Edificio del Apple Bank

El Apple Bank Building , también conocido como Central Savings Bank Building y 2100 Broadway , es un edificio bancario y residencial ubicado en 2100–2114 Broadway en el Upper West Side de Manhattan en la ciudad de Nueva York , Nueva York, EE. UU. Construido como una sucursal del Central Savings Bank , ahora Apple Bank , entre 1926 y 1928, ocupa una manzana trapezoidal delimitada por la calle 73 al sur, la avenida Amsterdam al este, la calle 74 al norte y Broadway al oeste. El Apple Bank Building fue diseñado por York y Sawyer en los estilos neorrenacentista y palazzo , inspirado en un palacio de estilo renacentista italiano .

La base del exterior está revestida con bloques de piedra rústica . Sobre la primera planta, hay arcos de doble altura en los cuatro lados con herrería ornamental de Samuel Yellin . La quinta y sexta planta están diseñadas como una logia , con ventanas separadas por pilastras , mientras que el tejado es de teja española. En el interior, las entradas por la calle 73, Broadway y la calle 74 conducen a vestíbulos ornamentales. La sala bancaria rectangular junto a la avenida Amsterdam tiene paredes de arenisca, suelo de mármol, grandes nichos y un techo artesonado con bóveda de cañón. Un entresuelo da a la sala bancaria hacia el oeste. El sótano del edificio, antiguamente una bóveda bancaria, funciona como gimnasio. Las plantas superiores albergan 29 apartamentos en condominio .

El edificio del Central Savings Bank abrió sus puertas el 8 de diciembre de 1928 como sucursal en la zona alta de la ciudad, siendo la sede central del banco en ese entonces ubicada en Union Square, Manhattan . Los pisos superiores se alquilaron originalmente como oficinas, mientras que el banco ocupaba la planta baja. La fachada del edificio fue declarada monumento histórico de la ciudad de Nueva York en 1975, y el edificio se incluyó en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1983. El Central Savings Bank se fusionó con el Harlem Savings Bank (más tarde conocido como Apple Bank for Savings) en 1981, y el edificio continuó funcionando como sucursal bancaria de barrio. La sala bancaria fue declarada monumento histórico de la ciudad de Nueva York en 1993. Las oficinas de los pisos superiores se convirtieron en apartamentos en condominio entre 2004 y 2007. A diferencia de otros grandes edificios bancarios en la ciudad de Nueva York, el edificio del Apple Bank aún alberga una sucursal bancaria.

El edificio del Apple Bank está en 2100–2114 Broadway , en el Upper West Side de Manhattan en la ciudad de Nueva York , Nueva York, EE. UU. Ocupa una manzana trapezoidal delimitada por Broadway al oeste, la calle 74 al norte, la avenida Amsterdam al este y la calle 73 al sur. ^{[ 2 ]} El terreno cubre 20 475 pies cuadrados (1902,2 m ² ), con un frente de 213,67 pies (65,13 m) en Broadway y una profundidad de 131,67 pies (40,13 m). ^{[ 3 ]} El edificio está cerca de varias otras estructuras, incluidos los apartamentos The Ansonia al oeste, los apartamentos The Dorilton una cuadra al sur y el Hotel Beacon y el Teatro Beacon al norte. ^{[ 2 ] [ 3 ]} Directamente al sur de 2100 Broadway se encuentra Verdi Square y una entrada para la estación de la calle 72 del metro de la ciudad de Nueva York . ^{[ 3 ]}

Historically, the bank building's site was part of a 19th-century development called Harsenville.^[4] The southern part of the site, formerly lot 26,^[5] was previously occupied by the five-story Sherman Apartments.^[6][7] James Butler and Peter McDonnell had bought these structures in 1905.^[6][5] The northern part of the site was labeled as lot 32.^[5] Thomas J. Powers had bought the northern part of the site in 1861 and sold it to 4 & 6 West 93rd Street Corporation in 1921.^[8]

The Apple Bank Building, originally the Central Savings Bank Building, was designed by bank architects York and Sawyer for the Central Savings Bank. The structure was designed in the Renaissance Revival and palazzo styles and was patterned after an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo.^[2][9] Prior to the building's construction, York and Sawyer had designed the Bowery Savings Bank Building at 110 East 42nd Street, the Greenwich Savings Bank Building, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building.^[10][11] The building was constructed by general contractor Hegeman-Harris Company.^[12][13] Though the Central Savings Bank Building was designed as a neighborhood branch (as contrasted with the Bowery Savings Bank or Greenwich Savings Bank buildings), its architecture evoked that of a large headquarters such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.^[14]

The Apple Bank Building houses a branch of the Apple Bank for Savings^[15] (previously the Central Savings Bank).^[16] In addition, there are 29 condominiums on the upper floors.^[17][18][19] Though the Apple Bank Building originally contained six full stories excluding mezzanines, the ceilings were so high that the structure was equivalent to an eight- or nine-story building.^[20]

Each elevation, or side of the building, has a different arrangement of window openings. The facade is divided horizontally into four sections on all elevations: a one-story base, two intermediate sections, and a seventh-story attic. The northwestern corner is a diagonal chamfer.^[21]

The base of the facade is made of rusticated blocks of limestone.^[9][22] Each limestone block measures up to 2 by 6 feet (0.61 by 1.83 m) across.^[22] Above the ground floor is a frieze with a torus molding.^[9] The frieze is inscribed with the phrases "Central Savings Bank", "Chartered MDCCCLIX" (referencing the Central Savings Bank's founding in 1859) and "Erected MCMXXVIII" (referencing the building's completion in 1928). These phrases are arranged in different orders on each elevation.^[23]

There are entrances along 73rd Street, 74th Street, and Broadway,^[9] all surrounded by large stone frames and topped by heavy cornices with denticulation.^[21] The center entrance on Broadway is flanked by square windows with metal grilles.^[24] A secondary entrance to the building's apartments is at the north end of the Broadway elevation, with the address 2112 Broadway.^[18] The northwestern entrance on 74th Street and Broadway contains a wheelchair access ramp.^[25] The southern entrance on 73rd Street contains a recessed doorway with a grille in front.^[23] Above the 73rd Street entrance's cornice is a clock with a lion to either side;^[9][26] the firm of Ricci and Zari carved the clock and lion out of Indiana limestone.^[26] The north elevation on 74th Street has an entrance near the building's northeastern corner.^[27] The east elevation on Amsterdam Avenue has square windows with grilles; there are no entrances.^[27]

On the second to fourth stories, each elevation is faced in rusticated limestone blocks similar to those at the base. The second and third stories have double-height arched windows that overlook the banking room.^[21] The bottoms of the arches contain wrought-iron grilles with gargoyle heads, manufactured by Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia.^[9] The primary elevation faces west on Broadway and contains three arched windows.^[21] The east elevation on Amsterdam Avenue has five arched windows.^[27] A panel with the inscription "Central Savings Bank 1859–1928", with shields on either side flanked by garlands, is placed above the center arch on both Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.^[23] The outermost bays on Amsterdam Avenue contain rectangular windows on the second and third floors.^[27]

The north elevation on 74th Street has a single arched window on its left (eastern) section.^[27] To the right (west) are four bays of rectangular windows on either of the second and third floors, of which three bays are clustered together.^[27] The south elevation on 73rd Street has one arched window that takes up much of the facade.^[28] A sign displaying the time and temperature is also placed on the 73rd Street elevation.^[29] The keystones above these arches have cartouches shaped like shields.^[30] Each shield contains a depiction of a caduceus,^[23] as well as a flagpole extending diagonally from the top of the shield.^[31]

Sobre los arcos, el cuarto piso tiene catorce ventanas rectangulares en Broadway, dieciocho en Amsterdam Avenue, ocho en la calle 74 y cinco en la calle 73. En todos los lados, hay una banda horizontal sobre las ventanas del cuarto piso. ^{[ 21 ]} En cada elevación, el quinto y sexto piso se tratan como una logia y se dividen en el mismo número de tramos que el cuarto piso. Cada tramo contiene ventanas tripartitas de doble altura que abarcan ambos pisos, con enjutas de hierro que separan las ventanas de cada piso. También hay balaustradas frente a la sección inferior de cada ventana de doble altura, en el quinto piso. Los tramos están separados verticalmente por pilastras , que a su vez se superponen a pilares rústicos . Arriba hay una cornisa con modillones , que sobresale de la fachada. El séptimo piso, sobre la cornisa, incluye pares de ventanas que corresponden a los tramos inferiores. Hay un techo inclinado de tejas españolas. ^{[ 9 ]}

La mayor parte del banco está alineada con los ejes de la Avenida Amsterdam, la Calle 74 y la Calle 73. Dado que Broadway discurre en diagonal a las tres calles, el vestíbulo de entrada del banco en Broadway es perpendicular a dicha calle. ^{[ 32 ]} Un vestíbulo de entrada, situado entre el vestíbulo de entrada de Broadway y el resto del banco, tiene una curva de 40 grados. ^{[ 33 ]}

En el lado oeste de la planta baja, con acceso desde Broadway, hay un vestíbulo con forma de cuadrilátero irregular. ^{[ 34 ]} Este vestíbulo tiene un suelo de tiras de mármol policromado, rodeado por un borde de pizarra negra. Las paredes están revestidas con paneles de arenisca sobre zócalos de pizarra negra y tienen rejillas de radiador de hierro forjado. ^{[ 33 ]} La pared norte es más ancha y contiene una inscripción relacionada con la construcción del edificio, un regalo de la Asociación Broadway. ^{[ 35 ]} Las puertas dobles de metal que dan a Broadway están flanqueadas por ventanas laterales , sujetas por parteluces de hierro . El techo artesonado es de yeso, pintado para imitar el hierro, y contiene una linterna de hierro en su centro. ^{[ 33 ]}

From the Broadway entrance vestibule, a doorway leads east to an foyer with an irregular octagonal plan. A metal-and-glass revolving door, with an incision on its interior, takes up two-thirds of the doorway, while a single plate-glass door occupies the other third. Above these doors is a transom window with six panes; the bottom section of each pane contains wrought-iron flowers, and the panes are held in place by iron mullions. This foyer also has a polychrome marble floor with a black-slate border. As with the vestibule, the walls are made of sandstone paneling above black-slate baseboard and have wrought-iron grilles. The coffered ceiling is also made of plaster and painted to appear like iron. An openwork iron lantern hangs from the center of the ceiling. The east wall of the entrance vestibule contains an architrave on its eastern wall, made of Mondragone marble; this links to the banking room.^[33]

There are two more entrance vestibules facing 73rd and 74th Street, which open directly into the banking room and are similar in style. The vestibules consist of revolving doors with incisions on their interiors. The vestibule floors are made of travertine with tesserae, surrounded by a strip of black slate. The vestibules also include plate-glass doors with metal frames. Above each revolving door are plate-glass transoms with ornamental iron panels.^[33]

The floors are paved in multicolored marble squares. The square tiles contain alternating circle and square motifs in one of eight colors.^[35] The tellers' counter, at the center of the room, is made of Mondragone marble. South of the main counter is a partial wall that is also made of Mondragone marble. The southern and northern ends of the counter contain bronze counter screens with wrought-iron finials. These screens have entablatures with the words "Industry", "Thrift", and "Prosperity" on the friezes.^[36]The New York Times described the screens as resembling a "particularly elegant torture device from the time of Savonarola".^[37] In addition, a wrought-iron cresting runs beneath the entire counter.^[38] Throughout the banking room, Yellin designed wrought-iron pieces of furniture such as desks, chairs, and lamps. York & Sawyer also placed eight marble benches in the banking room.^[36]

The north and south walls of the banking room are made of smooth sandstone blocks with black-slate baseboards. The west and east sides of the banking room each contain six massive piers, which are also designed in sandstone and black slate and flank five arches on either wall.^[33] Flagpoles project from the two center piers on either side, with ventilation grilles beneath these piers.^[39] The three central arches on the west wall form a loggia, behind which is the mezzanine level. The west wall's outermost arches are blind openings, with inscriptions commemorating the Central Savings Bank's trustees. Underneath the blind openings are architraves of Mondragone marble, beneath which stairways lead up to the mezzanine. The arches on the east wall correspond to the large windows on Amsterdam Avenue, with heating grilles just beneath each window. A frieze with Greek key motifs wraps beneath the arches on the west and east walls. Both the piers and the walls are topped by a cornice with dentils.^[33]

To the north and south, above the 73rd and 74th Street entrance vestibules, are barrel-vaulted alcoves with sandstone walls.^[39] The side walls contain radiator grilles and the soffits are made of ashlar sandstone panels. The rear walls of the alcoves contain marble screens, above which are round-arched windows. The bottoms of these windows contain glazed railings, held in place by iron standards. Each alcove contains a coffered ceiling with a bronze chandelier.^[38] The main barrel-vaulted ceiling is suspended from the upper stories via a steel frame, even though the piers give the appearance of holding up the ceiling.^[35] The barrel vault measures 65 feet (20 m) tall.^[22] The ceiling surface is covered with gilded octagonal and square coffers throughout, separated by ribs with foliate decoration. Massive bronze chandeliers are suspended from three medallions in the ceiling, which are placed at equal intervals.^[40] Each medallion is decorated with three acanthus leaf wreaths, a frieze, and a border of rosettes and Greek key motifs. The friezes contain Latin inscriptions related to banking.^[41]

Las escaleras del entresuelo parten de los arcos más septentrionales y meridionales del muro oeste de la sala bancaria. Seis escalones de travertino conducen hacia el oeste desde la sala bancaria hasta un rellano intermedio. ^{[ 39 ]} El rellano cuadrado de cada escalera presenta superficies de mármol policromado y travertino. Por encima de los rellanos, la escalera norte gira hacia el sur, mientras que la escalera sur gira hacia el norte; ambos tramos de escaleras continúan hacia arriba. El tramo superior de cada escalera tiene paredes de sillería de arenisca rústica, así como un techo inclinado con una sección transversal de arco segmentado y pequeños casetones. En la parte superior de cada escalera, un arco segmentado conduce al entresuelo. ^{[ 38 ]}

En la pared este del entresuelo, hay balaustradas de travertino debajo de cada uno de los tres arcos que dan a la sala bancaria. Yellin también hizo pasamanos y balaustres de metal para el entresuelo. ^{[ 39 ]} Las otras paredes del entresuelo están hechas de sillería de arenisca, divididas en dos secciones por una cornisa con denticulaciones. Las paredes debajo de la cornisa son rústicas, mientras que las paredes encima son lisas. La pared sur solo tiene una abertura, la escalera de la sala bancaria. La pared norte es simétrica con tres arcos de este a oeste: la escalera de la sala bancaria, una abertura ciega y una puerta a otra habitación. El arco más a la izquierda contiene una abertura rectangular con un dintel, sobre el cual hay una ventana dentro del arquitrabe del arco. ^{[ 38 ]} El techo del entresuelo tiene casetones hexagonales y triangulares; las nervaduras entre los casetones tienen un motivo de cuerda pintado. ^{[ 36 ]} Tres candelabros de bronce pintado cuelgan del techo. ^{[ 38 ]}

Al inicio del entresuelo se encontraban las oficinas ejecutivas, decoradas por la empresa Barnet Phillips. Las salas de reuniones de las oficinas ejecutivas tenían techos de doble altura con vigas a la vista, así como paredes revestidas de madera e imitaciones ornamentadas de pinturas. También había grandes chimeneas con antorchas a ambos lados. Según uno de los folletos de Barnet Phillips, los techos se inspiraron en el Palazzo Davanzati de Florencia . ^{[ 22 ]}

The top four floors originally contained offices that were rented to other tenants.^[14][22] These offices were arranged around a corridor that wrapped around the building in a trapezoidal shape. Each office's doors were largely made of solid metal, with brass doorknobs, though the tops of each door had frosted-glass panes. The walls had marble wainscoting and brass sign boards. Through the beginning of the 21st century, the doors' original ornamentation was kept in their original condition; the doors still worked properly 75 years after they were installed. Though the spaces had been repainted multiple times, the paint schemes always complemented the original design.^[22] The highest floor contained "rest rooms" and a dining room for the Central Savings Bank's officers.^[42][43]

The bank's basement contained vault doors weighing 60 short tons (54 long tons; 54 t) each.^[44] The basement covers 15,000 square feet (1,400 m²) and is used as a baseball and softball facility,^[17][45] which opened in 2000.^[46]

In 2006, the seven upper stories were converted into a residential condominium development known as Apple Bank Condo.^[17][18] The residential section of the building is accessed by its own entrance at 2112 Broadway, with a concierge area designed by Beyer Blinder Belle. There are 29 apartments in the building, each with a different arrangement.^[18] The apartments have one to four bedrooms and range from 1,360 to 4,055 square feet (126.3 to 376.7 m²).^[17] The top two stories of the building contain six duplex units.^[17][18] The residential units also have a shared exercise room, laundry service, and pet shower.^[18] Because the bank at ground level remains active, there is no mailroom or basement storage room, and mail carriers deliver mail directly to the residents. In addition, the exercise room and the residential lobby each take up only 1,000 square feet (93 m²).^[17]

En cada apartamento, los pisos son de madera oscura, mientras que las cocinas tienen superficies de granito moteado. ^{[ 17 ]} Una de estas unidades es un condominio de dos habitaciones con una gran chimenea en la sala de estar; puertas francesas que dan a ambas habitaciones; y un pasillo, vestidor y baño para la habitación principal. ^{[ 47 ]} Los apartamentos debajo de los dúplex tienen techos de 4,0 m (13 pies) de altura y están iluminados por ventanas de 2,6 m (8,5 pies) de altura. Cada uno de los dúplex tiene un patio interior, que corresponde a la ubicación de las cerchas del techo en el interior. ^{[ 17 ]}

El Banco de Ahorros Alemán fue fundado en 1859 y originalmente se ubicaba en el Edificio Cooper Union en el East Village de Manhattan. ^{[ 48 ] [ 49 ]} El nombre original reflejaba la clientela del banco, la población mayoritariamente alemana del East Village. ^{[ 4 ]} La sede original se trasladó en 1864 a la Casa Napier en Union Square , que a su vez fue reemplazada en 1872 por un edificio bancario de cuatro pisos. ^{[ 48 ] [ 49 ]} El Banco de Ahorros Alemán pasó a llamarse Banco Central de Ahorros en 1918, durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, ^{[ 48 ] [ 50 ]} probablemente debido a un aumento en el sentimiento antigermánico en tiempos de guerra . ^{[ 16 ] [ 51 ]} Cada banco de ahorros en Nueva York estaba limitado a una sola ubicación hasta 1923, cuando la legislatura estatal aprobó una ley que permitía a los bancos de ahorros construir sucursales. Los directores del Banco Central de Ahorros organizaron un comité especial para determinar la viabilidad de abrir una nueva sucursal, así como posibles ubicaciones para dicha sucursal. ^{[ 52 ]}

Para julio de 1923, el comité especial del banco había identificado un sitio delimitado por Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue y las calles 73 y 74; el presidente del banco, Hubert Cellis, dijo que era "la ubicación más selecta en el West Side". ^{[ 12 ]} En noviembre de 1923, el Central Savings Bank adquirió los apartamentos Sherman en el lado norte de la calle 73, ocupando toda la fachada de 69 pies (21 m) entre Broadway y Amsterdam Avenue, para la construcción de una sucursal bancaria en la zona alta de la ciudad. ^{[ 6 ] [ 53 ]} El banco pagó a James Butler y Peter McDonnell $1 millón por el sitio. ^{[ 6 ]} El Central Savings Bank decidió entonces pausar sus adquisiciones, ya que había inquilinos en la manzana cuyos contratos de arrendamiento no expiraban hasta 1926. El banco firmó un contrato de arrendamiento para una sucursal temporal en la calle 77 y Broadway en marzo de 1924. ^{[ 12 ]}

El Central Savings Bank planeaba reiniciar sus adquisiciones de terrenos en julio de 1925, pero el proceso se retrasó por la muerte de Cellis al mes siguiente. ^{[ 12 ]} En enero de 1926, el banco adquirió la mitad norte de la manzana a Paul Henry Zagat por $1.65 millones. ^{[ 54 ] [ 55 ]} Mientras tanto, Adolph Koppel se había convertido en el nuevo presidente del banco y August Zinsser fue nombrado vicepresidente. Los dos hombres dirigieron un comité de construcción nueva, que publicó un informe detallado del nuevo edificio en marzo de 1926, incluyendo una sala bancaria de 70 a 80 pies de altura (21 a 24 m), que se había previsto durante tres años. York y Sawyer crearon los diseños para el nuevo edificio del banco, que fueron aprobados por los directores del banco. ^{[ 12 ]} Después de la muerte de Koppel en agosto de 1926, ^{[ 56 ]} Zinsser se convirtió en presidente del banco y continuó supervisando el desarrollo del nuevo edificio. ^{[ 12 ]} La nueva sucursal albergaría los departamentos ejecutivo y de inversión del Central Savings Bank. ^{[ 57 ]} York y Sawyer presentaron los planos del edificio del banco al Departamento de Edificios de la Ciudad de Nueva York en diciembre de 1926. ^{[ 12 ] [ 58 ]}

Zinsser hired Spencer, White & Prentis, Inc. to clear the site and excavate foundations in January 1927.^[12] The Hegeman-Harris Company was hired as the building's general contractor that May,^[12][13] and construction on the building commenced the same month.^[57] That June, the National Park Bank also leased space in the building for a smaller bank branch.^[59][60] The Central Savings Bank gave craftsmanship awards to 15 mechanics involved in the building's construction in March 1928.^[61][62] By that July, the National Park Bank had opened a branch in the building,^[63][64] and Wood, Dolson & Co. were renting out the completed upper floors as offices.^[42][43] The Broadway Association placed a commemorative tablet on the Central Savings Bank Building's facade upon the structure's completion.^[65][66] The structure had a total estimated cost of $6.5 million.^[43] The Central Savings Bank continued to operate its Union Square branch even after the Upper West Side branch opened.^[67]

The bank branch officially opened on December 8, 1928.^[12][68] Just prior to the building's opening, $170 million of deposits held by the Central Savings Bank were moved from the Union Square branch to the new branch, using 16 armored cars guarded by 60 heavily armed policemen.^[44][69] Early office tenants included real estate developer Ralph Ciluzzi,^[70] J.S. Ansorge & Co.,^[71] and the Rosalind Realty Company.^[72] Many of the tenants were medical offices and dentists.^[43] By its 75th anniversary in 1934, the Central Savings Bank had over $212 million in assets, and it was New York state's third-largest bank by number of depositors and the fifth-largest by value of deposits.^[67] The building also hosted events such as an exhibition of old toy banks in 1938.^[73]

The Chase National Bank operated a branch on the 74th Street side of the building by 1943.^[74] The bank submitted plans for a minor alteration of the building to the New York City Department of Buildings in 1947.^[75] Office tenants continued to occupy the Central Savings Bank Building, including the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church in America,^[76] real-estate developer Arturo A. Campagna,^[77] and real-estate firm Mark Rafalsky & Co. in the 1950s and 1960s.^[78] Upon the bank's centennial in 1959, the New York City government presented the building with a scroll in 1959, recognizing the bank's "service to local economic welfare" by teaching local students about "thrift".^[79] Also in 1959, the bank's basement was flooded when a water main in the adjacent IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line subway tunnel broke.^[80][81] A sign displaying the time and temperature was mounted onto the southern facade of the building in 1961.^[29] Over the years, Yellin's ironwork for the bank building was neglected, as the Central Savings Bank was indifferent about maintaining the iron decorations.^[82]

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) proposed designating the building's facade and the banking room's interior as landmarks in 1974. The LPC had gained the authority to grant interior landmark statuses the previous year, and the Central Savings Bank was the first bank interior that the LPC considered.^[83][84] However, bank officials were skeptical that the interior had architectural or historical significance.^[83] The Central Savings Bank Building's facade was designated as a landmark on January 28, 1975, along with the neighboring Verdi Square;^[85][86] the New York City Board of Estimate ratified the designations that March.^[87]

By the early 1980s, the Central Savings Bank was struggling financially and the Manhattan Savings Bank proposed taking over.^[88] At the time, the 2100 Broadway branch served as the Central Savings Bank's headquarters, and the bank had seven other locations in Manhattan and on Long Island. In 1981, the Central Savings Bank was merged into the Harlem Savings Bank, which had eight locations in Manhattan and on Long Island.^[89] The Harlem Savings Bank retained headquarters at 205 East 42nd Street, and 2100 Broadway became a neighborhood branch. To reflect its geographic expansion, the bank changed its name to Apple Bank in May 1983.^[90] The time-and-temperature sign on the facade was temporarily removed so the bank's new name could be installed.^[29] Later that year, the Apple Bank Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places,^[91][92] with officials citing the building's importance as "Manhattan's only free-standing bank building".^[91][a] Office tenants such as Siris/Coombs Architects continued to take up the upper floors.^[22]

The Apple Bank Building continued to host events, including a 1988 display of planned skyscrapers on the Upper West Side^[93] and a 1989 auction of artwork to fund protests against Donald Trump's proposed development of the nearby Trump City.^[94] With the closure or downsizing of bank branches in the late 20th century, the LPC proposed designating several major bank interiors in 1990, including the Apple Bank Building, the Manufacturers Hanover Building, and the Greenwich Savings Bank Building. Apple Bank had retained the banking room's original design; in one case, the bank declined to place bulletproof glass on the tellers' counter because that would have required removing the wrought-iron screens.^[95] However, Apple Bank opposed the interior-landmark designation, saying it would hinder day-to-day operations. The bank cited the fact that the "business centers" of two landmarked restaurants, the kitchens of the Four Seasons Restaurant and Gage and Tollner, were unprotected.^[95] Even so, the LPC designated the banking room as an interior landmark on December 21, 1993.^[96][97]

Apple Bank's sole owner Stanley Stahl died in 1999,^[98] but the Stahl Organization retained an ownership interest in the bank's operation.^[17] By 2000, the bank's basement had been converted into a gym operated by Frozen Ropes LLC.^[46] The office tenants included real-estate firms Brown Harris Stevens (which occupied most of the mezzanine^[22]), Douglas Elliman, and Corcoran Group.^[99] In 2004, Apple Bank indicated that it would let the leases of the building's office tenants lapse.^[99] Over the next year, the remaining office tenants relocated from the building. Subsequently, the office floors were turned into residential condominiums.^[22] Brown Harris Stevens, one of the tenants that had been forced to relocate,^[99] was placed in charge of leasing the building's residential condominiums.^[17][100]

Las ventas de condominios se lanzaron en julio de 2006, con precios que oscilaban entre $1.8 millones y $6.7 millones. Dos quintas partes de los condominios se habían vendido a finales de año. ^{[ 17 ]} Las ventas de los dúplex en la parte superior del edificio comenzaron en junio de 2007. ^{[ 100 ]} Entre los residentes se encontraban el cantante Harry Belafonte , quien en 2007 adquirió dos condominios adyacentes, ^{[ 101 ]} y el jugador de baloncesto Emeka Okafor , quien compró un condominio en 2013. ^{[ 102 ]} La conversión a condominio se completó en 2007, ^{[ 19 ]} con algunas unidades vendiéndose por $4 millones. ^{[ 103 ]} Mientras tanto, la sucursal bancaria en la base del edificio permaneció en funcionamiento, incluso cuando las otras enormes salas bancarias de la ciudad se convirtieron en salones de banquetes o vestíbulos residenciales. ^{[ 37 ] [ b ]}

Cuando se terminó el edificio del Central Savings Bank, The New York Times lo describió como una de las "estructuras comerciales más elegantes" de Broadway. ^{[ 20 ]} Charles J. Quintan, el agente de alquiler del edificio, dijo que la finalización del edificio "indica que los banqueros conservadores han dado su visto bueno a esta sección de la ciudad al emprender una propuesta tan grande". ^{[ 104 ]} Architecture and Building caracterizó el edificio como "un adorno para su ubicación". ^{[ 14 ]} Por el contrario, George S. Chappell escribió en The New Yorker que la fachada sur le pareció "bastante desalentadora", diciendo: "Tuve la sensación de que estaba destinada a ser cuadrada, pero se había desalineado". ^{[ 22 ]}

A finales del siglo XX, David W. Dunlap del Times escribió: «Llamar al Apple Bank for Savings [...] una sucursal bancaria de barrio es como llamar a la Grand Central Terminal una estación de tren de cercanías». ^{[ 96 ]} Paul Goldberger del Times describió la sala bancaria como «una de las grandes salas bancarias de Nueva York», diseñada por York y Sawyer, junto con el Bowery Savings Bank en el 110 de la calle 42 Este. ^{[ 105 ]} La arquitectura del edificio inspiró la del Laureate, un edificio de condominios construido cerca durante la década de 2000. ^{[ 106 ]}

• Lista de edificios y estructuras en Broadway en Manhattan
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets
• Similar bank buildings in New York City:
  • Brooklyn Trust Company Building, also designed by York and Sawyer
  • Dollar Savings Bank Building

• Central Savings Bank Building(PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. January 28, 1975.
• Central Savings Bank Building Interior(PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 12, 1993.
• Central Savings Bank(PDF) (Report). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. September 8, 1983.