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    JARMULOWSKY’S BANK, Lower East Side

    by Kevin Walsh May 9, 2022
    by Kevin Walsh May 9, 2022 2 comments

    AFTER nearly a decade when it was obscured by construction netting and scaffolding, the 1912 Jarmulowsky’s Bank building, a “supertall” for its time, has completed a $190M restoration and has…

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    MORE REPURPOSED BANK BUILDINGS

    by Kevin Walsh May 20, 2019
    by Kevin Walsh May 20, 2019 8 comments

    Every so often retired MTA bus driver Gary Fonville sends me some things he’s found, having spotted them on his old bus routes or in the trains. As often as…

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    JAMAICA SAVINGS BANK, Elmhurst

    by Kevin Walsh February 23, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh February 23, 2018 6 comments

    The former Jamaica Savings Bank on Queens Boulevard and 56th Avenue exhibits phases, like the moon, depending on where you view it. Designed and built for Jamaica Savings Bank in…

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    LINCOLN SAVINGS BANK, Bay Ridge

    by Kevin Walsh November 16, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh November 16, 2015 15 comments

    I was in Bay Ridge for a dental appointment when I once again passed the huge bank building at 5th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway (called by all Bay Ridgeites…

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    DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, Fordham

    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh October 1, 2015 19 comments

    One of my favorites in Fordham is the Dollar Savings Bank tower on the east side of the Grand Concourse north of Fordham Road.  This Bronx landmark was built by…

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    MORE FORMER BANKS

    by Kevin Walsh July 5, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh July 5, 2015 20 comments

    For over ten years, my MTA bus dispatcher compadre Gary Fonville has been providing photos and stories behind buildings and signs he has seen along his former routes. He has…

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    FORMER BANKS around town

    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh December 25, 2010 0 comment

    BY GARY FONVILLE Forgotten NY Correspondent The banking industry has gone through many changes. Look around. Twenty years ago if you had an account at Westminster Bank and keep it…

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    AMSTERDAMMIN’ from West 72nd-110th

    by Kevin Walsh November 20, 2010
    by Kevin Walsh November 20, 2010 0 comment

    If there is a glaring weakness in the FNY canon it’s upper Manhattan. For whatever reason I have not spent enough time north of Grand Army Plaza or Columbus Circle.…

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    THE ABANDONED BANK in Douglaston, Queens

    by Kevin Walsh September 27, 2007
    by Kevin Walsh September 27, 2007 0 comment

    Douglaston Parkway is one of the older roads in its namesake neighborhood in eastern Queens, as you may expect. It was originally known as Alley Road, so named since it ran…

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    BANK REMNANTS

    by Kevin Walsh September 10, 2005
    by Kevin Walsh September 10, 2005 3 comments

    HUBRIS. We all have it now and then.You get on a little roll, and you think you can keep it going forever, that little winning streak you’re on. Sooner or…

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    BRONX BANKS

    by Kevin Walsh August 13, 2000
    by Kevin Walsh August 13, 2000 0 comment

    Since Alexander Hamilton founded the Bank of New York in the late 1700s, there have been hundreds of different banks flourishing in NYC. Some lasted for decades, only to ultimately…

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