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We are starting a new feature Building of the Day. It’s a no-frills look at interesting structures of all types and from all neighborhoods. There will be old, new, important, forgotten, public, private, good and bad. Whatever strikes our fancy. We hope you enjoy.

Address: 88 Hanson Place
Name: Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church
Neighborhood: Times Plaza (Fort Greene) BAM Historic District
Year Built: 1929-1931
Architectural Style: Modern Gothic/Art Moderne
Architects: Halsey, McCormick and Helmer
Why chosen: Designed by same architects as the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, next door, it is totally different from any other church in Brooklyn, with receding and projecting planes, echoing the bank building. It has stores incorporated into its ground floor, and many of the same kinds of decorative Deco reliefs and lettering. Forever tied to the bank, physically and stylistically, this block front is an ironic joining of God and Mammon. GMAP