Monday, February 12, 2024

[Updated] Bank of America makes it temp signage official on 2nd Avenue and 7th Street

The new Bank of America branch is shaping up at 119 Second Ave. at Seventh Street... and now with temp signage ...
... and a look inside...
As we reported last Oct. 4, BoA will be the first retail tenant at the condoplex. 

According to an email from the bank:
Come see us at our new location. We have ATMs, banking, lending and small business associates, as well as financial advisory specialists, ready to help you with your banking needs. Opening date: 03/11/2024.
The new building was ready for occupancy in mid-2021... six years after the deadly gas explosion destroyed this corner in March 2015 and took the lives of Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Locón. 

This arrival means the closure of the BoA at 72 Second Ave. and Fourth Street, a space that has served as a bank branch since the building went up in the late 1920s as the Industrial National Bank.

Updated 2/14

NOW SIGNAGE OFFICIAL... (thanks to Steven for the pics)...
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7 comments:

  1. NeighborFebruary 12, 2024 at 12:28 PM

    Glad something is coming in. Hopefully helps clean up this corner/stretch a bit.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2024 at 4:23 PM

    Why do banks even need brick and mortar

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2024 at 4:51 PM

    I would yank the license of whatever architect picked out the bricks for that god-awful building.

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  4. ExterminatorFebruary 12, 2024 at 6:48 PM

    I would only open account there if I get a
    free toaster.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM

    Agreed, 4:51, and those bricks are not going to age well, aesthetically. Can you imagine the soot and pigeon buildup already on the ones that jut out?
    And when it's time for the regular, mandated facade mortar check and subsequent work, that must surely be a complication.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2024 at 12:42 AM

    Even if they remove the graffiti from the brick walls prior to opening, some punk will probably return to the building, and do their thing again. Why on earth does the EV need another fucking bank? Let me guess. Because they are one of the only merchants who can afford rent.

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  7. Scuba DivaFebruary 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM

    I had the impression there was some urgency to move the bank branch that was at 2nd avenue and 4th street out of that space, so that the 2nd Avenue Subway could—finally—start their construction at that location? [The above comment is the product of my racking my brains for several minutes, since it's been literal years since I've heard the 2nd avenue subway brought up.)

    I had banked there since it was a NatWest™ branch, and left when Fleet™—the bank that's named after an enema—was swallowed up by BoA.

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