Bank

When I worked downtown, about 10 years ago, this was indeed a bank: U.S. Bank, in the historic Farmers & Mechanics Bank, a classical and impressively sober place. Now it’s a restaurant in the new Westin Hotel, and from the skyway, at least, it still looks pretty impressive; I’m glad that the chandeliers and friezes have been maintained, and I liked the look of the open kitchen where the bank tellers used to be. But I was traveling through with my six-year-old assistants, and $9 for an egg salad sandwich was a bit rich for our budget.

Now see these:

• hide and seek from myphotosquare
• carnival dance from dreams of light