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Old 06-03-2005, 03:42 PM
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What was (1930s-1960s) the tallest building/structure in Brooklyn's borders? Was it Ebbets with the light fixtures? or a warehouse?

just curious as there are not many tall buildings visabile in most photos of Brooklyn.
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Old 06-03-2005, 03:44 PM
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What was (1930s-1960s) the tallest building/structure in Brooklyn's borders? Was it Ebbets with the light fixtures? or a warehouse?

just curious as there are not many tall buildings visabile in most photos of Brooklyn.

I believe it was The WILLIAMSBURG SAVINGS BANK.

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Old 06-03-2005, 04:49 PM
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how many stories was/is it? and was it visible from Ebbets seating?

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Old 06-03-2005, 05:38 PM
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how many stories was/is it? and was it visible from Ebbets seating?

thanks Deb!


I do not know how many stories it is. I believe it is still standing, though it probably isn't the Savings Bank any longer.

No, WE could not see it from Ebbets Field.

I may be wrong, but I don't think there was any other building taller than it, in Brooklyn, during those years.

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"The Willie" was 512' high.
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Old 05-07-2006, 03:32 PM
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According to several websites, the "Willie" is not only still
standing, but is being converted to luxury condos.

It is 34 stories tall and was built between 1927 and 1929.

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It' still standing see it everyday on my way home from work.
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It also is one of the buildings represented in the famous Mets logo. I think there is also a church to represent Brooklyn, the borough of churches.
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Old 05-08-2006, 07:27 AM
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I believe it's still the tallest building in Brooklyn, isn't it? At least, that's what they said during a broadcast of the NYC Marathon in one recent year (don't remember exactly when).
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Old 05-08-2006, 02:08 PM
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"While the Williamsburgh Savings Bank is the tallest building in Brooklyn, it's not the tallest structure. That distinction goes to the 597-foot tall radio/TV tower at Brooklyn Tech High School on Fort Greene Place (foreground)."

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%2...ie/willie.html

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Here's the condo story:

http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/Ma...1109908732.php
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The Williamsburg Savings Bank Building has been the lair of the borough's dentists for years now.
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