Tag: Harlem Savings Bank
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Run On The Harlem Savings Bank
Ebay has a photo of a 1907 ‘run’ on the Harlem Savings Bank. The photo is from the Brown Brothers Photo Archive’s file titled “Bank Panics”. The 1907 bank panic was caused by public distrust of the banking system and created a frenzy of withdrawals. To avoid a serious financial crisis in the country wealthy…
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Harlem in Inwood
I used to live in Inwood in the ’90s and walked past this Apple Bank regularly. Until a sign was removed recently, I had no idea that the building was originally a Harlem Savings Bank branch. The classic Art Deco building was the creation of architects Halsey, McCormack and Helmer from the 1940’s. Note that Harlem…