Collections : [Avery Drawings & Archives]

1130 Park Avenue (Apartment House : New York, N.Y), undated

16th Century Italian drawings of portals, arches, and other apertures, after 1512

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8 sheets with 16 drawings (drawn recto and verso) of portals, arches, arcades, fireplaces, wall niches and other apertures. Drawings in ink with wash on paper, with some annotations in Italian. The sheets are from a dismembered sketchbook and are housed in a red leather-bound case titled "Architectural Drawings -- Beccafumi" on the spine.

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2 Park Avenue (Loft building : New York, N.Y.), 1927

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Blue-line print of bronze Subway sidewalk sign post design.

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30 West 72nd Street (Townhouse : New York, N.Y), 1905

32 Avenue of the Americas (New York, New York). Study for ceiling mosaic design, circa 1930

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Ink and wash on board study drawing of the ceiling mosaic for the lobby of 32 Avenue of Americas (AT&T Long Distance Building).

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516 Broadway (New York, NY) records and drawings, bulk 1870-1900

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The archive consists of 250 + letters, drawings, invoices, leases, mortgages, bonds, and deeds related to the 516 Broadway, New York, NY, which was owned then by Edward Livingston and his partner. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence from the architects, Hugh Lamb and Charles Rich, who were hired to convert a portion of the building into stores. They worked with Cornell Iron Works, Otis Elevator etc. and approved all work and payment of bills.

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71 Park Avenue (Apartment building : New York, N.Y.), 1932-1939

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Floor plans of the 4th, 5th, and 6th floor on negative photostat; and one pencil and trace floor plan of an unidentified apartment.

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Aaron I. Raisman student drawings, 1894-1898

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Drawings made by Raisman while a student at Columbia University's School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry from 1894 to 1898. The majority of the drawings are ink on paper or vellum and are studies of various shapes, valves, arches, and bridges.

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Aaron Resnick architectural drawings, 1947-1986

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Aaron Resnick (1914-1986) was an American engineer and architect. Resnick designed for Usonia, a planned community near Pleasantville, New York, which was conceptualized by Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City. The collection documents over 100 projects designed by Aaron Resnick starting from 1947 until his death in 1986. The majority of the projects are residential buildings for the planned community of Usonia, New York. Other creators in the collection include, among others, Frank Lloyd Wright, Franzen Ulrich, Paul Schweikher, and David Henken.

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Abbott Merkt and Company records, 1906-1994

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This collection primarily contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of architectural and engineering firm Abbott, Merkt and Company. A subsidiary portion of the collection includes drawings, photographs and papers related to the life and career of Richard H. Tatlow, III, president of Abbott Merkt, as well as the firms and agencies for which he also worked.

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