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Dey Street and Church Street. East River Savings Bank

1936

East River Savings Bank

Dey Street and Church Street. East River Savings Bank

IMAGE DATE1936
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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.

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