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Kings County Savings Bank ยท 137 Broadway
Kings County Savings Bank
Kings County Savings Bank

[Looking east on Broadway from Bedford Avenue and South 6th Street.]

IMAGE DATE1975
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Kings County Savings Banks ca. 1975

Post-Civil War elegance in this country always aped the grandeur of Second Empire Paris. This bank, with its high mansard roofs, quoins in the walls, and rusticated first floor, was no exception.

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