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Dime Savings Bank’s Historic Facade Remains as Additions Demo’d to Prep for First Supertall
by Seán Devlin
Sep 18, 2017
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In Downtown Brooklyn, workers are preparing to fuse Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper to the one of the borough’s most iconic structures.
A chunk of the facade of the famed, landmarked Dime Savings Bank building is standing on its own as prep work continues in advance of
the construction of Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper at 9 Dekalb Avenue, aka 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension.
The new tower, from developers Chetrit Group and JDS Development Group and designer SHoP Architects, will alter the skyline of Brooklyn
and change the feel of historically low-rise Downtown Brooklyn, bringing the borough one step closer to Manhattan-like density and height.
....The bank building is landmarked both inside and out, unusually, and will be preserved and integrated into the new skyscraper. Most recently
a branch of JP Morgan Chase, the building will become four stories of retail and office space for a single future tenant.
The design for 340 Flatbush has an unusual shape inspired in part by the hexagonal footprint of the Dime Savings Bank. The dark vertical lines
of the building also echo some of the bank’s architectural details.
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