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Camillo J. Vergara slides : The New American Ghetto collection, 1980-1993
241 photographic imagesSlides taken by Camilo Vergara in the company of Lenny Hicks documenting urban decay in Bronx, New York for Vegara's project The New American Ghetto.
Herbert B. Oppenheimer architectural drawings, 1934-2004, bulk 1960s-1980s
300 drawingsThe collection documents four projects: Amsterdam Houses additions (New York, N.Y.) Curries Woods Restoration (Jersey City, N.J.); Washington Street Urban Renewal (New York, N.Y.) and Wyckoff Houses (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
Frederick H. Knubel papers on Radio Row and the World Trade Center, 1966
0.5 linear feetThe collection consists of a report created by Knubel documenting the demolition of Radio Row, a warehouse district on Manhattan's lower west side in the Financial District, to make space for the construction of the World Trade Center. The report, entitled "Spring On Radio Row: The World Trade Center Advances" was written as an assignment for an Urban Design Theory class Knubel was enrolled in as a special student in the Spring 1966. The report includes original photographs by Knubel of Radio Row before demolition, as well as collected images of the preliminary design and site plan for the World Trade Center from The Port of New York Authority. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings from 1966 regarding the World Trade Center plan and correspondence with Look Magazine's Editorial Board regarding a possible submission.
James 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.
Frederick G. Frost & Associates architectural records and papers, 1910-1982
31 document boxesThis collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings, photographs, office files, and professional papers related to the work of New York architect Frederick G. Frost, his son Frederick G., Jr., and his grandson, A. Corwin Frost. Examples of the work of Trowbridge & Livingston are also included.
Peter Marcuse papers, 1947-2017
20 document boxesJ. Max Bond Jr. papers, 1955-2009
28 document boxesThis collection documents the life and career of J. Max Bond, Jr., one of the most influential and prominent African-American architects and educators in the United States. The collection primarily documents Bond's professional activities rather than his building projects; however, the collection does contain project records and office records. The collection is made up of six series: Office Records, Personal Papers, Faculty Papers, Professional Papers, Project Records, and Reference Materials.
Goddard-Riverside Community Center records, 1854-1994
51 linear feetThe records include annual reports, board minutes, budgets, by-laws, correspondence, memos, publications, reports, scrapbooks, photographs and printed material. They document the settlement and its antecedent institutions from 1854 to 1994, offering a unique view of the first wave of the settlement house movement in America, as well as related philanthropy and social welfare activities in New York City over a 140 year period. The origins of Goddard-Riverside Community Center are documented in Series I, which includes eight institutional subseries. These records provide a wealth of information on philanthropic, social welfare and settlement work from the mid-19th century through the 1950s. Series II - IV document the activities of the settlement from 1959 to the 1990s, with a particular emphasis on the urban renewal period of the 1960s. Items in Series VII include photographs of staff, activities, facilities of Goddard-Riverside Community Center, as well as several of its predecessor institutions.