Cleveland's Bank Lobbies: Hidden Temples to Prosperity
CityProwl Cleveland
English - September 22, 2008 17:58 - ★★★★ - 1 ratingPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Leisure Automotive cleveland walking tour sightseeing soundseeing architecture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Most people think of banks as uptight, grey-suited and above all, not a place to let loose a creative spirit. Well, Cleveland’s gorgeous downtown bank lobbies are hidden jewels, known mostly to bankers and their clients. In this prowl you...
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Most people think of banks as uptight, grey-suited and above
all, not a place to let loose a creative spirit. Well, Cleveland’s
gorgeous downtown bank lobbies are hidden jewels, known mostly to bankers and
their clients. In this prowl you will experience these lobbies up close and
personal and learn about their oftentimes colorful histories, extravagant
design and how they are moving into the 21st century. Banking has never been so
interesting! This prowl is 40 minutes long and recorded Summer 2008.
Interviewed in this Prowl were:
Peter van Dijk FAIA, Architect
for renovations to Society for Savings, Federal Reserve Bank, Huntington
Building and Ameritrust.
Jennifer Ransom and Tony Notaro, The
Federal Reserve of Cleveland
Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County
Commissioner
CityProwl Fellow: Adrienne Nelson ‘09 Laurel
School