The records include correspondence and other materials on financial matters and planning including agreements, contracts, leases, memoranda, reports, statements, and information on budgets, funds, gifts, policies, and procedures.
This 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.
Series 8. UrisBuildingsCorporation, 1953-1989, undated According to the corporate records, UrisBuildingsCorporation was organized on March 7, 1960 for buildings in prime locations" [Architectural Forum 7/1962]. UrisBuildingsCorporation continued to grow
Abstract Or Scope
The series contains limited information about the publicly held corporation and its real estate holdings. Included are the corporate records, financial records, correspondence, and other papers regarding the formation and operations of the firm. There are also records for the individual buildings constructed and owned by the Uris Buildings Corporation. These records consist primarily of leases, publicity materials, photographs, tenant correspondence, and financial reports.
This 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.