This bank, founded by an ordained rabbi, apparently decided to decorate its new building (the tallest on the Lower East Side when it was finished in 1912) with a common symbol of financial stability and security: two guys sitting on toilets. The bank failed two years after this building opened.
Day 246
S. Jarmulowsky’s Bank
September 1st, 2012
What a sad end to this building. Hopefully someone (or some group) can purchase it and repurpose it into something spectacular.