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Eggers & Higgins architectural records, 1903-1963
2,924 photographsThe collection consists of 2,924 photographs and 1,327 drawing reproductions of architectural projects by the firm of John Russell Pope, and later Eggers & Higgins.
D.A.R. Constitution Hall (Washington, DC), 1924-1948 Box 41, Folder 08
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- Eggers & Higgins in 1948
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Drawing Reproductions : 13 items ; Note : Included is one drawing of the addition proposed by Eggers & Higgins in 1948
Ferry Point Park (Bronx, NY). Unbuilt, 1946 Box 47, Folder 19
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- the west side of the Whitestone Bridge from Old Ferry Point, which is where the Eggers & Higgins
project was to be located, and does not have the same amenities as the Eggers & Higgins design. - Abstract Or Scope
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Drawing Reproductions : 1 item ; Note : Ferry Point Park was eventually constructed, but it was on the west side of the Whitestone Bridge from Old Ferry Point, which is where the Eggers & Higgins project was to be located, and does not have the same amenities as the Eggers & Higgins design.
Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982
38 linear feetEggers & Higgins, 1941 - 1970 Box 1, Folder 56
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- Eggers & Higgins, 1941 - 1970
Percy and Harold D. Uris papers, 1901-2003
277.5 linear feetThis collection primarily contains materials related to Percy and Harold Uris and their real estate businesses. Correspondence, financial records, and estate papers document the professional and personal lives of the brothers and their wives. The bulk of the business records are from their properties at 380 Madison Avenue and 300 Park Avenue. There is limited information about the other Uris properties and Uris Building Corporation. Finally, the collection contains records from the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc about the family's philanthropic endeavors.
Eggers and Higgins, Architects, 1955-1956 Box 195, Folder 39-40
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- Eggers and Higgins, Architects, 1955-1956
Flat Files Collection, 1754-2017
60.16 linear feetThis artificial collection consists of oversized posters, maps, newspapers, drawings, floor plans and architectural plans related to Columbia events, people and locations. The collection has been organized by subject matter.
Eggers & Higgins, Proposed Administrative Building, 1956
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- Eggers & Higgins, Proposed Administrative Building, 1956
Theodore Conrad papers, 1937-1991
13 linear feetNew York Civic Center [Edward Durell Stone ; Eggers & Higgins], 1964 Box 10, Folder 34
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- New York Civic Center [Edward Durell Stone ; Eggers & Higgins], 1964
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2 photographs
City Construction Company records, 1925-1955, bulk 1945-1955
11 document boxesThis collection includes administrative, legal, and financial records, correspondence, specifications, black and white photographs, and reprographic architectural and engineering drawings related to the operations of the City Construction Company in New York City between circa 1945 and 1955. Projects include primarily apartment buildings, theatres, and commercial buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Because the company was working for architects, and often working on extant buildings, drawings from numerous architects are also included in this collection. Major projects include the 15 E. 91st St. Apartments; 25 Broad St. Building; 30 Broad St. Building; 1211 Madison Ave. Apartments; 1211 Madison Ave. Apartments; and the Parke-Bernet Gallery, all in Manhattan.
Richard Plunz papers, 1971-2022
35 document boxesThis collection includes research materials, publication manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and architectural drawings related to the academic study, teaching, and writings of architect and urban historian Richard Plunz. The bulk of the collection contains research papers, administrative records, notes, and sketches, as well as reproductions of architectural drawings by other architects for various properties owned by the New York City Housing Authority, gathered by Plunz and his Urban Design Research Group students during their studies on the concept of "defensible space" in New York City public housing. Also included in this collection are notes and draft manuscripts for "Design and the Public Good" [Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1982], Plunz's compilation of writings by architect and educator Serge Chermayeff, as well as general research files about and correspondence with Chermayeff. Lastly, a small body of reproduced drawings documents various historic structures on Ellis Island, the 39th St. Ferry Terminal building in Manhattan and Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn.
Columbia University architectural drawings, 1888-1957
1,000 drawingsIncluded are architectural drawings, surveys, maps, and site proposals, for Columbia's Morningside Heights campus, designed primarily by McKim, Mead & White. Other architects represented include Adams & Woodbridge; Arnold Brunner (who designed the School of Mines); Eggers & Higgins; the Columbia University Buildings and Grounds Department; Howells and Stokes (designed St. Paul's Chapel); Reinhard, Hofmeister and Wahlquist; and James Gamble Rogers. Drawings for buildings no longer in existence or never constructed and drawings for later alterations, are included. Architectural drawings of the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, and surveys of the asylum site prepared for Columbia, 1888-1894. Also included are site plans and proposals, surveys, and maps, circa 1890s-1910s, showing the surrounding area, including such institutions as the Jewish Theological Seminary, St. Luke's Home, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Grant's Tomb, and others. Drawings for the Womans's Hospital in the State of New York (designed by Allen & Collens, erected 1903, demolished in the 1970s), circa 1903-1914, are also included. This building was used to house the Columbia School of the Arts in the 1960s since it was located near the campus.
Giorgio Cavaglieri architectural records and papers, 1934-2005, bulk 1960-2005
96 document boxesThis collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings, project files, photographs, correspondence, and professional papers related to preservation architect Giorgio Cavaglieri's architectural work, professional associations, and writings.