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Apple Bank Announces Plans to Replace Time and Temperature Display

Apple Bank Announces Plans to Replace Time and Temperature Display

January 1, 2025 Community 5 Comments

The wrong temperature being displayed at the Apple Bank, October 2024.

In October, we wrote about the inaccurate temperatures being displayed above the Apple Bank at 2100 Broadway and West 73rd Street. The digital screen, which alternates between displaying temperatures in Fahrenheit and Celsius along with the time, was turned off after we brought the problem to Apple Bank’s attention. Now, they’ve informed us of some hopeful good news for the new year.

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“Apple Bank is excited to announce that it has received approvals to replace the time and temperature display atop its iconic landmark Upper West Side branch at 73rd Street and Broadway,” an Apple Bank spokesperson wrote in a statement to ILTUWS. “The beloved community time and temperature display became inoperable several months ago due to its age. After evaluation, it was determined that repairs were not feasible, and a new, custom-build unit would be required. The replacement is underway, and we anticipate installation to be completed within the coming months. We are eager to bring this cherished feature back into service for the Upper West Side.”

The main issue with the previous thermometer was its tendency to display temperatures lower than the actual readings. In late September and early October, ILTUWS monitored the Apple Bank thermometer for a week, comparing its readings to those from a phone and the local M104 bus stop. Discrepancies were as high as eight degrees, and by that point, the thermometer was only displaying Fahrenheit temperatures.

The thermometer went completely off the rails at 10:48 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1. It displayed 17 degrees and then began climbing, degree by degree, until it reached 25 degrees. Some of our commenters speculated that the thermometer had switched to Celsius, where 17 degrees would translate to 62.5 degrees Fahrenheit and 25 degrees Celsius would equal 77 degrees Fahrenheit. However, our phone showed 62 degrees, and the M104 bus stop displayed 61 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Shortly after we shared our findings with Apple Bank, the sign was turned off.

We look forward to seeing the new setup from Apple Bank and will update this story if we receive a clear timetable for its installation.

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  1. Anthony Jiga January 2, 2025

    Hooray for ILTUWS and Apple Bank! I spoke with the branch manager in November and he said other people also have requested restoration of the time and temp. He thought the new sign would be in place by January 1. Better late than never!

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  2. RS January 2, 2025

    Yay. Looking forward to being on time again.

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  3. William Porto January 2, 2025

    Great news! I was afraid they were going to get rid of it!

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  4. ghd January 4, 2025

    i hope the replacement fixture is designed to complement—not violate—this significant and wonderful building.

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  5. W.B. March 13, 2025

    I thought it was downhill once they replaced the earlier display – a “Double TT” package of 5 x 9 “round edge” numerals from American Sign & Indicator which dated to the 1960’s when the bank was known as Central Savings Bank.

    There should be ways to produce such displays with the controls by computer, but with the classic numerals we all knew from our youth from such entities as AS&I, Time-O-Matic, All-American Scoreboards, National Time & Signal, and other companies who routinely advertised over the years in Signs of the Times magazine.

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