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Central Savings Bank

Landmarks of New York

 
 
Central Savings Bank Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, April 24, 2025
1. Central Savings Bank Marker
Inscription.
This building, designed in the style of the Italian Renaissance by York and Sawyer, was completed in 1928. It is the third home of the bank organized in 1859, which moved its principal offices to this site in 1928 from Fourteenth Street and Fourth Avenue where it had first occupied space in the old Napier Hotel that was razed in 1871.
Plaque erected 1961 by
The New York Community Trust

 
Erected 1961 by New York Community Trust.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureIndustry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
 
Location. 40° 46.772′ N, 73° 58.888′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in the Upper West Side. It is on Broadway near W 73rd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2100 Broadway, New York NY 10023, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the
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Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Verdi Square (a few steps from this marker); The Dorilton (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Right Rev. Monsignor Matthew A. Taylor (about 800 feet away); 246 West End Avenue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Matthew P. Sapolin Playground (approx. 0.2 miles away); 240 West End Avenue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Engine 74 / Ladder 25 (approx. 0.2 miles away); West End Collegiate Church and Collegiate School (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Septuagesimo Uno (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named Septuagesimo Uno (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Tecumseh Playground (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Tecumseh Playground
Central Savings Bank Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, April 24, 2025
2. Central Savings Bank Marker
(was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Apple Bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, April 24, 2025
3. Apple Bank
This landmarked building, an Apple Bank franchise at the time of this photo, is best known today for the bold time and temperature display on the building's face.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 24, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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