3D print the Bank of the Metropolis
A free, printable model of the Bank of the Metropolis building beside Union Square and the tightly packed Manhattan blocks around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
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- On a 160 mm print
- 17 mm
- Scale
- 1:3,750
17 mm tall on a 160 mm print
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
- Ornate cornice and arched top
A row of small arches and brackets runs under the roofline of the Union Square West and 16th Street faces. Full detail keeps them on large prints; Print friendly simplifies them at small sizes.
- L-shaped plan, plain back walls
The L-shaped plan leaves two plain walls on the north and west, which contrast with the carved faces. A slow print with 0.12-0.16 mm layers helps the facade relief.
- One piece with the ground
The Bank of the Metropolis is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Bank of the Metropolis takes the building color.
- File format
You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About the Bank of the Metropolis
The Bank of the Metropolis operated in New York City from 1871 to 1918, serving the merchants around Union Square. After using several addresses nearby, it settled at 31 Union Square West. Bruce Price designed the 16-story Renaissance Revival building, which went up between 1902 and 1903. It cost $500,000 in total.
The building occupies a slim L-shaped lot that measures 32.5 feet (9.9 m) along Union Square West and 175 feet (53 m) along 16th Street. The slim front on Union Square West is a result of the neighboring Decker Building's owner being unable to sell its corner lot on 16th Street. The limestone facade is split into a base, a shaft and a top, echoing the parts of a classical column, which Price favored for skyscrapers. A curved portico with two Ionic columns marks the main entrance.
The Bank of the Metropolis joined the Bank of Manhattan in 1918, and the building stayed in use as an office tower. Its upper floors were later converted to residences, and most of the building became artists' lofts, with four floors serving as dorm space for Parsons School of Design. The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission designated it a landmark in 1988, and its National Register of Historic Places listing came in 2003.
About this model
The Bank of the Metropolis is one of more than 4,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
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