpayers 9,000 every year.

Last year, Bank of America collected .3 billion in bank fees, almost 30 percent higher than either of its two largest competitors. And even after taking bailout money Bank of America continues running up credit card interest rates on customers even if they have made every payment on time. The bank arbitrarily hiked interest rates on one million play-by-the-rules, pay-on-time customers in 2007 alone.

In 2008, Bank of America spent over million on lobbying and opposed bills like the Employee Free Choice Act, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights and the Foreclosure Prevention Act which would directly benefit the economy and consumers.

For more information, please visit www.TakeBackTheEconomy.org.

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SEIU Locals in Washington State
include:

SEIU Local 6 – representing 3,500 janitors and security guards

SEIU Local 49 – representing 1,200 health care workers in SW Washington

SEIU Healthcare 775NW – representing 35,000 long-term care workers

SEIU 925 – representing 23,000 education and child care workers

SEIU Healthcare 1199NW – representing 22,000 nurses and healthcare workers

SEIU Local 1948 – representing 27,000 school employees

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Colorado - Boulder: National State Bank

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The National State Bank, at 1242 Pearl Street, featuring an exterior of Colorado red and white sandstone and brick, was built in 1899 to the Renaissance Revival design of architects F.G. Eberly and George Hyder. Housing the first permanent bank in Boulder, the corner building is the city's oldest business structure in continuous use. It was originally built for the Buckingham Brothers Bank, founded in 1874 by Charles G. and Walter A. Buckingham. The bank's name changed to National State Bank when it was nationalized in 1977.

Pearl Street Mall is a four block pedestrain mall stretching along Pearl Street between 11th and 15th Streets, hosting a blend of locally-owned businesses, national chain stores and restaurants, and street buskers. The Pearl Street Mall was constructed starting in 1976 and officially dedicated on August 6, 1977. The design team consisted of three firms: CommArts, Inc., Everett Ziegel Associates, and Sasaki Associates.

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Cooperative Business Bank Building next to its neighbor, Ljubljana

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The new juxtaposed with the old.

Bank Branding | Bank Signage | Bank Channel Letters | Washington Business Bank

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The exterior sign at the Washington Business Bank in Olympia, WA. This sign includes I-5’s ultra bright white approved led system for maximum brightness and reduced power consumption. View more retail bank examples here.

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Bank of America - Take Back the Economy 4-28-09 (16)

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Photo Credit: Neil Parekh / SEIU Healthcare 775NW

Seattle Taxpayers Demonstrate at Bank of America as Part of Continued Nationwide Actions to Take Back the Economy

“Taxpayer Proxy” Action Demands Bank Fire CEO Ken Lewis,

Commit to Strong Banking Reform, Voice for Workers

Seattle (April 28, 2009) – Taxpayers, working families and SEIU members joined together in Seattle today and more than 100 other cities across the nation today to take action outside Bank of America branches and collect and deliver “Taxpayer Proxies” demanding the bank fire CEO Ken Lewis and commit to financial reform that puts consumers and workers ahead of profits.

The taxpayer actions took place on the eve of Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC. After accepting billion in bailout funds, taxpayers and the government are the largest shareholders of Bank of America, and taxpayers in Seattle are demanding that their voices be heard.

On April 29th a delegation of community and national leaders will deliver the “Taxpayer Proxy” demands to the Bank of America shareholder meeting calling on it to: fire CEO Ken Lewis; support strong banking reform; eliminate predatory lending practices and unreasonable fees; support the Employee Free Choice Act to ensure workers have a voice to speak out for consumers and improve working conditions; and provide affordable healthcare to bank workers so they are not forced to rely on tax-payer funded public health programs.

“Taxpayers didn’t cause this economic crisis—but we sure are paying the price," said SanJerra Collins, a caregiver from Tacoma and member of SEIU Healthcare 775NW. “For years, banks have built a business model around pushing dangerous products and burying customers in more and more debt. It’s time for banks to stop these predatory practices and create a system that’s about helping people, not exploiting people.”

Over the last two years, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis has received .8 million in compensation, while the median wage for a teller at Bank of America hovers around the federal poverty line for a family of four.

Despite receiving billion in federal taxpayer bailout funds since last fall, Bank of America has announced plans to lay off 30,000 to 35,000 workers and handed out .2 million in corporate bonuses. Bank of America could have used the money they paid out in bonuses to give each of its bank tellers an estimated 1,000 raise—nearly seven times their median salary.

The bank also continues to make taxpayers pick up the tab for approximately million a year in employee health care costs because many Bank of America workers cannot afford the company’s health insurance and must rely on public healthcare programs. This costs Washington state taxpayers 9,000 every year.

Last year, Bank of America collected .3 billion in bank fees, almost 30 percent higher than either of its two largest competitors. And even after taking bailout money Bank of America continues running up credit card interest rates on customers even if they have made every payment on time. The bank arbitrarily hiked interest rates on one million play-by-the-rules, pay-on-time customers in 2007 alone.

In 2008, Bank of America spent over million on lobbying and opposed bills like the Employee Free Choice Act, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights and the Foreclosure Prevention Act which would directly benefit the economy and consumers.

For more information, please visit www.TakeBackTheEconomy.org.

###

SEIU Locals in Washington State
include:

SEIU Local 6 – representing 3,500 janitors and security guards

SEIU Local 49 – representing 1,200 health care workers in SW Washington

SEIU Healthcare 775NW – representing 35,000 long-term care workers

SEIU 925 – representing 23,000 education and child care workers

SEIU Healthcare 1199NW – representing 22,000 nurses and healthcare workers

SEIU Local 1948 – representing 27,000 school employees

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Bank vault door

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I think it's cool that you can see the mechanisms in the door.

The bank originally began in 1867 when Dr. Baker and John Boyer became partners in a successful mercantile business which supplied miners heading for the Idaho and Montana gold rushes. The miners trusted them so much, they'd bring their gold and ask for it to be stored in the store's large safe. No receipts were asked for and no losses were suffered.

In 1869 the mercantile was sold and Baker Boyer National Bank was founded. By 1889 Walla Walla had grown, Washington became the 42nd state in the union, and Baker Boyer received its national charter.

In 1890 a new bank building was erected on the same site as the original. In 1911 the bank needed more space so the present seven-story buildings was created in 1911. For a short time it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

During the Great Depression, Baker Boyer was determined to remain open and allowed customers to use the back door of the bank, until the license for reopening arrived.

My aunt Dorothy confirmed that my grandfathers' wheat ranch was not foreclosed on by Baker Boyer. The bank told my grandfather they knew he was good for the money he owed.

Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson are (l-r) Adrian Doran, Head of Barclays Corporate in Northern Ireland and

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Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson are (l-r) Adrian Doran, Head of Barclays Corporate in Northern Ireland and Jon Lavers, Area Manager, Barclays Business Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson is the Barclays Business team in Northern Ireland.

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Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson is the Barclays Business team in Northern Ireland.

Uzbekistan-25394000001 - World Bank

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Outside the Tosh Hovli – Stone Palace of Khiva, an Uzbek lady practices her craft, knitting. Photo: Brigitte Brefort © The World Bank

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Central Business District, Kisumu (4)

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Barclays Bank, Oginga Odinga Road - early morning