Dime Savings Bank's Exterior Restoration a Wrap
Riding through Fulton Mall last week, we noticed that the facade of the Dime Savings Bank was free and clear of the scaffolding that had enshrouded it for the past year or so. The historic building, which Francis Morrone calls “one of the four or five most magnificent banking buildings in New York City,” was…
Riding through Fulton Mall last week, we noticed that the facade of the Dime Savings Bank was free and clear of the scaffolding that had enshrouded it for the past year or so. The historic building, which Francis Morrone calls “one of the four or five most magnificent banking buildings in New York City,” was designed by Mowbray & Uffinger and built in 1907; it was expanded by the architects Halsey, McCormack & Helmer in 1931. The exterior is particularly notable for the dome, the collonades and the sculpture-filled pediment. (For the Landmark Preservation report on the building, click here.) As you can see from the photo below (on the jump), the interior is even more mind-blowing. Almost reason enough to open up an account at Washington Mutual, the current occupant of the building. GMAP
Interior photo from fakeisthenewreal
Ha, Washington Mutual is definitely going under. No question about it. Oh well, a nice bank will take it over eventually.
great. just in time for the FDIC to restore WAMU.
Talk about juxtaposition! This landmark adjacent to City Point, whatever it ends up looking like…
We sure have the bank. All we need now are the people who can save some of their dough there.
I go there occasionally just to admire the design. It is really beautiful. I do wish they would fix the clock on the front of the building.
I agree. It’s worth wandering around the interior to see the different ways the architects incorporated the theme of dimes into every part of the design.
It truly is a temple of commerce, and I’m so glad the interior, as well as the exterior, is landmarked. It is horrible to imagine the interior dismantled, or subdivided into floors, or otherwise mangled.
beautiful