Metropolitan Square Development specifications, 1931-1932

Creator:

Metropolitan Square Development, Metropolitan Square Development, and Columbia University

Extent:

2 manuscript boxes

Language:

English .

Scope and content:

Legal contracts between the Owners, Managers, Architects and Builders regarding various aspects of the construction work on Theatre #10 of the Metropolitan Square Development project. The contracts detail what was specifically to be done by the construction crews and what was and was not included in each part of the specified construction process.

Specification documents regarding the construction of various elements of Theatre #10 of the Metropolitan Square Development – later called Rockefeller Center Development. All documents date between April, 1931 and October, 1932. Specifications were for such varied elements as metal windows and radiator enclosures, limestone, elevator fronts, marble work. Painting, roof gardens, cork tile work, and caulking.

Biographical / historical:

The Metropolitan Square Development became Rockefeller Center Development in 1932.

Acquisition information:: Materials were donated by Mary Mandeville of Dartmouth, MA. These documents belonged to her uncle, William Delanty, who was an architect. Method of acquisition--Transferred from CU Archives; Date of acquisition--2017 . Accession number--2017.014.
Processing information:: Collection was processed by Stephanie Chen in July, 2006. Finding aid reformatted by Haruna Otsuka (BC 2012).
Arrangement:: The files are arranged in a chronological order.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Other information:: 1931-32

Access and use

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Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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