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GPT-010MechanicBank.jpg (42918 bytes) New York Architecture Images-  Greenpoint Brooklyn

Originally Mechanics and Traders Bank

architect

 

location

144 Franklin St., NE cor. Greenpoint Ave.

date

ca. 1895. 

style

Renaissance Revival

type

Bank

 

 

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Image: special thanks to Jolanta Zastocki.

notes

Brooding but glorious Renaissance Revival in Pompeian red terra-cotta, brick, and rock-face brownstone, with grand pilasters crowned by fantastic Composite capitals. Savor the terra-cotta frieze among other riches adorning this lovely building.  

 

 

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