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Page 6New PDC ChiefGives His View OfBrooklyn%u2019s FuturePage 26New Postmaster SetsAgenda For Boro%u2019sCorporate CustomersPage 12DEPARTMENTSBUSINESS VIEWS,PAGE2__________BUSINESS BRIEFSPAGE 18 _________ADVERTISING ANDMARKETING,PAGE22___________NAMES IN THE NEWS,PAGE24______________S U m N u S a is L A S d ir ia u S ,PAGE 24________________Skyscrapers ShowBoro ys GrowthPeaks Downtown1 ike the peaks and valley on an-%u25a0%u2014^econom ic flow chart, th e heightsand depths o f the New York City skyline has always signaled financialhealth. With nowhere to build but up,M anhattan%u2019s dense business districtshave pointed skyward adding storyupon story as financial success warrants growth. And, with the advent o fBrooklyn%u2019s business boom , our borough will soon be looking skyward aswell, as the physical trophies o f com %u00admercial success begin to line thestreets, forever changing the skyline,and the image o f Downtown Brooklyn.According to Theo David, chairmano f the Graduate Department o f Architecture at Pratt Institute, a skyline is avisible means o f noting changes bothsocial and econom ic. %u201c The physicalprofile o f the city becomes an economic graph. It shows where thegreatest concentration o f means is andwhere the land is m ost valuable,%u201d hesays. %u201c The skyline is a visual symbolo f the econom y.%u201dThe tower of the W illiamsburgh Savings Bank. (Brooklyn, inc/Kirk Photo)And for a borough so closely identified by its low-rise brownstone com %u00admunities, the changing face o fBrooklyn will indeed move skyward,but, say the architects, that upwardgrowth will be tempered by Brooklyn%u2019sbrownstone heritage.%u201c Manhattan has the symbol o fwealth and power that Brooklyn willnever have,%u201d says David. %u201c But thenewer developments will have a rippleeffect in Brooklyn and will make it amore desirable place to live.%u201d In thatsame vein, David explains thatBrooklyn%u2019s new buildings point to thefuture Brooklyn sees for itself%u2014 aggressively seeking to m ove forwardContinued on Page 10jrm ng downMontagueStreet in his chauffeur driven lim ousine, Robert F.W allace, the president and chief executive officer o f N ational W estminsterBank USA (NatW est) reminiscesabout his experiencesin Brooklyn.%u201c This bmlding,where GrasslandSavings is now ,%u201dsays the former BayRidge resident, %u201c isBanker Mary Geterm'ne and one of the fish products produced by her client, shall Smoked Fish Company. (Brooklyn, Inc/Kirk Photo)W h a n I m a c akid I would go up to the second floor o f that building andhang out there, waiting.%u201dToday, as the director o f all domestic and internationalw h e * e I i%u00abeawt t n w a it t n n M l W n a r t tttnlra+c mmbanking activities forthis up-and-comingcommercial bank,W allace is trying tocarve out a niche forNat W est with middle-market business-com panies doing more than$10,000,000 annualbusiness. A s part o fthat strategy, NatW est has targetedBrooklyn, as a growing market in whichIt hopes to expand.%u201cBrooklyn %u00bb anenormous middle mar-\a n H a v m v %u00abf a h lpcommunity as w ell,%u201d W allace says. %u201c W hile we%u2019ve had acommitment right along to the borough, NatW est%u2019s comContinued on Page 4THE MONTHLY BUSINESS SECTIONOF THE PHOENIX NEWSPAPERPublished by Serif Press Inc. 395 Atlantic Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11217 Telephone (718) 643-1400INSIDEF E A T U R E SBrooklyn Union GasFights To MaintainIts Stock PricesBuilders Set StageFor A New Look