Wednesday July 04, 2007

Bankland Revisited

Last fall, my Columbus Circle correspondent Alexandra documented the growing resistance to the bankification of Manhattan with these photos of some clever anti-bank graffiti on the Upper West Side. Now Gawker is bemoaning the opposite trend, as banks turn into other things—like cloying night clubs and twee grocery stores. The forces of banking convenience have not been completely routed, however, as you can see from this sign A. found hanging in the window of a shuttered D’Agostino on 57th Street near 9th Avenue.