BANK

NORWICH CONNECTICUT

This is apparently no longer a bank, if the missing lettering is to be believed. It’s hard to read in my photo, but it looks to have been The Thames National Bank when I blow it up. The giant vault alarm must have made one hell of a noise when it went off, though by the look of the structure, only a meteor impact or direct hit with a cobalt bomb would scratch the thing. Banks used to be designed to reflect strength and permanence, but given the state of the economy and the financial world, they now often festoon their exteriors with mirrored windows. Or smoky glass. How appropriate.

I have no idea what the building is used for today. There is a tiny sign in the door’s window, but I can’t read it from here in Arkansaw.