# Converted banks as other buildings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456 "2017-08-23T13:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jeezums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jeezums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeezums)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/41 "2017-08-26T22:19:46Z")
The Whitney Hotel on Poydras St in New Orleans is in a converted bank building. The vault is now the dining area. [http://www.whitneyhotel.com/constrain/564/2000//uploads/gallery/Vault\_1398881830.jpg](http://www.whitneyhotel.com/constrain/564/2000//uploads/gallery/Vault_1398881830.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/42 "2017-08-26T22:40:12Z")
Our County Clerk’s building is an old bank. Vault is still there, and in use. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/43 "2017-08-31T01:03:45Z")
A game store that hosted decent size events has a vault from a previous bank occupant of the building. I think they just used it for storage. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/44 "2017-08-31T01:18:30Z")
A bank near my job closed. Arkla gas moved in. Used the drive up windows to accept bill payments. They moved out. It became a tattoo parlor. The drive up teller lanes are still there but blocked off from use. It’s named the Vault Studio Tattoo and Body Piercing [https://www.google.com/search?q=university+tattoo+little+rock+ar&oq=little+rock+tattoo+universit&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.16568j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fid=0x87d2a457e37924bf:0xe0ff8272828dc1f8&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e3!2s-7v66yZRfGIQ/WWUelB7BfaI/AAAAAAAAABs/6J6clQSOlyIXEBWAxUaENnpNLT17OQ4FQCLIBGAYYCw&istate=lrl:iv&rlimm=16212820611885285880&viewerState=ga](https://www.google.com/search?q=university+tattoo+little+rock+ar&oq=little+rock+tattoo+universit&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2.16568j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fid=0x87d2a457e37924bf:0xe0ff8272828dc1f8&fpstate=luuv&imagekey=!1e3!2s-7v66yZRfGIQ/WWUelB7BfaI/AAAAAAAAABs/6J6clQSOlyIXEBWAxUaENnpNLT17OQ4FQCLIBGAYYCw&istate=lrl:iv&rlimm=16212820611885285880&viewerState=ga) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/45 "2017-08-31T01:24:35Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > A game store that hosted decent size events has a vault from a previous bank occupant of the building. I think they just used it for storage. They missed out on some obvious Fallout theme stuff there, providing the vault was the round door type and not square door. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/46 "2017-08-31T01:24:49Z")
The Google link crapped out. Linking from Google is a PITA Google The Vault Tattoo Little Rock Very cool photos. They did a nice job fixing it up. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/47 "2017-09-03T14:36:16Z")
Around here they often have pawn shops move into them. Seems sort of appropriate: security arrangements, nice locations, suitable size parking lot for their needs, etc. One of the ex-bank/ex-pawn shops nearby was recently replaced by a fast food place. I talked to a guy who worked near it and it only took them two days to demolish the vault zone with modest equipment. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/48 "2017-09-03T17:41:07Z")
[The Apple Store](https://goo.gl/images/hmXEUP) on Madison Avenue in NYC kept [the vault](https://goo.gl/images/VQ6Der) and [remodeled](https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/apple-store-ues-watch-fitting-salon.jpg?w=600&zoom=2) it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/49 "2017-09-06T20:09:00Z")
[Here’s another house in a bank.](http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/11/01/bank-home/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/50 "2017-09-07T13:02:44Z")
There’s a pub called [Fifteens](https://fifteensstannes.com/) in St. Annes, UK. The vault has a table with seating for around 15 people. The walls are covered with risque prints from various eras. It’s a good place to go with that annoying person who is always fiddling with his/her phone since there is absolutely no signal in the vault, not even from the pub wi-fi. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/51 "2017-09-10T03:34:45Z")
The bank that my dad worked in for 40 years was recently turned into a cool restaurant. One of our kids’ favorites, due to the most varied menu I’ve ever seen. They love to eat in the vault. And it’s nostalgic for me. It was where my dad would show me things like classic “money bags”, and, since in the 50s, banks actually transferred money with bills, a stack of $10,000 bills. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/52 "2017-09-10T12:47:10Z")
I used to work in downtown Philadelphia in the bottom floor of an office building. That floor used to be occupied by a bank; when the bank moved, the company which owned the rest of the building simply expanded into that space. The office-supplies room was called The Vault because that’s exactly what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456/53 "2017-09-10T15:23:00Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Seems a bit overkill to say “We can put the human resources files and office supplies in here”. > [@Nava](#): > > The office-supplies room was called The Vault because that’s exactly what it was. Proved me wrong! 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-banks-as-other-buildings/794456.md?page=2)