Greenwich Savings Bank Building

The Greenwich Savings Bank Building stands as a monumental temple of finance, designed by the architects York and Sawyer and completed in nineteen twenty-four. To solve the problem of its irregular, trapezoidal lot at the intersection of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, the architects employed a clever bit of visual sleight of hand. By using colossal, fluted Corinthian columns and a heavy, rusticated limestone base, they unified the three street-facing sides of the building into a cohesive, classic design that hides the unusual angles of the site. The result is a structure that commands the corner with the permanence and weight of an ancient Roman temple, meant to inspire absolute trust in every depositor who walked through its doors.