The block today: believe it or not, it's a parking ramp. The facade looks like it's being attacked by an Alien chest-piercing mandible.
The oddred building was once the Marquette National Bank - but before that, it was the Scandanavian Bank, drawing on the rich and timeless connections between Nordic moneylenders and ancient Nile-based empires.
Step through the doorway to thrift! said the matchbooks. And not an ancient Egyptian tomb-defiling curse. No, sir, not a curse at all.
The bank still exists, but appears to have gotten out of the ordinary-person business.
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