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1949-1958
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The collection is made up of three separate Boak & Raad projects commissioned by Rose Associates, Inc., which are as followed: 17 pencil and ink on drafting cloth drawings for Apartment Building, S.E. corner of 22nd street and Lexington Avenue, New York, NY (May 20, 1949) ; 8 pencil on drafting cloth drawings for Apartment Building, west side of Broadway, between E. 9th and E. 10th Street, New York, NY (Feb.-June 1955) ; 9 pencil on drawing cloth drawings for 209 to 223 East 53rd Street, New York, NY (1958).
Source of acquisition--Bruce Schlechter. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--2013. Accession number--2013.004.
Russell M. Boak's early architectural career was as a draftsman in the office of Emery Roth. In 1927, Boak and fellow Emery Roth draftsman Hyman F. Paris founded their firm Boak & Paris. Paris retired in 1942, and two years later, Boak partnered with Thomas O. Raad to form Boak & Raad. Their architectural practice primarily pursued commissions for large apartment houses.