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Brooklyn,\Up To Brooklyn As A New Commercial PowerW illiam sburgh Savings Bank.16 and 26 Court Street.tant elements of a skyscraper %u2014 that instead of coming upon anonymity, you havea sense of identity and orientation at anyone particular time and place,%u201d he explains.%u201cThe new buildings in some part will affectthe way one perceives the Bank but also tryto complement it.%u201dAt least one development will seek todepart from the low-rise historic flavor ofthe Brooklyn of the past %u2014 perhaps appropriately %u2014 according to architect Fertz.Metrotech, still on the drawing board, willseek to enhance the skyline more distinctively, based on preliminary designsalready released. Metrotech and theRenaissance Plaza, with its glass encasedspire, will both push Brooklyn architecturein a new direction.The current plan for Metrotech includesseveral buildings ranging in height from 10stories up to 375 feet. %u201cTTiere, we see theconcern not to be as much a backgroundhiiilriino %u201d aavs Part* %u201cThe buildings thatrise up will be distinctive and will be a newdeparture reflecting the technology aspectof the plan. What these buildings say is thatthis is a place where you want to be. A maThey are the Davids to thesebrick Goliaths. People who dailyconquer the aches and pains ofthe spires that poke through thesky making children of imposingstructures and overseeing thestaffs that are the lifeblood tomaking a skyscraper work.Although the glass, cement andmass of the buildings are mosteasily visible, it is the buildingmanagers and maintenance staffwho create a liveable environmentday in and day out, doingeverything from sweeping thefloors to making sure theelevators don%u2019t get stuck. In a citythat is notorious for cementcanyons, these people seek tocreate and maintain a humanelement inside the mammouthstone walls. %u2014 T.G.In front of 111 Livingston Street are: Thomas Breen, left, district manager, buildingsmanagement, NYC East; and Robert Rehm, division manager, real estate and buildingsmanagement.Robert Stober is vice president of marketing atWilliamsburgh Savings Bank.Joseph Recker is supervisor of building protection at 111 Livingston Street.Antonio Reyes, left, a security guard at 101 WilloughbyStreet, with Kevin Mahoney of the New York Telephone staff.Brooklyn, me Photos By Kathryn KirkRobert Pales has been a mechanic at 26 Court Street for 14years. Gerald Gillard, right, does general maintenance.DO W NTO W N%u2019S SKYSCRAPERSBuildings Stories Buildings StoriesWilliamsburghSavings BankHalsey, M cCorm ick32 (512 feet) 101 Clark StreetGlass & G lass and ConklinRossant (1973)31& Helmer (1929) 140 Cadman Plaza West 2713 Court Street 35 (390 feet) 75 Henry Street 3326 Court Street 29 P LA N N E D & P R O JEC TED66 Court Street 31 Renaissance Plaza 29St. George Hotel Tower 32 William B. TablerAugustus Hatfield (1885)%u2022 originalEm ery Roth (1930) towerPierrepont OfficeBuildingHaines Lundber Waehler19 + tower111 Livingston StreetMeyer KassendorfManzino (1971)23 Atlantic Terminaltowers (2)Skidmore, Ow ings & Merrill24* laimi u i v v iiiu u jjiiu yVoorhees, Gmelin& Walker (1931)O M A lrltm I ln lA it Cttkc OA A f mmr >%u00ab%u00ab..%u25a0 %u2014 * %u2022 . w %u25a0 %u00ab %u2014 %u2014 %u2014(MeiroTech)Swankie, Hayden & Connelljor urban development that makes for onesignificant downtown,%u201d he says.In total, the new skyscrapers add toDowntown Brooklyn%u2019s luster as a centralbusiness district. Concentrated in thedowntown area, with the brownstoneneighborhoods radiating out from this newcore of commercial activity, the %u201cnew%u201dskyline will send a clear %u2014 and visible %u2014message to those who looked down onBrooklyn as the back door to Manhattan.%u201cOver the next 10 years there will be adifferent kind of downtown physically andaesthetically,%u201d says Brian Sullivan, seniorplanner at the Pratt Institute Center ofCommunity and Economic Development.%u201cBrooklyn will be a small scale copy oflower Manhattan. There is a certain comfortable scale that will be lost, to a greatextent, and there will be a differentpsychological perception. You will feel thatyou are in much more of a businesscenter.%u201dThat is precisely what Brooklyn officialsana aeveiopers are banking on, everhopeful that the new peaks in the boroughskyline will parallel peaks in the borougheconomy.June 26,1986, The Phoenlx/Brooklynjnc Section Two, Pago 11