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14th Street and 8th Avenue. The N.Y. Savings Bank

1921

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14th Street and 8th Avenue. The N.Y. Savings Bank

IMAGE DATE1921
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New York Savings Bank, ca. 1921.

The New York Savings Bank has occupied the northwest corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue since the middle of the 19th century. By the turn of the century the bank deemed themselves in need of a new building. Robert Henderson Robertson designed a white marble Roman temple topped by a striking copper dome. The building, which remained a bank through the 1960s, was designated an exterior and interior landmark in 1988. As such each of its ensuing tenants (including a carpet shop, grocery store, and currently CVS) have has to abide by the rules governing interior landmarks (such as not attaching anything to walls or floors).

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