Update: The bank building has now been demolished.
I was shocked to discover the old bank building, the only survivor from the demolition of River Roads Mall, has in turn fallen vacant, and rapidly deteriorating.
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Update: The bank building has now been demolished.
I was shocked to discover the old bank building, the only survivor from the demolition of River Roads Mall, has in turn fallen vacant, and rapidly deteriorating.
But that bank wasn’t built at the same time as RR was. I believe it was already there, wasn’t it? I don’t even remember it being on the same parcel of land……but I’m getting old.
Sue, I’m using the quadrant surrounded by four streets as my definition of River Roads Mall. It is true that the Colonial Revival bank building would not match the Modernist mall in age or style.