It sucks, but that's pretty much what the bank people originally said. $76K is pretty spendy.

If it's not a bland beige cube, how are people gonna know it's a Key Bank?

Maybe the architects can get together and move the Pagoda down by the Coliseum. That way they can keep all the old buildings that are falling apart in one place so they can look at them.

Should also be renamed 'Cesar Chavez Key Bank'

$76,000 is nothing for the banks, compared to the near quarter trillion dollars the government just gave them.

chicken coop

It's too bad. I love that building. You didn't mention the glorious orange tile walls! Just one more bit of character leeched out of the city.

@Will Radik

I will miss the goldfish pond the most.

The loss of the Pagoda is just the latest example of the Hollywood neighborhood losing all of its wonderful late 50's/early 60's architectural character. The marvelous old bank bulding on 43rd and NE Sandy was demolished for the ugly new mixed use/Whole Foods box. The old library building still stands, but the building that houses the new library location is hideous, as is the interior of the library itself. Quite a pity.