The new employees are working like little bees to get Brooklyn's new Trader Joe's ready for its Friday opening, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
Thanks goodness the store is keeping a lot of the historic touches from the building's old Independence Bank days: a plaque commemorating Washington’s victory and, in the interior, three antique chandeliers, some original marble paneling, and a gold-leaf plaque depicting “Prudence” and “Justice.”
Downstairs, two old vaults -- long rumored to be haunted -- have inexplicably been retained.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Brooklyn's Trader Joe's To Keep Historical Touches, Including Haunted Bank Vaults
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4 comments:
great, great great! Just please fix the clock! Right twice aday just doesn't cut it!
It's not out of the goodness of their little trader hearts...this is a landmark building so they HAVE to keep historical details.
Only on the outside. They could have put in a false ceiling and made two floors out of it.
It's not surprising they left the vaults intact; the cost, damage, and time to remove them would be quite considerable. In fact, a number of businesses in former banking spaces have left their vaults untouched. Some places (Rothman's on Union Square comes to mind), even utilize their vaults as sales space!
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