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Undead said:
Sorry for the continued OT, but I'm young, and I prefer a visit to a branch for major transactions.
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Clearly there are users (of all ages) who use bank branches because if there weren't I would think banks would stop opening them. The point that was being made a few posts ago is that the need for branches (or the banks' willingness to pay for them) changes and we are currently in a 'branch expansion' phase. Based on the past, it will not continue for ever.
 
C-mac said:
No but so many buildings do and there is no need for them. I generally speaking don't like them so glad no spire on this one.
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Indeed, condos built in the mid 1990s had central spires. Then in the late 1990s, the spires moved to one corner (go to the 401 and Yonge going east to see this. These buildings uniformly have a terrible application/use of spires
 
...I think the perception of spires during that time was due to the fact that many developments where pushing those, but there wasn't nearly the amount of towers being built then as there has been in the last 10 years without. Pretty much drowning those out...and thankfully so.
 
hansboyca said:
I know some old people who do all their everyday banking at an actual bank because they don't trust online services or even phone services. I think the last time I was in a bank was over almost five years ago: to pick up a bank draft to put down a deposit on a condo. But yes, banks, and phone stores - not to forget the ubiquitous nail salons - kill retail areas.
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People tend to have a need for a physical branch as they mature and grow up
 
Yowzers, it even makes the CIBC towers look puny (although they’re slightly farther away).

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Flipped, rotated, truncated, ice-ated.

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