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[New York City building costs account book], 1922-1930
1 volumeThis volume contains pasted-in accounting sheets of building construction and operational financial costs -- including detailed information about contractors, suppliers, utilities, square footage, and employees -- for a variety of bulding types in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Buildings are primarily identified by address; a few by name only.
Alexander McMillan Welch architectural drawings and papers, 1886-1937
1,838 architectural drawingsCity 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.
Holdouts! Reference Files, 1897-1985, bulk 1970-1985
2 document boxesJames Felt papers, 1955-1962, bulk 1956-1959
0.5 manuscript boxThis collection contains primarily typescript correspondence between James Felt and Robert Moses, dated from December 1955 to October 1962. Topics mainly concern issues of urban planning and development in New York City on which Felt and Moses held divergent viewpoints. In particular contention were slum clearance projects funded under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Also included are meeting minutes, internal memos, several event programs, a postcard, and a newspaper clipping.
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.
Emery Roth & Sons architectural records and papers, 1906-1996, bulk 1951-1994
34175 drawingsThis collection primarily contains architectural drawings, correspondence, business records, and a small number of photographs related to the projects of Emery Roth & Sons and its subsidiary entities. A large portion of the entities are represented only in the Office Records series and are identified as such. Some projects on which Emery Roth & Sons acted as architect of record are not represented in this collection, most notably the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.