Dey Street and Church Street. East River Savings Bank
1936
Dey Street and Church Street. East River Savings Bank
22 Cortlandt Street, 1936.
This East River Savings Bank branch was constructed in 1933. Designed by the same firm, Walker & Gillette, as the National City Bank of New York on Broadway and Canal, the two buildings share a number of features. This Art Deco structure also includes stylized eagles surrounding the bank seal, towering over the main entrance of decorate metalwork. Today the building houses a section of the enormous flagship Century 21 department store.