Bankers Trust Company

Address: 29-37 41st Avenue
Neighborhood: Long Island City
Architect:  Shreve Lamb and Harmon Associates
Year: 1962
Current Status: Demolished
Award:  Honorable Mention
Typology:  Bank

The Bankers Trust building was a three-story structure sited on an odd-shaped corner lot. The narrow end of the lot was the primary entrance and the bank expanded out as it went back. The bank was clad in brick above a stone base and had aluminum window detailing. The name of the branch ran along both facades and below a simple cornice line in several places were classically-inspired decorative elements, possibly stylized crests. Demolished at the height of a real estate bubble in 2008, the lot remains empty although plans have been filed for much larger buildings.