
New York City's Civic Center
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The former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Building at 49-51 Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan's Civic Center, Viewed thru snow covered trees in City Hall Park. New York City, New York State, USA.
The Emigrant Bank was organized in 1850 by the trustees of the Irish Emigrant Society to protect the savings of newly arrived Irish imigrants and to teach them the virtues of savings and industry. This limestone faced early skyscraper was built between 1908 and 1912 in the...
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The Emigrant Bank was organized in 1850 by the trustees of the Irish Emigrant Society to protect the savings of newly arrived Irish imigrants and to teach them the virtues of savings and industry. This limestone faced early skyscraper was built between 1908 and 1912 in the...
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© Jeff Spielman 2011