The Brooklyn Tower

9 Dekalb Avenue | Boerum Hill | built 2022

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  1. 1908

    December 19

    The Dime Savings Bank moves into its Pentelic marble building at DeKalb Avenue and Fleet Street

    Work began in 1906 on the Dime Savings Bank's new home, designed by Mowbray and Uffinger at a cost of $600,000 including the land. It was the first bank building in the United States clad in Pentelic marble, about 2,000 tons of it, supplied by an English syndicate that reopened the ancient quarries. The bank moved in on December 19, 1908.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1932

    Halsey, McCormack and Helmer enlarge the Dime Savings Bank, adding the rotunda and Lee Lawrie's pediment

    The Dime Savings Bank had opened branches in Bensonhurst and Flatbush and needed a bigger central office, so it hired Halsey, McCormack and Helmer for a large expansion in 1931-1932. The work added the rotunda with its twelve red marble columns in the banking room. Sculptor Lee Lawrie carved the pediment group "Morning and Evening of Life" over the Albee Square portico.

    “This pediment was designed by sculptor Lee Lawrie as part of the 1931–1932 renovation.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1944

    The Dime opens a permanent exhibit for home buyers that draws 42,000 visitors in its first year

    In 1944 the Dime opened a permanent homebuyers' exhibit on the sixth floor of its building, and more than 42,000 people visited in the first year. A free homebuyers' exhibit on the second floor followed in 1948 and moved next to the rotunda in 1949, drawing 250,000 visitors in five years. Later events in the bank included an orchid show in 1954 and a showcase of Pablo Picasso's artwork in 1962.

    “The Dime Savings Bank opened a permanent exhibit for homebuyers on the sixth floor of its building in 1944, with more than 42,000 visitors in its first year.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1956

    Tellers' windows open on Saturdays, making the bank the only one in the city to do so

    In 1956 the Dime began running its sidewalk tellers' windows on Saturdays. That made its branch at 9 DeKalb Avenue the only bank building in New York City operating on that day.

    “The tellers' windows on the sidewalk started operating on Saturdays in 1956, making Dime's 9 DeKalb Avenue branch the only bank building in the city to operate during Saturdays.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 1994

    July 19

    The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the Dime Savings Bank a city landmark

    Public hearings were held by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in June 1993 to decide on landmark status for the facade and interior of the Dime Savings Bank, along with three other Brooklyn banks and two in Manhattan. On July 19, 1994, the commission named the bank building a city landmark.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2015

    December

    Developers JDS and Chetrit buy the Dime Savings Bank from JPMorgan Chase for $90 million

    JDS Development and the Chetrit Group had bought the adjoining six-story office building at 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension in 2014 for $43.5 million. In December 2015, with a $115 million loan from Fortress Investment Group, they acquired the landmarked Dime Savings Bank Building, buying it from JPMorgan Chase at a price of $90 million. Their plans called for a skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects, and the landmarks commission approved modifications to the bank in April 2016.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2021

    October 28

    The Brooklyn Tower tops out as the tallest building in Brooklyn

    By July 2021 the tower had passed 721 feet, making it the tallest building in Brooklyn, and it topped out on October 28, 2021. It is the borough's first supertall building. The finished tower rises 1,035 feet and was designed by SHoP Architects, with the Dime Savings Bank preserved at its base.

    “The building topped out on October 28, 2021.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  8. 2024

    Silverstein pays $672 million to take over the unsold apartments after developer JDS defaults

    In March 2024 JDS Development defaulted on a $240 million mezzanine loan, and Silverstein Capital Partners indicated it would sell the retail and rental portions of the building at a foreclosure auction. Only 18 of 148 condos had sold by then. After settlement talks began in June, Silverstein paid $672 million the next month to take over the unsold apartments from JDS.

    Source: Wikipedia

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