There are winged palaces the other side of the highway, and the pleasure of the sight of God just behind the drive-in bank.

The building drew near-unanimous praise from architects, but some members of the public found the architecture cold and insufficiently-dignified, complaining that it looked like "a drive-in bank or subway station."

Two motor banks served customers: a "walk-up" bank on Elm Street for pedestrians and a "drive-in" bank on Pacific Street.

It was 83 degrees, according to a sign on the drive-in bank across the street, a good z0 degrees higher than it had been in Carbondale that morning.

Things that were still novelties in Iowa-shopping centers, drive-in banks, McDonald's restaurants, miniature golf courses, kids on skateboardswere old and long established in California.

This resulted in a white, boxy, flat-topped, pseudo-Colonial structure that could easily be mistaken for a drive-in bank.

But Hemphill was gone and there was a drive-in bank and a bakery where Eagle Beef and Kosher Meats had been.

Made of steel and glass, equipped with built-in wooden shelves and even a water cooler, the booth is as sleek and spacious as a drive-in bank.

One of those systems like they have in drive-in banks, with a video monitor so they can see you in your car.

I stop at the drive-in bank then I drive out the highway to the lake to pick up my date.