It was said that Emperor Franz Joseph had not only avoided passing next to Looshaus for the rest of his life by using the exit at the Michaelerplatz, but also had to leave the windows of the Hofburg nailed so that he did not have to see the "hideous" house anymore.
Es heißt, Kaiser Franz Joseph habe nicht nur den Rest seines Lebens vermieden, die Ausfahrt am Michaelerplatz zu benützen, sondern auch die Fenster der Hofburg vernageln lassen, damit er das „scheußliche“ Haus nicht mehr sehen musste.