Posted photos are required to have the Williamsburgh Clock Tower, in downtown Brooklyn, somewhere in the frame, and viewers MUST be able to readily identify it.
History
The Williamsburgh Bank Tower - 1929
One Hanson Place - Fort Greene
Style: Art Deco
Architect: Halsey, McCormack & Helmer
Known to Brooklynites as simply “the clock tower”, it’s the tallest building in Brooklyn (512 feet tall) and one of the two tallest buildings on Long Island. Its four-faced clock was the largest in the world in 1929.
The crowning dome was built as a homage to the other Brooklyn Williamsburgh Bank building, on Broadway in Williamsburg (the bank has an h, the neighborhood does not). Since 1987, the two buildings have been a part of the Republic National Bank and subsequently, HSBC (the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation).
Feed – Subscribe to the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Clock Tower pool