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    1066-Foot Tower will Abut Landmarked Bank Building

    Landmarks Preservation Commission  •  Certificate of Appropriateness  •  Downtown Brooklyn
    Project Rendering. Image Credit: JDS Development and the Chetrit Group.

    9 DeKalb Avenue. Project Rendering. Image Credit: JDS Development and the Chetrit Group.

    Designated bank lobby will be converted to retail space, while new tower will accommodate residential use. On April 19, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to approve work impacting the individually designated Dime Savings Bank, as well as its lobby, an interior Landmark. The site lies at 9 Dekalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, on an irregularly shaped block bounded by Dekalb and Flatbush Avenues and Fulton Street. The proposed tower will displace the Williamsburgh Savings Bank as the borough’s tallest building. The work entails the demolition of a portion of the 1930s addition, the creation of a new entrance on Flatbush Avenue, and alterations to the lobby to adapt it to retail use. The new tower will be partially sited within the landmarked lot. The plan includes extensive restoration work to the bank building. (more…)

    Tags : Adi Shamir-Baron, Brooklyn Community Board 2, Chetrit Group, Commissioner Diana Chapin, Commissioner Michael Goldblum, Dime Savings Bank, Fred Bland, Higgins Quasebath, Historic Districts Council, Jan Hird Pokorny Associates, JDS Development, Kelly Carroll, Meenakshi Srinivasan, SHoP Architects, Williamsburgh Savings Bank
    Date: 05/05/2016
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