Work is almost complete on the borough’s first supertall, The Brooklyn Tower.
Photo by Susan De Vries
Work is almost complete on the borough’s first supertall, The Brooklyn Tower, with facade installation wrapping up on the building’s double-height plinth and tenants and homeowners already taking up residence in the skyscraper that towers over it.
On Tuesday, workers at 9 Dekalb Ave. were busy in the still-under construction section of the base fronting Fleet Street, while the stretch along Flatbush Avenue Extension and Dekalb appears finished. The wavy white marble and dark stone-faced podium fuses the tower to the landmarked Dime Savings Bank.
Meanwhile, the skyline-altering 93-story, 550-unit SHoP-designed tower stemming from the podium has proven eye-catching not just for its extreme height (being the first building in the borough to hit four digits at 1,066 feet), but also for its dark and piercing appearance reminiscent of both grand Art Deco structures and the Tower of Sauron from Lord of the Rings.
The crystal gray vision glass, bronzed metal, and blackened stainless steel, designed to echo some of the bank’s architectural details, make for a newly iconic and somewhat divisive Brooklyn build. A spokesperson for developer JDS Development Group called it an “important architectural milestone for the borough” on par with the Empire State Building in Manhattan in a 2021 email to Brownstoner.
SHoP are the creative minds behind some of the most prominent developments in Brooklyn, including Two Trees’ Domino Sugar Refinery master plan and the Barclays Center arena. The firm is known for bold, visually striking designs.
As part of the new development, the Dime Savings Bank, already one of Brooklyn’s most notable buildings and both an exterior and rare interior landmark, is getting a full interior and exterior renovation. It includes restoration of the rotunda and original marble floors, the addition of new…
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