Those problems have been remedied by a two-year, $22 million renovation: a 20,000-square-foot addition provides ample storage and modern mechanical systems, while the main vault now houses a space where students can get up close and personal with, say, a model for Dulles International Airport, designed by a former Cranbrook instructor, Eero Saarinen, Eliel's son.
After some time, Chudzinski managed to get a hold of the security codes and keys to the main vault.
After spending an hour and 45 minutes in the main vault, they fled with 220 kilos of banknotes from Italy and Northern Africa, worth the current equivalent of $44 million.
After spending an hour and 45 minutes in the main vault, they fled with 220 kilos of banknotes from Italy and Northern Africa, worth the current equivalent of £28 million.
At the Palestine International Bank, another private institution, an attempt had been made to break into the main vault, the back of an A.T.M. had been yanked out and teller cash drawers had been pried open.
The money gets delivered to the bank, taken directly behind a security door, and into the secure area, where the main vault is kept.
They then cut through a sliding iron gate and drilled three adjoining circular holes in the wall of the main vault with a Hilti DD350 diamond-tipped drill.
The men spent the night cutting through a sliding iron gate and drilling three adjoining circular holes in the wall of the main vault with a Hilti DD350 diamond-tipped drill.
When police called for backup and conducted a search they discovered a tunnel leading into the main vault under a Brinks depot.
"My uncle had a stamp collection that he kept in the bank's main vault.
