Flying Saucer Shaped Bank - Englewood, CO
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Big B Bob
N 39° 39.171 W 104° 59.279
13S E 501030 N 4389228
It looks like a flying saucer, but it's one of the most uniquely designed banks in the country.
Waymark Code: WM4V4D
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2008
Views: 96
From the Westword:
In 1965 Charles Deaton was commisioned to designed a bank, Key Savings and Loan (now the Bank of Choice). The outrageous-looking bank -- a dome-like, cream-colored, curving organic form that wraps around a curving glass wall that faces the integral parking lot -- stands on Broadway just north of Hampden in Englewood. Completed in 1967, the bank's design is more closely related to the design of the Sculptured House than is any other building on earth, making it one of the most important structures in the state. However, it hardly generated the mega-publicity of the Sculptured House (nothing else Deaton did ever would) despite being illustrated and discussed in magazines and newspapers -- and retaining its original interior details.
Building Address:
3501 South Broadway
Englewood, CO United States
80113
Is it open to the general public?: yes
When was it built? (Approximate if you must.): 01/01/1967
What is the name of this building?: The Bank of Choice
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