Belleville has a good deal of cool mid-century modern architecture, and one example of this is the former Associated Bank building on East Washington that was designed by Eugene Hausmann and Lyman Wiesenstein in the 1960s as the Citizens’ Bank and Trust Co. The thing that immediately catches my eye are the circles in the windows…they suggest bubbles floating up to the sky:

The entrance itself also has a cool mid-century modern aesthetic:

I’m not sure what is currently planned for this building, but I hope it finds some use, because it is a fantastic example of my favorite type of commercial architecture!