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Soooo happy about this! I got into BofA when I was living in Boston and was disappointed at the lack of locations in the area when I came back here. This is a great addition to the block and they certainly built it to fit the look and feel of the street.

Now I can stop paying those damn $2 convenience charges to use another bank's ATM whenever I head to Faherty's!!!

I totally agree, even if they don't use the second floor having the option there for the future only add value and future adaptations of the building. We can't think the Evan's National Bank, like any other business will last forever. We need buildings that will stand the test of time. The bricks look fantastic I thought, I really like this addition Elmwood. Also the increased visibility of the parking ramp I agree will help draw attention to the availability of parking right of Elmwood. now we just need a Parking with arrow sign, maybe even make it fancy and illuminate it with how many spaces are available.

OK, time for an M&T in Allentown... GO!

Hey Union, you could have always walked down Utica, as there was a Bank of America branch right there. And it would be nice to see a new branch manager at this location. The Utica branch manager is a disaster.

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Thanks... I can't believe I never knew about that location. I feel stupid... to think of all the money I've wasted the last couple years going to other banks' ATMs. It makes me sick

THANK GOD that the bricks do not look brand spanking new. That would have been horrible. Can you imagine such a travesty?

Would it really have been that hard for them to find a real tenant for a real second floor that had real people going in and out and turning real lights on and off?

Put Buffalo... errr First Niagra on the second floor. There's no elmwood/delaware/easily accessibly locations without going into the core of downtown... are there?

Tinted windows are typically mean onlt to keep light from the outside from entering. It is an energy saving device since they would then have to air condition the spaces for the summer. But they also loose the warmth of it during the winter. Just the mentality of a larger bank who doesn't think about design to a local instead of an average US market (southern and warmer). I wonder if they would have saved more money leaving them open to the sun and incorporating some passive solar techniques. Either way what can you do.

I went by there during the day and just as this picture shows you can't see anything going on inside. I assumed maybe this was because of construction but I wouldn't plan on seeing in during daylight hours just at night.

The second floor was built for a future use since banks don't like being in the landlord business. Perhaps if they desires they could build it out as office but in all likelihood it will sit empty until a non-bank tenant take over the building.

Tinted windows are typically mean onlt to keep light from the outside from entering. It is an energy saving device since they would then have to air condition the spaces for the summer. But they also loose the warmth of it during the winter. Just the mentality of a larger bank who doesn't think about design to a local instead of an average US market (southern and warmer). I wonder if they would have saved more money leaving them open to the sun and incorporating some passive solar techniques. Either way what can you do.

I went by there during the day and just as this picture shows you can't see anything going on inside. I assumed maybe this was because of construction but I wouldn't plan on seeing in during daylight hours just at night.

The second floor was built for a future use since banks don't like being in the landlord business. Perhaps if they desires they could build it out as office but in all likelihood it will sit empty until a non-bank tenant take over the building.

queenseyes' perspective is a popular one and it encourages mediocre architecture. Architects like Carl Frizlin understand that they can appease the community by throwing on some cheap historicism or adding a tiny bit of landscaping. Now the big issue are tinted windows? This piece by piece criticism doesnt lead to satisfying everyday architecture.

carl is so right. This is as good as a Walgreens.

hate to be a nay-sayer (actually, I do). the road set-up looks kind of screwy to me and complicated. it's going to be a bitch to have to make a left from elmwood into this driveway, and then intersect with users of the garage existing the grarage. pedestrians also will have to scramble.

Opened in May Forclosed in June

Pretty sad when a once-great city thinks this is something to crow about. Any strip mall in suburbia has as much.

Should be interesting when one of the crack heads from Sunoco or KFC try to rob this place with a candy bar.

Tinted glass is a mistake. Get more security on Elmwood and you might have more people shopping and walking around.

"Successful businesses depend on the public seeing what they offer. Wouldn't it be more inviting if we could see inside the space?"

Somehow I doubt that folks will be confused about what's being offered at this location, tinted glass or no. Maybe the giant "Bank of America" is a clue?

I think this building looks fine. My only concern is the drive-through part in the middle of this block. Wouldn't Friday's and first of each month be busy with cars coming and going while people are trying to WALK past? Really, especially in a neighborhood that promotes walking and biking, do you really need a drive-through here?

GDC; never understood that--people spending more time in their cars with motors running doing their banking when they can simply walk in and be taken care of (usually) alot quicker. The block btwn utica and hodge already is a bitch for walking, parking and driving; this makes it worse

wow this went up fast. the second floor makes such an improvement over the old pier one store. i dont know what everyone is crying about... its just a bank

looks damn great and elmwood is lucky to have it

You would think Bank of America would at least pretend to be a community bank but apparently it wants to appear corporate even in it's neighborhood locations. All the effort to put a fake second floor on, build of decent materials is negated. At least it could be fixed someday.

ohhh, I supose they should of built a quaint victorian structure...lol

nice building, good location, and great for the block, but windows are really ghetto.

Watching people inside conducting business would really help liven this block.......now it looks cold and guarded.