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This material is arranged in eleven series: Percy Uris; Joanne Uris; Harold D. Uris; Ruth Uris; 380 Madison Avenue; 300 Park Avenue; Other Uris Properties; Uris Buildings Corporation; Uris Corporations [Private]; Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc.; Other Materials. The arrangement of materials within each series is described at the beginning of each series description in the finding aid.
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Percy and Harold D. Uris papers, 1901-2003, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Source of acquisition--The bulk of this collection was a gift from the Uris family, through Victoria Sanger, in 2003. A second gift of two boxes of materials was received in 2004. Additionally, a gift of Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc. correspondence and administrative records was made by the Uris family from Susan Halpern in 2005. Accession number--2003.009 and 2005.020.
Percy Uris was born on August 19, 1899, and his younger brother Harold D. Uris arrived on May 26, 1905. The sons of Harris Uris and Sadie (Copland) Uris were raised in New York City where their father had established a successful ornamental ironwork factory. Percy attended Columbia University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1920. After graduation, Percy and his father developed residential properties. Upon completing his degree in civil engineering at Cornell University, Harold joined the family in real estate development. In 1935, each brother married, Percy to Joanne Diotte and Harold to Ruth Chinitz. Their families maintained residences in Manhattan, Long Island, and Florida over the years.
After World War II, the Uris brothers focused on commercial properties and became profitable investment builders in New York City. Percy handled the financial side of the business, including the purchase of properties, negotiation of loans, sale of parcels, assembly of plots, financing, rental pricing, and calculation of profits while Harold was primarily involved with construction. Their commercial properties included: 380 Madison Avenue; 300 Park Avenue (Colgate-Palmolive Building); 488 Madison Avenue (Look Building); 575 Madison Avenue; 485 Lexington Avenue; 750 Third Avenue; 2 Broadway; 850 Third Avenue; 320 Park Avenue; 350 Park Avenue (Manufacturers Hanover Trust Building); 60 Broad Street; 1290 Avenue of the Americas (Sperry Rand Building); 1301 Avenue of the Americas; 245 Park Avenue; 111 Wall Street; 1633 Broadway; 10 East 53rd Street; and 55 Water Street. The Urises frequently employed the architectural firm of Emery Roth & Sons to design their buildings, including several of those listed above. In 1960, Percy and Harold organized Uris Buildings Corporation and it became a prominent investment builder. The brothers retained private ownership of four buildings: 380 Madison Avenue, 300 Park Avenue, 485 Lexington Avenue, and 750 Third Avenue.
Percy and Harold Uris were active alumni of their respective alma maters and generous philanthropists. They established the Uris Brothers Foundation, Inc. in 1956 to direct their donations to several charitable organizations and educational institutions. At Columbia, Percy served as a Trustee of the University, special advisor to the President for new construction, and was a member of several alumni councils and associations. The construction of Uris Hall, home to the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, was in large part funded by a $3 million donation from the Uris brothers. Harold was trustee for Cornell University, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, the City Center for Music and Drama, Lenox Hill Hospital, the New York Building Congress, and the New York Committee of the American Cancer Society. Harold and Ruth also established an educational center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Two years after Percy Uris's death in 1971, the family's interest in Uris Buildings Corporation was sold to National Kinney Corporation. Harold Uris died on March 28, 1982 and the family appears to have retained ownership of the remaining office buildings until the late 1990s.
This collection was processed by Bridget T. Lerette, Processing Archivist/Cataloger, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, 2004-2006.
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.
The records of Emery Roth & Sons, the Uris Brothers' primary architect, are also held by Avery Library's Department of Drawings & Archives. For additional information, please see
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Percy Uris was born on August 19, 1899 to Harris Uris and Sadie (Copland) Uris at 1517 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York. Percy attended Townsend Harris Hall, a school designed for advanced students on an accelerated curriculum. He then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Columbia University. Upon graduating in 1920, Percy joined his father in real estate development. With his brother Harold, Percy Uris became a profitable investment builder in New York City. Percy handled the financial side of the business, including the purchase of properties, negotiation of loans, sale of parcels, assembly of plots, financing, rental pricing, and calculation of profits. In addition to being a successful businessman, he was a competitive golfer, bridge player, and generous donor to several charitable organizations. Percy Uris was actively involved with his alma mater, Columbia University, and bestowed significant contributions on this and other educational institutions. At Columbia, Percy served as a Trustee of the University, special advisor to the President for new construction, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was also a member of the Advisory Council of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia Business Associates, the Joint Administrative Board of Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital, and various other alumni associations. The construction of Uris Hall, home to the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, was in large part funded by a $3 million donation from the Uris brothers. Percy and his wife Joanne raised two daughters, Julia and Lynda. Percy Uris died on November 20, 1971 at his home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Chiefly contains correspondence between Percy Uris and his business associates, relatives, friends, politicians, employees, organizations, committees, clubs, fraternities, and Columbia University. The correspondence has a mixture of professional and personal letters. Among the business topics discussed are real estate development, investment building, financing, commercial properties, hotels, architectural designs, taxes, job offers, and other corporate matters. Percy was involved in several professional associations, fraternities, and other institutions related to the real estate business and the correspondence with these organizations reflects his professional endeavors. In addition, there are reading files, 1946-1971, that contain copies of outgoing correspondence, accounts of meetings, notes about telephone conversations, and interoffice memorandums. The subjects discussed in these communications include construction projects, commercial and residential properties, funding for land and buildings, tenants, architects' plans, deal negotiations, building management, publicity, city regulations, safety, and Percy's calendar. Since Percy and Harold D. Uris were business partners, the correspondence between them often has a mixture of commercial and personal issues. Percy likewise held business lunches and other deal-making meetings at his private golf, country, and card clubs.
Percy Uris's private letters illustrate family relationships, his residences in New York and Florida, recreational activities, artwork, travel, friendly wagers, the theatre, and other everyday topics. Percy's philanthropic endeavors are often the subject of the correspondence with answers to requests for assistance, donations to a mixture of institutions, and information on his participation in charitable committees. There is some correspondence with soldiers discussing World War II and the military. Also included in the private correspondence are congratulations, expressions of gratitude, recommendations, condolences, requests for loans of artwork, holiday greetings, responses to invitations, and other personal messages.
Within the subseries, there are more than three boxes of correspondence about Percy Uris's dealings with Columbia University. The correspondence represents his involvement with the Graduate School of Business, assorted institutional associations, fundraising, alumni events, and the expansion and development of campus. Files about the Graduate School of Business cover the school's operations and the building of Uris Hall to house the school. Some of the communications center on the campus organizations Percy contributed to, including Columbia Business Associates, Associated Business Fellows Program, Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, Engineering Council, and Thomas Egleston Associates. He enthusiastically participated in the University's fundraising, serving on the Budget Austerity Committee and Capital Fund Campaign as well as making sizable personal donations. The correspondence also deals with University ceremonies such as commencement, Charter Day, Class of 1920 reunions, awards celebrations, dedications, and the groundbreaking for Uris Hall. Among the construction projects discussed in the subseries are Uris Hall, the Engineering Center, and residence halls. Also included are files of letters between Percy Uris, head of the Graduate School of Business Dr. Courtney C. Brown, and Columbia's President Dr. Grayson Kirk.
Besides the aforementioned correspondence, the subseries also contains photographs, architectural plans, speeches, publicity, news articles, and other papers. The photographs depict the Uris brothers, commercial buildings, ceremonies, professional occasions, celebrations, family activities, artwork, and Percy's childhood. There are also pictures of Columbia University events including the awarding of the alumni medal, Business Association dinners, trustee meetings, homecoming games, and commencements. The architectural plans illustrate Percy Uris's residences in both New York and Florida.
Contains two black and white photographs.
Contains four black and white photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_001: four diazo prints, five photostats, and one photocopy (reversed image) of Map of Property of Winthrop W. Aldrich at Brookville, Nassau County, N.Y., Joseph E. Dioguardi, Revised 1967 July 18, original survey by Mark L. Diggory, Lic. Surveyor, 1950 January 25.
Separated to Roll UB_001: five diazo prints of Map of Property of Joanne Uris at Brookville, Nassau County, N.Y., Joseph E. Dioguardi, Revised 1967 July 18, original survey by Mark L. Diggory, Lic. Surveyor, 1950 January 25.
Separated to Roll UB_002: six diazo prints of Architectural Woodwork and Specifications for Mr. Percy Uris Dressing Room, John Langenbacher Co., Inc., Brookville, N.Y., Job No. 97-47, Drawing No. 10-12, 1967 December 23-26.
Separated to Roll UB_002: five sepia diazo prints of Weldwood Movable Interiors for Bedrooms, Study, and Bathhouse, John Langenbacher, Co., Inc., Brookville, N.Y., Job No. 97-47, Drawing No. 1-5, 1967 September 8-9.
Separated to Roll UB_003: four diazo prints of Floor Plans, Broadhollow Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, Brookville, Long Island, N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1967.
Separated to Roll UB_003: eight diazo prints of Floor Plans, Broadhollow Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, Brookville, Long Island, N.Y., [unidentified creator], circa 1967.
Contains twenty two black and white photographs.
See also Columbia University: Graduate School of Business.
See also Columbia University: Graduate School of Business.
Contains one black and white and four color photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph and a contact sheet with three frames.
Contains six black and white photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_004: one diazo print of Plan of Columbia University in the City of New York, Morningside Campus, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1947 May.
Separated to Roll UB_004: two photostats and one negative photostat of Part of Section 7, Plate 132 [map], Columbia University in the City of New York, Morningside Campus, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], circa 1947.
Separated to Roll UB_004: one diazo print of Plan of Academic Buildings Future Development, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], Drawing No. GRDS-1147, 1947 November 26.
Separated to Roll UB_004: one diazo print, three photostats, and one negative photostat of Plan of Academic Buildings Future Development, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], Drawing No. GRDS-1147, 1947 November 26.
Separated to Roll UB_004 one photocopy of Map of Sheffield Farms Co. Site [between W. 127th and W. 129th Streets, New York, N.Y.], [unidentified creator], circa 1953.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains four color photographs.
Contains thirteen black and white photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph of architectural rendering.
Separated to Roll UB_004: six diazo prints of Floor Plans and Elevations of Proposed School of Business, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., Moore and Hutchins, Architects, Scheme E, Drawing No. P-1 to P-6, 1957 December 27.
Contains six black and white photographs and two color slides.
Separated to Roll UB_004: three diazo prints of Typical Room Plans, Preliminary Design for Graduate Dormitory, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1954 November 26.
Contains three black and white photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_004: one diazo print of Floor Plan, Baker Field Tennis Club, Office of Architectural Planning, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1968 October 18.
See also Columbia University: School of Engineering.
See also Douglas Elliman Co.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of Proposed Subdivision for the Estate of Joseph Ridder, Land in Govt. Lots 1 and 2, Sec. 35, Twp. 43S, Rgs. 43E, Palm Beach, Florida, Brockway, Owen & Anderson Engineers, Inc., 1966 June 1.
Contains one black and white photograph.
See also Columbia University.
Contains three black and white photographs.
See also Columbia University.
See also Columbia University.
Contains two color photographs.
Contains eight black and white photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
See also Columbia University: Engineering.
Separated to Roll UB_003: two photostats of Map of Property to be Acquired by Jack Isidor Straus at Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., N.Y., Arthur W. Leach, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, 1934 May 25.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one diazo print of Map of Property at Jericho, Nassau Co., N.Y., Mark L. Diggory, Surveyor, Job #3040, 1954 July 27.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one diazo print of Proposed Lakeside Patio Designed for Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, Brookville, N.Y., Landscape Associates, Allen F. Dalsimer, Donald F. Pollitt, 1954 September 13.
Separated to Roll UB_005: two diazo prints of Maps of "Green Pastures" Property of Joanne Uris, Jericho, Nassau Co., N.Y., Mark L. Diggory, Surveyor, Job #3155, 1954 October 10.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one pencil on trace of Map of Property Belonging to Lilias J. Kent Situate at Jericho and Muttontown, Nassau Co., N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1956 July.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one diazo print of Bush Farms Inc. "Glen Acres" [topographical map] Jericho, Long Island, N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1958 December 18.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one blueprint Bush Farms Inc. "Glen Acres" [map] Jericho, Long Island, N.Y., Uris Bldgs. Corp., 1961 April 20.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one diazo print of Section 15 Block A [map], Nelson & Baldwin, File 7986-R; Order 3563, Study 3, undated.
Contains seven black and white photographs of the dedication of a plaque honoring the site of the School of Mines of Columbia College at the 300 Park Avenue building.
Contains thirty one black and white photographs, including portraits of Percy Uris, the Demolition Ceremony at Lenox Hill Hospital, and other events.
Contains seven black and white photographs of the Columbia Alumni Medal Award ceremony, opening of Seamen's Bank for Savings office on Beaver Street, Real Estate Board Banquet, and Topping Out ceremony at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Contains sixteen black and white portrait photographs of Percy Uris and four photographs of the Columbia Business Associates dinner, three black and white and one color.
Contains twelve black and white photographs, including events at the Washington Hilton, Lenox Hill Hospital construction, Columbia University activities, and other ceremonies.
Contains nine black and white photographs, including four of the New York Hilton's Third Birthday party, four of Columbia University events, and one taken in Palm Beach, Florida.
Contains two color slides and three black and white photographs of Dr. McGill's Installation at Columbia University. Also contains three black and white and one color photographs of other events.
Contains thirteen black and white portrait photographs and two negatives of Percy Uris. Also contains five black and white portrait photographs of Percy and Harold Uris.
Contains fifteen black and white photographs and six negatives, includes portraits, camp scenes, and a school class. Some of the negatives are damaged.
Contains fourteen black and white photographs.
Contains six black and white photographs of a Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York dinners and two black and white photographs of the Columbia School of Forty-Niners event.
Contains one black and white photograph of Harold and Percy Uris with the model for a new hotel planned for Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets.
Separated to Roll UB_006: four photostats of Map of Certain Property in the Inc. Village of Sands Point, Nassau County, N.Y., Arthur W. Leach, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Job #6355, 1947 July 2.
Separated to Roll UB_006: one blueprint Sketch Map of "Tibbits Estate" Inc. Village of Sands Point, Port Washington, Nassau County, N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1952 November 10.
Separated to Roll UB_006: three diazo prints of Floor Plans, Henry W. Johanson, Architect, Sandy Cay, [Port Washington, N.Y.], 1954 June 3.
Separated to Roll UB_006: one diazo print of Proposed Building Addition for Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, Via Del Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., Norman C. Schmid & Assoc., Engineers, Design by John G. Oxer, 1959 June 22.
Separated to Roll UB_006: one diazo print, one photostat, and one negative photostat of Proposed Landscaping and Tennis Court Placement at the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, Palm Beach, Fla., Boynton Landscape Company, 1959 May 25.
Separated to Roll UB_006: one diazo print of Roof Plan, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Uris, 174 Via Del Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., Boys Roofing and Sheet Metal Works, Inc., Not to Scale, 1959 October 9.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of Roof Plan, 174 Via Del Lago, Palm Beach, Fla., Boys, Inc., circa 1970.
See also Columbia University.
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Contains paid bills, tax documents, bank statements, and related financial records. The paid bills detail the expenses incurred by Percy and Joanne Uris for household operations, leisure activities, personal care, charitable donations, and other costs. In the tax files, there are state and federal income tax returns, supporting documentation, correspondence, legal papers, and connected materials. These documents describe the taxes paid by the Urises, audits, valuations, adjustments, and disputes. Also includes bank statements with cancelled checks for Percy Uris's accounts at three different institutions.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Consists of bills paid for expenses incurred by Percy and Joanne Uris. These records detail residential expenditures for utilities, cleaning, groceries, landscaping, rubbish, pool maintenance, interior design, furnishings, laundry, repairs, utilities, books, flowers, and automobiles. There are also records about the Urises' leisure activities, country club and association dues, medical expenses, jewelry, clothes, and commissions on stock sales. Also included are Columbia University contributions and sporadic business related purchases.
Reverse chronological by tax year
The sub-subseries also includes one folder of payroll taxes from 1970 that is restricted from access until January 1, 2080.
Comprised of the tax returns, supporting documentation, correspondence, legal documents, and other records related to Percy Uris's taxes. There are state and federal income tax returns from 1930 to 1971 for Percy as well as Joanne Uris. Often accompanying these returns are forms, balance sheets, deduction records, accounting work sheets, income statements, payment vouchers, extension filings, and estimated tax calculations. The correspondence with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, State Tax Commission, Internal Revenue Service, and accountants explains audits, assessment of taxes, adjustments, and tax disputes. Legal documents including affidavits, hearing dates and requests, court proceedings, court opinions, and other papers further detail the tax disputes.
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Chronological, then alphabetical
Primarily bank statements, checkbook stubs, and cancelled checks for bank accounts held by Percy Uris. The accounts were with Irving Trust Company, Bankers Trust Company, and First National Bank in Palm Beach. Some of the accounts were held jointly with Joanne Uris.
Arrangement is alphabetical
Contains correspondence, legal papers, financial records, property documents, and other materials concerning the resolution of Percy Uris's estate. The correspondence with Harold Uris, executor of the estate, Irving Trust Company, co-executor, attorneys, accountants, and others describes their activities regarding the estate. These communications discuss payments, investments, handling of trust accounts for family members, insurance, burial arrangements, and the distribution of wealth in accordance to the will. Included in the legal papers consist of applications to the court, a death certificate, birth certificates, will, judicial settlement, affidavits, and other documentation of legal proceedings. The financial records showing Percy Uris's monetary position at time of his death and that of his subsequent estate. They consist of financial statements, balance sheets, invoices, investment reports, securities holdings, and an outstanding note owed to Percy Uris. There also are account statements from Irving Trust Company about the trust accounts established for Percy's wife, Joanne. Appraisals, agreements of sale, and other documents represent the estate's handling of properties owned or partially owned by Percy Uris. The subseries also includes insurance policies, social security records, news clippings, obituaries, condolences, and a copy of Percy's Navy discharge.
See also Series 10.
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Joanne Uris was born on October 4, 1900 in Canada, the daughter of Peter and Josephine Diotte. Joanne had a brother, Albert Diotte and a sister, Mrs. Benj. Gibson (Jeannette). Prior to her marriage to Percy Uris on March 20, 1935, she worked as a model. Percy and Joanne raised two daughters, Julia and Lynda. She was an active golfer who often won local tournaments and championships. Joanne Uris died on March 9, 1985 at Broadhollow Estate, her home in Brookville, New York.
The series has correspondence, financial records, estate papers, and employee files about Joanne Uris. In the correspondence, there are discussions of her personal affairs and surroundings. Her personal finances, including assets, expenditures, taxes, are detailed in the bank accounts, bills, tax returns, and other fiscal documents. The papers concerning the disposition of her estate describe the execution of the will, settlement of estate expenses, asset distribution, and other legal issues. Also included are the insurance, payroll, and tax records related to the private employees of Joanne Uris and her subsequent estate.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Consists of correspondence, appraisals, insurance policies, legal documents, and other miscellaneous papers. These documents describe the value of her possessions, insurance coverage and claims, and the services rendered by accountants, lawyers, and other professionals. The subseries contains deeds, mortgages, sales records, maintenance expenses, and tax materials regarding her residences in Miami, Florida, Brookville, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida. Also included are driver's licenses with automobile registrations and undated color photograph negatives of Percy and Joanne Uris.
Contains color negatives of family snapshots.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of Map of Property on North Side of Jericho Turnpike, Muttontown, Town of Oyster, Nassau County, N.Y., J. J. Bohn and R. W. Phillips, Land Planners and Surveyors, 1967 September.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print map of Sec. 15, Blk. A, Jericho, Nassau County, N.Y., Department of Assessment, County of Nassau, New York, 1955 February 1.
Separated to Roll UB_005: one diazo print and one photostat of Part of the Property at Jericho, Nassau County, N.Y. Belonging to Jack Isidor Straus Esq., Mark L. Diggory, Surveyor, S-1690, 1949 August 31.
Separated to Roll UB_005: two photostats of Map of Property to be Acquired by Jack Isidor Straus at Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., Arthur W. Leach, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, L-7709, 1934 May 25.
See also Series 1.1. Northwood.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of Sketch of Certain Property in Inc. Village of Muttontown, Nassau County, N.Y., Murrett H. Delorme, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Job #9697, 1965 October 6.
Arrangement is by type
Contains records of Joanne Uris's personal finances, including bank statements, account reconciliations, paid bills, cash expenditures, real estate tax records, income tax returns, and checkbook stubs. These documents primarily describe Joanne living expenses and assets.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Receipts of cash payments and paid bills for household expenditures from 1972 to 1985. The bills include regular charges for utilities, exterminator service, newspaper subscription, laundry service, gas, hardware store purchases, and car maintenance.
Reverse chronological by tax year
Consists primarily of real estate tax records for Joanne's properties in Miami, Florida, Brookville, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida. These materials include tax bills, payments, accounting work sheets, and other related documents. Also includes records regarding her income tax returns, both federal and state. These records, 1980-1985, contain forms, balance sheets, deductions, accounting work sheets, income statements, payment vouchers, extension requests, and estimated tax calculations.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Comprised of bank statements, checkbook stubs, and reconciliations for Joanne Uris's bank accounts at Irving Trust Company. The statements detail activities in her custody, house checking, and trust accounts. Within the reconciliations of checking accounts, there are accounting balance worksheets, records of disbursements, and lists of checks. The stubs include information on the account balance, date of the check, payee, amount, and notation of the purpose of the payment. Most of the checks are not numbered.
Arrangement is alphabetical
Comprised of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, and other papers related to Joanne Uris's estate. The correspondence discusses the resolution of Joanne's estate including sale of properties, dispersal of estate assets, and giving of legacies to various people and organizations. The financial records document the payments of household expenses, estate bills, and taxes. There are also bank statements from the executors account, house account, custody account and trust account at Irving Trust Company. Probate papers and other legal documents from 1985 to 1987 describe the execution of the will and subsequent operations of the estate. Also included are appraisals of artwork, antiques, rugs, furniture, and other items owned by Joanne Uris.
Separated to Roll UB_003: one diazo print of Map of property of Winthrop W. Aldrich at Brookville, Nassau County, N.Y., Charles E. Ward, Inc., Engineers and Surveyors, Revised 1985 November 25; Original survey by Mark L. Diggory, 1950 January 25, Continued to 1967 July 18 by Joseph E. Dioguardi.
Separated to Roll UB_003: three diazo prints of Sketch Plan Possible Subdivision at Inc. Village of Brookville and Old Westbury, Nassau County, N.Y., Charles E. Ward, Inc., Engineers and Surveyors, Map #943-80852, 1985.
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Arrangement is alphabetical
Contains the insurance, payroll, and tax records related to employees of Joanne Uris and her subsequent estate. The insurance materials describe the Blue Cross Blue Shield medical coverage, Companion of New York disability insurance, and workers compensation insurance for the employees, including individual claims for benefits. The payroll records consist of registers of monthly payments to each worker and communications regarding hours worked, time off, and other employee matters. There are also employee tax records with wage statements and tax forms.
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Harold David Uris was the fourth child of Harris and Sadie Uris, born on May 26, 1905 in New York City. Harold Uris earned a degree in civil engineering from Cornell University and went to work with his elder brother Percy in real estate development. Harold was primarily involved with the construction operations for the Uris companies. He was an active philanthropist and served as a trustee for Cornell University, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, the City Center for Music and Drama, Lenox Hill Hospital, the New York Building Congress, and the New York Committee of the American Cancer Society. Harold married Ruth Chinitz on July 14, 1935 and they raised four daughters: Judith Haber, Susan Halpern, Linda Sanger, and Jane Bayard. Harold Uris died March 28, 1982 in at St. Mary's Hospital in Palm Beach, Florida.
The series has correspondence, financial records, legal documents, estate papers, and domestic employee files generated by Harold D. Uris. In the correspondence, there is a mixture of professional and personal communications as well as photographs, press clippings, medical papers, and other materials. The correspondence is between Harold D. Uris and colleagues, family members, friends, business associates, politicians, and other individuals. The business correspondence describes Harold Uris's real estate development activities, membership in professional associations and committees, requests for employment assistance, building maintenance, tax preparation, and other administrative matters. In the personal correspondence with family and friends, the letters discuss leisure activities, residences in Florida, artwork, invitations, thank you notes, and best wishes. In additional to this correspondence, there are communications regarding charitable contributions to various public and private organizations. The financial records are comprised of investment account information, invoices, tax documents, bank statements, and ledgers. In the investment account files, there are reports, statements, correspondence, and other supporting documentation of Harold Uris's investments. The tax information concerns both income and gift tax returns for the Urises along with estimated payments, deductions, and accounting work sheets. Paid invoices, monthly bank statements, and bound ledgers give details about private expenditures and receipts. In legal papers, there are powers of attorney, stock certificates, wills, tax disputes, and other legal materials. The estate records document the management of Harold D. Uris's estate, including financial statements, correspondence, agreements, mortgage loan papers, and materials regarding the establishment of the Uris Education Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Also included are employee files, tax documents, and unemployment insurance information about the Uris household employees.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Consists primarily of correspondence between Harold D. Uris and colleagues, family members, friends, business associates, politicians, and other individuals. The business correspondence describes Harold Uris's real estate development activities, membership in professional associations, involvement with industry related committees, requests for employment assistance, building maintenance, tax preparation, and other administrative matters. Some of the letters document Mr. Uris' contributions to various public and private organizations including Columbia University, Lenox Hill, medical researchers, and political campaigns. Personal correspondence with family and friends discusses leisure activities, residences in Florida, travel, artwork, invitations, thank you notes, congratulations, and the celebration of Harold's 75th birthday. In addition to letters, the series contains driver's licenses, pension trust policy, press clippings, and photographs. The photographs depict Harold D. Uris, Percy Uris, Columbia University events, business engagements, and other activities.
Contains five black and white photographs.
Contains three black and white photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains five color photographs.
Contains nine black and white photographs.
Separated to Box 278 Folder 1: two mounted black and white photographs of Percy Uris with other businessmen, one mounted black and white photograph of the J.C. Penney Co. Lease signing, three mounted black and white photographs of office building interiors, one mounted black and white photograph of office employees, and one mounted black and white photograph of Cornell University students.
Separated to Box 278 Folder 2: one black and white photograph of the 37th Annual Reunion Dinner of the Real Estate Board of New York and one black and white photograph of Harold Uris, Joe Beins, and Percy Uris.
Contains nine black and white photographs.
Separated to Box 278 Folder 3: two mounted color photographs, six mounted black and white photographs, and eight black and white photographs of Percy and Harold Uris.
Contains one black and white photograph.
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The financial records are comprised of investment account information, invoices, tax documents, bank statements, and ledgers. In the investment account files, there are annual financial reports, monthly account statements, records of investments, and details of payments as well as tax information, correspondence, and other supporting documentation about the investments. Paid invoices, 1981-1982, record Harold Uris's expenditures for living expenses, leisure activities, taxes, insurance, business commitments, philanthropy, and other obligations. The tax records contain income and gift tax returns and estimated payments accompanied by applicable calculations, records charitable contributions, deductions, and investment return reports. In addition, there are monthly bank statements and bound ledgers itemizing disbursements and revenue.
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Consists of annual financial reports, monthly account statements, records of investments, details about payments, tax information, and correspondence. These documents are accompanied by accounting work sheets with calculations of income and value, valuation of assets, audits, and other summary reports. The records detail the value and composition of Harold Uris's fiscal ventures.
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Paid invoices, 1971-1982, for various expenses incurred by Harold D. Uris. The expenditures include residential costs, charitable contributions, credit card balances, club memberships, dining, travel, healthcare, insurance, estimated federal and state tax payments, and fees associated with his real estate business.
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Contains federal and state income tax returns and estimated tax calculations for Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Uris. These returns are accompanied by taxable income calculations, records charitable contributions, deductions, investment return reports, records of estimated payments, and accountant's work sheets. Also includes gift tax returns submitted to the IRS and State of New York for the Urises.
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Monthly statements with cancelled checks from different banks with accounts for Harold D. Uris. The accounts documented were at Chase Manhattan Bank, Chemical Bank, Citibank, First National City Bank, New York, First National Bank in Palm Beach, and Irving Trust Company.
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Five bound ledgers containing records of receipts and disbursements for Harold D. Uris.
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Contains correspondence with lawyers, powers of attorney, stock certificates, and records from court cases involving Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Uris. One file documents a lawsuit against Eastern Air Conditioning Corp. over property damages at their apartment in The Pierre, New York City. The other court cases involve disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and New York State Tax Commission about tax liabilities.
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Consists of correspondence, financial records, certificates, agreements, and other documents related to the handling of Harold D. Uris's estate. There is correspondence, bank statements, agreements, fiscal reports, and other materials from lawyers, Irving Trust Company, The Bank of New York, and Richard A. Eisner & Company. Included in the series are financial statements, agreements, and materials regarding the establishment of the Uris Education Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The donation to the museum concerned the reconstruction and endowment of the Junior Museum area and educational programs. Also contains correspondence, agreements, and related documents about the mortgage loans with the New York State Common Retirement Fund for the 300 Park Avenue and 380 Madison Avenue buildings.
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Contains employee files, tax documents, and unemployment insurance information about Harold D. Uris household employees. The employee files have information on the date of hire, length of service, position held, and salary. Tax forms indicate withholding from employee salaries, Mr. Uris's payment of the quarterly payroll taxes, and supporting documentation.
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Ruth Chinitz Uris was born on June 23, 1909 in Manhattan, the daughter of Aaron and Rose (Sadowsky) Chinitz. Ruth attended Smith College and married Harold D. Uris on July 14, 1935. She had four daughters: Judith Haber, Susan Halpern, Linda Sanger, and Jane Bayard and eight grandchildren. Ruth served as chairwoman of the Uris Brothers Foundation and continued the philanthropic endeavors of her husband, Harold. Ruth Uris died on March 19, 1996 in New York City.
The series has correspondence, financial records, employee payroll information, and other papers related to Ruth Uris. In the correspondence subseries, there are materials describing Mrs. Uris's personal interests, finances, and residential activities. The financial records detail her investments, individual expenses, tax issues, and other fiscal matters. Payroll tax records and related documents have to do with domestic staff under her employ. In addition, there are legal documents, insurance papers, and correspondence about her estate.
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Consists of correspondence, insurance papers, financial records, legal documents, bills, statements, and other materials related to Ruth Uris and her subsequent estate. These documents explain Mrs. Uris's insurance coverage, personal assets, recreational activities, and residencies at the Hotel Pierre in New York City and in Palm Beach, Florida. The records from her estate describe payments of outstanding bills, canceling of insurance, and disposition of financial matters. Also included are copies of family birth certificates.
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Contains documents regarding Ruth Uris's personal finances. Includes investment account summaries, paid invoices, tax returns, bank statements, accounting work sheets, correspondence, bound ledgers, checkbook stubs, and other monetary records. These records were primarily generated by the banks, accountants, and other financial institutions handling Ruth Uris's assets and expenses from 1976 to 1996.
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Comprised of transaction records, bank statements, account summaries, accountant's work sheets, and correspondence regarding the status of Ruth Uris's investment accounts at different financial institutions. The institutions include the Bank of New York, Irving Trust Company, Citibank, and First National City Bank (FNCB).
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Paid invoices for various expenses incurred by Ruth Uris from 1982 to 1996. These everyday expenditures include utilities, insurance premiums, tax payments, living expenses, charitable contributions, transportation, legal fees, accounting services, leisure activities, healthcare, and other personal bills.
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Contains income and gift tax returns submitted to the IRS and State of New York along with estimated tax payment vouchers for Ruth Uris. These materials were prepared by her accountants. Also includes records of charitable contributions, deduction records, calculations of accrued interest, bank statements, accounting work sheets, and other supporting documentation used in drawing up the returns.
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Consists of checkbook stubs from Ruth Uris's bank accounts at Irving Trust Company and Bank of New York. The stubs include information on the account balance, date of the check, payee, and amount.
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Four bound ledgers contain records of receipts, disbursements, and transfers of funds for Ruth Uris.
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Contains payroll tax forms and supporting documentation for payment of taxes for Ruth Uris's domestic staff. There is also paperwork regarding a domestic employee's check and jury duty.
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The 25 story office building with a five level garage stands on the block-front on the west side of Madison Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets. It was erected on the former site of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel after the property was acquired from City Bank Farmers Trust Company, trustee of the William Waldorf Astor Estate. Construction began in 1950 to execute the design by Emery Roth & Sons and most the commercial space was leased before completion. Among the prominent tenants were Irving Trust Company, Caltex Petroleum Corporation, Cities Services Company (formerly Columbia Carbon Company), Frank G. Shattuck Company, General American Transportation Corporation, Hercules Incorporated (formerly Hercules Powder Company), Richard A. Eisner & Company, Philip Morris Incorporated (formerly American Safety Razor Corporation), Binney & Smith, Inc., and Charles W. Hoyt Company, Inc. When most of the Uris buildings were incorporated in 1960, this building remained in under the family's private ownership. It was sold in the late 1980s to Howard P. Ronson of HRO International Ltd. and subsequently purchased by Barclay Brothers in 1991.
The series has administrative records, correspondence, financial records, construction files, and drawings. These documents portray the both the creation and subsequent commercial operation of 380 Madison Avenue by three successive corporate entities. The first was Uris Building, Inc., then Uris 380 Madison Corporation, and finally 380 Madison Uris Avenue, LLC. Within the administrative records, there are tenant files, Cross & Brown property statements, subject files, mortgage and loan records, and employee related files. The correspondence deals with the building management, financial matters, provided services, insurance, structure maintenance, corporate issues, and other business activities. In the financial records, there are general files, financial statements, paid bills, and bank account materials about fiscal matters. Both the construction records and drawings illustrate the building's design by Emery Roth & Sons and modification for tenants.
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Contains the tenant files, Cross & Brown property statements, subject files, mortgage and loan records, and employee related files for 380 Madison Avenue. The tenant files are comprised of correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, invoices, and other records associated with individual tenants at 380 Madison Avenue. These documents portray the business relationship the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Monthly property statements issued by Cross & Brown Company contain paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, financial statements, and other management documents. The invoices reveal the monthly business expenses, the payroll records explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building, and the receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual tenants paid for rent and building services. Financial statements of different types illustrate the property's overall fiscal operations and earnings. In the subject files, correspondence, agreements, reports, registers, financial records, proposals, and other materials further describe the building's operation. These documents depict building management activities, lease provisions, negotiations with potential lessees, renovations, tenant services, Local Law observance, and structural upkeep. The mortgage and loan records have statements, agreements, and correspondence regarding the financing of 380 Madison Avenue. These documents on the funding of initial construction and subsequent fiscal arrangements involve a number of lenders. Correspondence, insurance papers, contracts, payroll reports, personnel files, pension plan records, and other materials are contained in the employee records. Subjects addressed in these files include employees' insurance coverage, pension plan participation, earnings, taxes, and personnel information.
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Comprised of correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, invoices, and other records associated with individual tenants at 380 Madison Avenue. These documents portray the business relationship the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Tenants at 380 Madison Avenue were engaged in diverse occupations and leased space for corporate executive offices, retail stores, financial institutions, graphic imaging, marketing, real estate, and storage. The correspondence with tenants explains all aspects of their leases, alterations to the premises, fire codes, rent escalations, permissions to sublet space, legal actions involving tenants, and corporate changes. Included are letters to and from Cross & Brown Company regarding leases, modifications, tenant charges with collection and overdue instances, and other building management activities. There are also communications about the building's construction, including communications with lawyers, architects, contractors regarding building space to tenant specifications and needs. Interoffice memorandums in these files discuss negotiated lease terms, rent arrears, calculation of tenant charges, proposed leases, rent freezes, renewals, and lease modifications.
The leases each specify the tenant, terms of lease, length of lease, portion of building being rented, riders, and construction or alteration requirements for the premise. Subleases and under-subleases incorporate similar information as well as consent from the landlord for the arrangement. Often appended to the leases are blueprints and other plans of tenant premises illustrating Emery Roth & Sons construction drawings, furniture arrangements, electrical diagrams, floor plans, and interior design layouts. All of these leases are for entire floors, portions of floors, store locations, mezzanine areas, or basement levels. Documents modifying the leases describe revisions to lease terms over the course of tenancy and escalations of rent based on increases in electricity costs, real estate taxes, and wage rates. These lease modifications consist of permissions to sublet space, tenant billing statements, amendments, extensions, brokerage settlements, light and air covenants, changes in rental rate, surrender agreements, mortgage deals, draft copies, and records regarding renovations and other installations to the premise. Also included are assignments, a type of agreement executed when a company merged, underwent an acquisition, changed its name, or experienced other transformations that transferred the lease from one corporate entity to another.
Records on electric rent inclusions in the tenant files detail the increases and decreases in electric rates and the subsequent adjustments to lease terms and tenant charges for service. They have surveys of premises to determine usage, equipment inspections, billing notifications sent by Cross & Brown Company, supplementary agreements with landlord, and reports of increases in rates granted to Consolidated Edison by the Public Service Commission of the State of New York. The invoices for work performed on tenant's premises itemize labor and materials charges for installations of electrical panels, acoustic tiles, wooden floors, air conditioning and ventilation systems, light fixtures, doors, ventilation as well as work on plumbing, wiring, lighting, and carpentry work. In addition to all these documents, the tenant files have a coffee service license agreement, newspaper clippings, articles, letters, credit reviews, bankruptcy filings, reports and other papers about individual tenants and their business operations.
Separated to Roll UB_019: one blueprint of Part Plan of Stores at Madison Ave. and East 47th St., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., [Emery Roth & Sons], undated.
Separated to Roll UB_025: one diazo print of Furniture Plan of 18th Floor, Alexander Grant & Company, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., FSA Freidin Studley Associates, Drawing No. F1, 1968 January 31.
Separated to Roll UB_020: one diazo print of 2nd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Design Interiors Incorporated, Drawing No. SP-A, 1976 October 27.
Separated to Roll UB_020: one diazo print of Additional Supply and Spill Ductwork, 2nd Floor, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Mandell & Corsini, Inc., 1964 June 29.
Separated to UB_020: two diazo prints of 2nd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 6, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_014: one blueprint 4th Sub-Level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-4SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_014: two diazo prints of 4th Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_015: two blueprints of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_025: one printed paper of 21st Floor Plan, Cross & Brown Company, circa 1951.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one printed paper of 22nd Floor plan, Cross & Brown Company, circa 1951.
Separated to Roll UB_015: one diazo print of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_018: one blueprint of Mezzanine Floor Plan of Mezzanine, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. C-T-1, 1958 May 9.
Separated to Roll UB_018: seven diazo prints of Office Layouts of Mezzanine, California Texas Oil Company Ltd., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Rodgers Associates, Interior Designers, Drawing No. SK-4 and SK-5, 1957 Nov-Dec.
Separated to Roll UB_016: three blueprints of 2nd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 3, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_018: one diazo print and one photostat of Preliminary Layout, Mezzanine, Rodgers Associates, Interior Designers, Drawing No. SK-5, 1957 December 14.
Separated to Roll UB_015: one blueprint of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_013: one diazo print of Store Directory, Floors 12-17, Otis Elevator Company, Sheet No. ZD-12554-7, 1953.
Separated to Roll UB_020: one diazo print of 3rd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_015: two blueprints of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_015: two blueprints of 3rd Sub-level Plans, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_016: two blueprints of 2nd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 3, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_017: two blueprints of Cellar 1st Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 4, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_018: one blueprint of Mezzanine Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. C-T-1, 1958 May 9.
Separated to Roll UB_018: one diazo print of Alteration of First Floor and Mezzanine Level, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Architect, 1954 October 5.
Separated to Roll UB_019: two blueprints of 1st Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 5, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_014: one blueprint of 4th Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York. N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-4SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_021: two diazo prints of Construction Plan, Telephone and Electrical Plan, and Reflected Ceiling Plan for 6th Floor, David Ehrlich & Co., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Environment Planning, Inc., Drawing No. 601, 1975 October 2.
Separated to Roll UB_021: two diazo prints of Furniture Plan for 6th Floor, David Ehrlich & Co., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Environment Planning, Inc., Drawing No. 602, 1975 October 7.
Separated to Roll UB_023: three diazo prints of 15th Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_017: one diazo print of Part Plan of First Cellar Floor Plan, Plan No. 2, Kahn & Jacobs, Architects, Job No. 7629-13, circa 1974.
Separated to Roll UB_019: one diazo print of 47th Street Store Plan, Plan No. 1, Cross & Brown Company, 1974.
Separated to Roll UB_019: two blueprints of Part Plan of Stores at Madison Avenue and East 47th Street, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., [Emery Roth & Sons], 1953 August 31.
Separated to Roll UB_019: one blueprint of Part Plan of 1st Floor Store Area for John Ward, 380 Madison Avenue, Emery Roth & Sons, Architect, 1953 August 5.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one printed paper of 23rd Floor Plan, Cross & Brown Co., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., circa 1952.
Separated to Roll UB_017: one diazo print and one photostat of Part Plan of First Sublevel, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1953.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one photostat of 24th Floor Plan, Cross & Brown Company, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., undated.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one photostat of 25th Penthouse Floor Plan, Cross & Brown Company, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., undated.
Separated to Roll UB_023: one diazo print of Preliminary Space Study of 14th Floor, Brout , Isaacs & Co., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Geiman & Company, Drawing No. A-1, 1968 September 26.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one diazo print of 22nd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_027: two blueprints and one pencil drawing of Vault Space, 1st Sub-level Part Plan, NW Corner 46th St. and Madison Ave., New York, N.Y., Voorhees Walker Foley & Smith, Architects and Engineers, 1950 March 21.
Separated to Roll UB_027: three blueprints of Floor Plans, Irving Trust Company, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Carson & Lundin, Drawing No. 1-No. 3, 1952.
Separated to Roll UB_027: two diazo prints of Proposed Layouts of Credit and Bookkeeping Departments for Irving Trust Company, Plan of Mezzanine Level, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1955 January 20.
Separated to Roll UB_014: one diazo print of 4th Sub-level, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 1, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_014: one diazo print of 4th Sub-level, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 1, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_025: three printed papers of 19th Floor Plans, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, Plan No. 1, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_022: one diazo print of 8th Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, 1972 October 12.
Separated to Roll UB_015: two blueprints and one diazo print of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_025: five diazo prints of Construction and Electrical plans for 20th Floor, American Safety Razor Corporation, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Designs for Business, Inc., Drawing No. 2000, 1953 May 12.
Separated to Roll UB_024: two diazo prints of 17th Floor Plans, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Ebner-Schmidt Associates, Consulting Engineers, 1967 March 1.
Separated to Roll UB_024: four blueprints of Layouts and Floor Plans for 17th Floor, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Carson & Lundin, Drawing No. 444-E1 to 444-E3, 1953.
Separated to Roll UB_024: one diazo print of 17th Floor, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Dwg. No. T17, 1953.
Separated to Roll UB_026: three diazo prints of 22nd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_016: one diazo print of HVAC 2nd Basement MER Plan, Boulton Stereo Co., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Environmental Planning, Inc., Drawing No. M-3, 1975 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_023: two diazo prints of 15th Floor Plans, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_014: one blueprint of 4th Sub-level, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-4SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_015: one blueprint of 3rd Sub-level Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-3SL, 1951 May 22.
Separated to Roll UB_026: two diazo prints of 24th Office Floor plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., I. Stein's Sons, Inc., 1967.
Separated to Roll UB_026: one diazo print of 22nd Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, undated.
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Monthly property statements issued by Cross & Brown Company for the operation of 380 Madison Avenue. These statements contain paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, financial statements, and other management documents. The invoices reveal the monthly operating expenses for supplies, audits, consultant services, elevator service, security personnel, cleaning fees, utilities, maintenance, petty cash disbursements, taxes, repairs, waste removal, uniform rentals, check requests, and landscaping. Payroll summaries, weekly registers, tax forms, union contributions, and other records explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building. These payroll records are restricted. Receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual lessees paid for steam and water usage, electricity, air conditioning, heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations, and property rolls detailing the square feet occupied and individual tenant expenditures. In 1959, the Cross & Brown Company monthly statements begin including financial reports. The type of financial report appearing in the statement changes over time. First there are Statements of Receipts, 1959-1965, that report individual tenant information on debits and credits, summaries of income and expenditures, and tax reserves. For 1965 and 1966, Statements of Owners Account reports state the balances of the building operation, billing and collection summary, rundown of expenditures, and tax reserves. Starting in November 1966, Agency Building Transaction reports record management expenditures, summaries of billing and collections, and overall fiscal balances. Finally, Budget Operating Reports from May 1977 to May 1989 recapitulate the receipts, disbursements, tenant charges, and general business ledger for the property.
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Consists of correspondence, agreements, reports, registers, security logbooks, financial records, proposals, and other materials related to the building's operation. These documents describe building management activities, lease provisions, negotiations with potential tenants, renovations, and Local Law observance. The correspondence discusses electric rate increases, elevator upgrades, preparations of leases for prospective tenants, and contractor bids for repair and restoration work. Lease registers, digests, and summaries list detailed tenant information, lease conditions, notes concerning term modifications, rent increases, and terminations. In the security logbooks, there are daily entries about the staff's activities and any incidents in the building. Service contracts, building engineer's reports, weekly accounts, water treatment field studies, inspections, Local Law compliance records, and elevator specifications hold information about the management, cleaning, porter, elevator, fire protection, and emergency services provided in the building. Records including a property lease, appraisal, invoices, promissory notes, and custody account agreement document the financial aspects of the building. In addition to these materials, there are bids, specifications for work, contracts, agreements, and other documents regarding the repair, rehabilitation, restoration, and improvement of the building itself.
Separated to Roll UB_013: one blueprint of New Enclosure Wall to be added to b'ld'g. on s. side of E. 47th St. adjoining west lot line of 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1951 March 16.
Separated to Roll UB_013: one diazo print of Survey Map of 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Earl B. Lovell-S.P. Belcher, Inc., City Surveyor, 1952 January 9.
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Primarily statements, agreements, and correspondence regarding the financing of 380 Madison Avenue. Applications with supporting documentation, mortgage agreements, amendments, and correspondence detail the fiscal arrangements made by the Urises to fund the building's construction and subsequent financing. The consolidation, refinancing, and extension of mortgages are discussed in closing statements, assignments, agreements, financial statements, stock purchases, and other related papers. These documents involved the following lenders: The State of New York/Comptroller of the State of New York, Trustee of the Common Retirement Fund, the Greenwich Saving Bank, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Irving Trust Company.
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Contains correspondence, insurance papers, contracts, payroll reports, personnel files, pension plan records, and other employee related materials. The correspondence with insurance companies describes employee insurance coverage, premium payments, plan options, policy changes, rate increases, and benefits. There are also letters about the employees' pension plan participation and communication with ADP regarding payroll issues. The insurance papers have applications, claims, plan brochures, administrator handbooks, notices regarding policy benefits, and records of payments for the Blue Cross Blue Shield group medical insurance policy and Guardian Insurance group life insurance. In the payroll reports, there are monthly management reports about employee checks, weekly payroll registers, employee earnings records, and tax reports. Applications for employment, contracts, personal information sheets, vacation days, wages, and insurance matters make up the personnel files for individual workers. The pension plan records, 1977-1996, include balance sheets of plan contributions, statements of deductions from payroll, reports from Shearson Lehman, bank account information, forms, and individual employee monthly reports of plan and retirement account performance. In addition, there are W-2 forms, 1989-1996, and a worker's compensation claim from May 1987.
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Primarily correspondence about the business activities at 380 Madison Avenue. The correspondence deals with the building management, financial matters, provided services, insurance, structure maintenance, corporate issues, and other subjects. Letters to and from Cross & Brown Company portray their administration of the property. Topics discussed in these documents include tenants, leases, collection of rent and tenant charges, maintenance and repair of the building, payment of invoices, broker commissions, utility bills, complaints, Department of Buildings inspections, taxes, supplies, fire safety, reports, employees, and the management agreement and fees. Most of the correspondence about financial matters is with Irving Trust Company regarding the confirmations of purchases for the custody account, service charges, account agreement, signature authorizations, and associated transactions. The rest of the financial communications deal with investments, statements, taxes, and the purchase of corporate office equipment and supplies. Several services were provided to the building's tenants including cleaning, electricity, water, cable television, steam, security, elevators, fire safety systems, air conditioning, paper supplies, and related operations. Their implementation is explained in correspondence with Otis Elevator Company, Consolidated Edison, National Cleaning Contractors, Prudential Building Maintenance, and others. Alongside these letters are service contracts, maintenance information, daily elevator reports, proposals, complaints, Fire Department inspections, violations, staffing records, and repair work documents. The physical condition of the building is also described in communications about repairs, renovations, improvements, and continuing upkeep. Also included in the correspondence are insurance claims for accidents, injuries, workers' compensation, and damage cause by leaks and fire. The insurance papers also have premium payments, disability benefits policy, health care plan brochures, and information on the public plate glass. Interoffice memorandums offer accounts of building operations, employee matters, utilities, insurance coverage, financial conditions, issues concerning tenants, inspections, maintenance, meetings, and the original construction project. There is also corporate related correspondence on a possible merger, sale, legal advice, labor union agreements, commercial travel, and other business activities. In addition to the correspondence, the sub-subseries contains company performance reports, labor reports, mail distribution instructions, magazine subscriptions, and U.S. Census information.
Arrangement is by type
Initially, 380 Madison Avenue was controlled by a corporate entity called Uris Building, Inc. After the initial phases of the project were completed, Uris 380 Madison Corporation was formed. Finally, in early 1996 the 380 Madison Avenue, LLC became the successor to Uris 380 Madison Company. The series contains financial records about these corporate entities and the building itself. In the general files, there are reports, correspondence, statements, forms, worksheets, and other documents regarding fiscal matters at 380 Madison. This sub-subseries includes information on tenants, building upkeep, custody accounts, securities transactions, and monthly analysis of the property's economic status. The financial statements, often accompanied by supporting calculations, document income, expenses, budgets, and related issues. Paid bills, 1950-1991, detail the expenses for both the construction of the building and its subsequent commercial operation. In addition, there are bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, and checkbook stubs from checking, custodian, and savings accounts managed by the corporate entities involved with the building.
Alphabetical, then chronological (includes taxes 2 folders)
Comprised of reports, correspondence, blank forms, financial statements, receipts, invoices, accounting worksheets, and other fiscal records. These records document the income and expenses generated by the successive corporate entities. The general fiscal operations are illustrated in aged trial balances, audits, custody account statements, completed securities transaction records, building maintenance contracts, cleaning price adjustments, stock order receipts, and tax documents. There are rental materials including tenant status reports, unit charges listings, rent rolls, tenant charges, and escalations for labor, real estate taxes, and electricity. In addition, there are monthly analysis of agent's statements with itemized information on taxes, stocks, assets, rent, tenant charges, tenants, escalations, building' expenses for repairs, utilities, and maintenance.
Chronological
Monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the financial status of the building and its related corporations. Includes financial statements, accounting worksheets, budgets, balance sheets, notes, and memos about fiscal matters. These documents detail overall expenditures on taxes, insurance, payroll, operation costs as well as the income from rent, interest, and other adjustments. There are also calculations of profits, depreciations, cash flow, credits, and arrears.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Contains the paid bills associated with 380 Madison Avenue, from the initial building project through construction and subsequent operation. These bills were originally incurred by Uris Building, Inc. and then Uris 380 Madison Corporation and Uris 380 Madison Company. From 1950 to 1972, the records are organized by calendar year. Starting in 1973, the bills are grouped by fiscal year until 1989 when it returns to calendar year. These records detail expenses for entire building development including loan payments, rental campaigns, blueprints, stock transactions, construction, interest, and transfers to other Uris corporations. There are invoices for professional services from Emery Roth & Sons, Cross & Brown Company, attorneys, engineers, accountants, contractors, photographers, leasing agents, and financial institutions. Also included are bills for the building's operation such as taxes, utilities, cleaning, insurance, organization membership dues, messaging, transportation, advertising, business lunches, and other reoccurring costs. Occasionally, an invoice contains charges for 300 Park Avenue or members of the Uris family.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Monthly statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, and checkbook stubs from checking, custodian, and savings accounts related to 380 Madison Avenue. The accounts were with Irving Trust Company, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, and the Bank of New York. These bank accounts were managed by the corporate entities involved with the building, including Uris Building, Inc., Uris 380 Madison Corporation, Uris 380 Madison Company and 380 Madison Avenue, LLC.
Arrangement is by tenant
Correspondence, transmittal sheets, construction orders, contracts, progress schedules, financial records, specifications, bids, invoices, reports, and other materials about the erection of the twenty-five-story office building at 380 Madison Avenue. These documents encompass all aspects of the development project from preliminary structural plans to final punch lists. They portray the general topics of architectural design, estimates, instructions to bidders, floor plans, equipment rentals, work performed by contractors, materials, labor, installations, tenant modifications, engineering requirements, strategy alterations, cost analysis, and city government regulations. Correspondents include the Uris Building Inc. employees, architects at Emery Roth & Sons, consulting engineers, general contractor Cauldwell-Wingate Company, subcontractors, tenants, and other individuals engaged in the construction project. Work on the bank space designed by Carson & Lundin for Irving Trust Company is also discussed in these records.
Alphabetical, then chronological
Comprised of correspondence, transmittal sheets, construction orders, contracts, financial records, specifications, and other materials about the erection of the twenty-five-story office building at 380 Madison Avenue. These documents encompass all aspects of the development project from preliminary structural plans to final punch lists. They portray the general topics of architectural design, estimates, instructions to bidders, floor plans, equipment rentals, work performed by contractors, materials, labor, installations, tenant modifications, engineering requirements, strategy alterations, cost analysis, and city government regulations. Other aspects described in the sub-subseries include air conditioning, heating, ventilation, computation of rentable space allotments, telephone system, fire alarm system, plumbing, roofing, hardware, welding, sheet metal, sprinklers, power, columns, spandrels, waterproofing, lighting fixtures, store fronts, signs, doors, and windows.
The correspondence involves the Uris Building Inc. employees, architects at Emery Roth & Sons, consulting engineers, general contractor Cauldwell-Wingate Company, subcontractors, tenants, and other individuals engaged in the construction project. Subjects discussed include approval of architectural drawings, requests for bids, construction specifications, engineers' recommendations, costs, Department of Housing codes, proposals, meetings, contracts for labor and materials, insurance coverage, changes to design, issued orders, tenant requests, problems, progress reports, subcontractor performance, payment of invoices, and other building work. Interoffice memorandums between Harold Uris, Ernst Pfeiffer, Marvin Rothenstein, and other staff further detail building permits, meeting accounts, drawings, government codes, supply quotations, telephone call reports, project status, subcontractor matters, and specific aspects of the construction work. Besides communication with the Uris brothers about the real estate development project, the Emery Roth & Sons files also have correspondence with Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates about the building's design and specifications. It appears Shreve, Lamb, & Harmon examined and reviewed their architectural plans and subsequent revisions on behalf of the lessor, City Bank Farmers Trust Company. In addition to all these matters, the correspondence also discusses space allocations, rentable area calculations, easements, floor plans, air conditioning, duct work, elevators, fire safety, windows, electric system, inspections, cost comparisons, surveys, and other information on construction work.
Together with the correspondence, the sub-subseries has several other kinds of records about the construction project. These include transmittal sheets, construction orders, contracts, financial records, specifications, and other materials have to do with the activities of the various interested parties. Each of the transmittals list the name of drawings, drawing numbers, quantity of copies, purpose of the transmission, instructions, and other information. Dated job orders and proceed orders issued by Uris Building, Inc. to Cauldwell-Wingate Company, generally specify the part of structure requiring attention, applicable tenant, status of job at time of order, description of work to proceed with, costs, whether tenant agreed to pay for work, acceptor's approval, and further information. Similar detailed information about the construction work is also contained in extra orders, change orders, repair job information sheets, punch lists, and acknowledgement of orders. The Uris Building Inc. contracts with several firms for the labor and materials required to complete a portion of the building contain a description of work to completed, price of contract work, and legal terms in relation to the subcontractor's obligations. In the financial records, there are estimates, purchase orders, invoices, credit orders, supply price quotations, accounting worksheets, and other calculations delineate the costs of the construction project. The architectural specifications written by Emery Roth & Sons illustrate how each component of the office building was designed and erected. These specifications refer to demolition, excavation and foundation work, steel, reinforced structural concrete, walls, masonry, cement, marble, granite, electrical work, plumbing, air conditioning, heating and ventilating, roofing, sheet metal, metal lath furring, wrought iron work, glazing, spandrel and column protection, automatic sprinklers, elevators, plastering, doors, painting, lighting, terrazzo, tile, ornamental metal, and finishing items. Along with these documents, the sub-subseries has work schedules, surveys, Department of Housing and Building permits, engineers' statements, samples of building materials, instructions to bidders, inspection reports, punch lists, tenant move in dates, and other records about various project endeavors.
Separated to Roll UB_013: three diazo prints of Survey Maps, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Earl B. Lovell-S. P. Belcher, Inc., City Surveyor, 1950-1953.
Separated to Roll UB_015: one diazo print of Partial 3rd Sub-basement Fl. Plan #711-A P.B.X., Trans World Airlines Inc., 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., New York Telephone Co. Plant Department, Drawing No. A3639-1-D, 1954 September 15.
Separated to Roll UB_016: five diazo prints of Wiring and Partial 2nd Basement Floor Plan, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., New York Telephone Co. Plant Department, Drawing No. A-3589-1-B and No. M22, 1952 May-June.
Alphabetical, then chronological
Contains files about the work performed on the commercial space for Irving Trust Company. Construction in this area included plumbing, duct work, vault installation, acoustical tile, metal work, elevators, stairs, terrazzo, painting, plastering, plate glass, woodwork, sidewalk, and signs. Carson & Lundin, Architects designed the bank space at 380 Madison Avenue, in consultation with Emery Roth & Sons. Correspondence between the two firms discusses the drawings, revisions based on the bank requirements, meetings, requests for changes, drafting, and plan filing with the New York City Department of Housing and Buildings. There are communications with Henry B. Oehrig, the mechanical and electrical engineer engaged by Emery Roth & Sons, about the plans for the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work. Additional correspondence with Uris Building, Inc., Otis Elevator Company, subcontractors, engineers, and other involved parties describes the bank, vault, sidewalk, and sub-basement. Besides the correspondence, the Irving Trust Company files include construction orders, progress schedules, contracts, architectural plans and specifications, bids, cost statements, invoices, and weekly reports on work performed. The construction orders are comprised of purchase orders, equipment rental agreements, change orders, approvals, extra orders for additional work, and requisitions. Each of these documents describes project revisions, installations, insurance coverage, mechanical equipment requirements, safety, and agreements with subcontractors about labor and materials charges for the bank and sublevel areas.
Arrangement is by type
Architectural drawings regarding the building's construction and adjustment to meet the needs of tenants. These drawings provide information about the building's design by Emery Roth & Sons including floor plans, office space layouts, metalwork, elevators, woodwork, doors, and related elements. They also illustrate the HVAC, electrical, telephone, lighting, plumbing, fire alarm, and mechanical systems for the property. Some of the drawings are for the substantial space leased by Irving Trust Company with information from their architectural firm, Carson and Lundin.
By floor
Principally architectural drawings of the initial construction of the building and some of the subsequent alterations and modifications to the space for specific tenants. The sub-subseries has plans, details, elevations, sketches, sections, specifications, and instruction sheets. These drawings represent floor plans for construction and space layout of offices, stores, storage space, garage, and other areas of lease. They also illustrate the HVAC, electrical, telephone, lighting, plumbing, and mechanical systems as well as the design layouts of furniture, partitions, toilets, metalwork, elevators, woodwork, doors, kitchens, hardware, signage, and other elements. Some of the drawings delineate the area being leased by a particular tenant or store. In addition, the sub-subseries has surveys of the building site and a plan for an enclosure wall on E. 47th Street.
A detailed listing of the drawings in this sub-subseries can be consulted in a
Alphabetical by construction category
Drawings concerning the space leased by Irving Trust Company at 380 Madison Avenue. Plans, elevations, sections, and details illustrate the construction of this area to the tenant's requirements and the specifications of their architectural firm, Carson and Lundin. These drawings provide information about the bank's doors, ductwork, electrical systems, elevators, fire alarm system, HVAC, lighting, locks, metalwork, plumbing, the service alcove, signage, stairs, steel work, stonework, the vault, windows, and woodwork.
A detailed listing of the drawings in this sub-subseries can be consulted in a
Arranged by type
Built on part of the site of Columbia University's campus from 1857-1897, the twenty-five-story office building is located on the western side of Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. The property was obtained in 1951 through an exchange with Webb & Knapp, the Court Square Building at 2 Lafayette Street for the 300 Park Avenue residential building and two adjoining properties. They also leased the air rights from New York Central (Railroad) System for this structure. After two years of negotiations, the tenants agreed to leave the seventeen-story apartment house and construction began with Emery Roth & Sons serving as architects. Completed in 1955, it is often referred to as the Colgate-Palmolive Building after one of its primary tenants. Other prominent firms leasing space were Barclays Bank of New York (formerly Chemical Corn Exchange Bank), Cerro Corporation, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Kaiser Services (formerly Henry J. Kaiser Company), Phelps Dodge Corporation, Crane Co., Galow Restaurant, Inc. (formerly Chandler's Restaurant, Inc.), and West Merchant Bank Ltd. When most of the Uris buildings were incorporated in 1960, this building remained in under the family's private ownership. It was purchased in 1999 by Tishman Speyer Properties from the Uris estate and subsequently renovated.
This series contains administrative records, correspondence, financial records, construction files, and drawings. The documents generated by the four successive corporate entities managing the commercial property represent the initial project planning stages through the next forty years of operation. Park Avenue Offices, Inc. was the first administrative corporation, followed by Colcorn Company, Uris Holding Company, and finally 300 Park Avenue, LLC. Within the administrative records, there are tenant files, monthly property statements, subject files, mortgage and loan records, and employee related files for the property. Correspondence details the deal arranged to purchase the property, construction of the office building, business activities concerning to 300 Park Avenue, and everyday operations at the premises. In the financial records, there are general files, financial statements, paid bills, and bank account materials about fiscal matters. Both the construction records and drawings illustrate the building's design by Emery Roth & Sons and modification for tenants.
Arrangement is by type
Contains tenant files, monthly property statements, subject files, mortgage and loan records, and employee related files for 300 Park Avenue. The tenant files include correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, financial records, and other materials portraying the business involvements the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Monthly property statements issued by the five firms who administered the property that provide information about the commercial operation of the 300 Park Avenue building. The monthly property statements contain financial reports, paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, and related management documents. In general, the monthly financial reports provide information on income, expenditures, taxes, billing, collection, tenant charges, and related fiscal matters. The invoices reveal the monthly business expenses, the payroll records explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building, and the receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual tenants paid for rent and building services. In the subject files, correspondence, corporate records, management agreements, service and maintenance contracts, construction documents, and other materials represent the construction and operation of 300 Park Avenue. These items describe administrative activities, building management operations, structural maintenance, local law compliance, lease discussions, inspections, and the initial construction of the office building. The mortgage and loan records have statements, agreements, correspondence, assignments, promissory notes, and financial records about the financing of the 300 Park Avenue project. These documents on the funding of initial construction and subsequent fiscal arrangements involve a number of lenders. Correspondence, union records, payroll statements, insurance claims, personnel files, tax information, and other papers are contained in the employee records. These records discuss payroll information, tax documents, union matters, insurance, pensions, wage increases, absences, job training, retirements, applications, and other issues associated with the employees.
Alphabetical, then chronological
Comprised of correspondence, leases, plans, modification documents, rent inclusions, financial records, and other materials associated with individual tenants at 300 Park Avenue. These documents portray the business involvements the Urises had with their commercial tenants. Tenants at 300 Park Avenue were engaged in diverse occupations and leased space for corporate executive offices, retail stores, financial institutions, travel agencies, securities firms, designers, marketing, real estate, showrooms, restaurants, and storage. The correspondence with tenants explains all aspects of their leases, alterations to the premises, rent escalations, permissions to sublet space, legal issues, tenant expenses, occupancy schedules, mortgages, and relevant corporate matters. Included are communications about services provided by the landlord, information on individual tenants, complaints, security concerns, elevator use, insurance claims, fire safety, signs, building passes, keys, and adherence to local laws concerning asbestos, fire, smoking, and drought restrictions. Letters to and from the management companies and facilities staff handling the building discuss rent, security deposits, tenant charges, maintenance of the property, safety measures, renovations, elevators, authorizations, and operating services offered tenants. Additional correspondence regarding the initial erection of the office building describes the customization of space for tenants, architectural plans and specifications, progress meetings, inspections, contractor work, alterations, financial matters, and other construction subjects. Subsequent construction projects are likewise documented with communications concerning renovations, repairs, compliance with zoning regulations, environmental impact, cost worksheets, interactions with the Department of Buildings, professional installations, design plans, work completed, and distribution of payments for labor, materials, equipment and related expenses. Interoffice memorandums in these files also discuss negotiated lease terms, tenant's financial situation, modification agreements, calculation of tenant charges, proposed leases, renewals, lease abstracts, and move in/out particulars.
The leases each specify the tenant, terms of lease, length of lease, portion of building being rented, riders, work allowances, formulas for calculating rent payments, and construction or alteration requirements for the premise. Subleases and under-subleases incorporate similar information as well as consent from the landlord for the arrangement. Often appended to the leases are blueprints, exhibits, and other plans of tenant space illustrating Emery Roth & Sons' construction drawings, furniture arrangements, electrical diagrams, floor plans, and interior design layouts. All of these leases are for entire floors, portions of floors, store locations, mezzanine areas, or basement levels. Documents modifying the leases describe revisions to lease terms over the course of tenancy and escalations of rent based on increases in electricity costs, real estate taxes, and wage rates. These lease modifications consist of permissions to sublet space, tenant billing statements, amendments, extensions, brokerage settlements, light and air covenants, changes in rental rate, surrender agreements, mortgage deals, draft copies, and records regarding renovations and other installations to the premise. Also included are assignments, agreements executed when company merges, acquisitions, changes name, or experiences other transformations that transfer the lease by one corporate entity to another and the assignee assumes the obligations of the lease.
The records on electric rent inclusions in the tenant files detail the increases and decreases in electric rates and the subsequent adjustments to lease terms and tenant charges for service. There are agreements on the rental consideration of electric current, bills, statements, and notifications of the Consolidated Edison increases approved by the Public Service Commission of the State of New York. Reports on surveys of equipment and usage are included as part of the information utilized in determining fees. Tenant charge statements, reports, and other financial records further document the expenditures, and fiscal status of the tenants. Individual tenants paid for overtime freight service, elevator mechanics, air conditioning, rubbish removal, water usage, porter services, heat, engineers, and the labor and materials stemming from work orders. Financial statements, balance sheets, and the sales reports used to calculate the percentage rent assessed for retail shops provide an account of several tenant's economic performance. In addition to all these documents, the tenant files have license agreements for coffee and antenna television services, elevator log records, news articles, bankruptcy filings, and other papers about the building's operations and occupant activities.
Since Colgate-Palmolive Company was the primary occupant at 300 Park Avenue, the subseries contains a significant amount of materials about their tenancy. In almost four boxes of files, correspondence, leases, rental agreements, financial records, construction materials and other documentation define the relationship with Colgate-Palmolive. The correspondence between the corporation and representatives of the Urises discusses the lease, tenant expenses, upkeep on the space, facilities matters, services provided by the landlord, the cafeteria, problems, and other issues. Letters and interoffice memorandums address all aspects of the lease from term negotiations, modifications, extensions, subtenants, electric inclusions, painting requirements, and other agreements. They furthermore cover operating expenses, rental price adjustments, safety, mortgage deals, alterations to the office areas, maintenance performed, and Colgate-Palmolive's business activities. Communications about facilities management and services include access to buildings, elevators, security, cleaning, utilities, insurance claims, waste disposal, exterminating, fire safety, directory listings, and the operation of their cafeteria. In addition, there are complaints about smells, sub par construction, elevators, cleaning, temperature, damage, thefts, and other incidents. The leases are accompanied by sublease permissions, rental agreements, inclusions, surveys, negotiation documents, extensions, plans, proposals, and related modifications. In the financial records, there are tenant charges, work orders, purchase orders, and Cross & Brown Company remittance statements. The bills itemize water, air conditioning, heating, engineer service, labor and materials for repairs and maintenance, overtime freight operations, porter service, elevator mechanic, and rubbish removal expenditures. Documents connected to the formation of the Colgate-Palmolive areas include correspondence, architectural specifications, progress reports, meeting minutes, building permits, interoffice memorandums, and construction orders. These construction records involve Uris Brothers Inc., Ernest E. Pfeiffer, Emery Roth & Sons, company executives, the Department of Housing and Building, subcontractors, and Ebasco Services, Inc., who served as the architects and engineers for Colgate-Palmolive. They illustrate the tenant's involvement with construction project and the arrangement of their premises. Changes to the design, New York City building regulations, disputes concerning the work completed, inspections, kitchen, murals, lights, fixtures, equipment, a conveyor system, doors, tile, and a move in schedule are among the aspects addressed.
Besides the information about tenants in the office building at 300 Park Avenue, there are also records for Sherry Catering, Inc. Sherry Catering, Inc. was a restaurant and gift shop located in the apartment house previously situated on the property. Before the building was demolished, the Uris Brothers purchased and briefly operated the catering business. The files about Sherry Catering, Inc. consist of correspondence, appraisals, inventories, legal papers, financial records, and other materials. The correspondence between the original owners, Uris personnel, management company, and other interested parties explain the provisional business arrangement and subsequent dissolution of the firm. These exchanges deal with lease provisions, the estate of the former owner, the monthly financial statements, meetings on the project, rent payments, utility bills, appraisals, performance assessments, adherence to city regulations, banquet schedules, and insurance coverage as well as the general operations of the restaurant, catering, and gift shop. Interoffice memorandums also express the efforts to cancel the lease, business performance, the planned new building, rent roll list, lease modifications, financial analysis, taxes, valuation of inventories, sale of equipment, and liquidation of the company. The appraisals and inventories list the furnishings, equipment, office machines, supplies, food, and candy shop contents further illustrate the disposal of business assets. Papers generated by the lawyer, Lester Bachner discuss his handling of the legal issues regarding company liquidation, collections on unsettled debts, sale of inventory, insurance, employees, and contract terminations. In the financial records, there are balance sheets on the business status, calculations of the percentage of profits paid to the Urises, rent charges, monthly reports, accounts receivable statements, transaction documents, and information on outstanding fiscal obligations. Also included are alphabetical files of purchases detailing the outstanding client accounts receivable, collection letters, balances owed vendors, payment of liabilities, relinquishment of licenses, insurance coverage, and refunds. In addition, there are lease modification agreements, Department of Housing and Buildings violation information, and lists of Sherry Catering, Inc. bookings.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one blueprint of First Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 2, 1954.
Separated to Roll UB_069: two diazo prints of Floor Plans, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Office of Alfred Easton Poor, Job #862, Drawing No. 1-A and No. 2-A, 1954 July 13.
Separated to Roll UB_042: two diazo prints of Alterations to the Offices of Cerro de Pasco Corp., 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., George A. Bielich, Architect, Dwg. No. A-1 and A-2, 1959.
Separated to Roll UB_045: one diazo print plan of 14th floor, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 5, 1954 April 30.
Separated to Roll UB_043: one diazo print of Plan of Existing Conditions on 14th Floor, Phelps Dodge Corp., 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., A Designs for Business Inc., Drawing No. 1-X, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_042: one blueprint of Plan of Railing for Ramp, Citroen Car Corp., 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., John Barrington Bayley, 1955 October 16.
Separated to Roll UB_071: one diazo print of 8th Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Delta Mechanical Corp., Herman Thalman, Inc., 1980 August 18.
Separated to Roll UB_070: two blueprints of Reflected Ceiling Plan, 11th Floor Admin. Exec. Dept. Kitchen, Colgate-Palmolive Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Carson & Lundin, Architects, Job No. 619, Drawing No. 220, 1955 November 10.
Separated to Roll UB_076: two blueprints of HVAC System, 11th Floor, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Raisler Corporation, Drawing No. T-11-S and No. T-11-N, 1955.
Separated to Roll UB_076: one diazo print of "Exhibit N", [unidentified creator], 1975 May 16.
Separated to Roll UB_073: five diazo prints of HVAC Plans, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Hartmann & Concessi, Drawing No. M-2 and No. HVAC-11-1 and No. EH-1, 1979-1980.
Separated to Roll UB_073: sixteen diazo prints of Vice President Offices, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Jerard Offen Assoc. Co., Drawing Nos. 1-5, 1979 June-July.
Separated to Roll UB_075: two diazo prints of 14th Floor Plans, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Office of Design Associates, Inc., Drawing No. CP-14 and No. DC-14, 1978 July 28.
Separated to Roll UB_076: one diazo print of Air Conditioning and Lighting Layouts, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], Drawing No. 2-10801-0-C.E., 1975 December 1.
Contains one black and white photograph of architect's rendering.
Separated to Roll UB_055: eight diazo prints of Construction Plans on 3rd Floor, Crane Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1975.
Separated to Roll UB_065: two diazo prints of Floor Plans, Crane Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Drawing No. 73 and 74, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_039: one diazo print of Crane Co. A-C and Condenser Unit Duct Work, 2nd Floor Computer Room, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Air Flow Control Corp., Job No. 82250, Dwg. No. 1, 1980 November 3.
Separated to Roll UB_042: two diazo prints of 2nd Floor, Crane Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Mitchell G. Attick, Architect, 1980-1981.
Separated to Roll UB_064: one diazo print and one graphite on tissue of Office Layout for Crane Company, 3rd Floor, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Robert A.M. Stern and John S. Hagmann, 1974.
Separated to Roll UB_045: one diazo print of Cellar Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 1, 1954 April 30.
Separated to Roll UB_045: one blueprint of Cellar Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 1, 1954 April 30.
Separated to Roll UB_045: four blueprints of First Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 2, 1954 April 30.
Separated to Roll UB_062: one diazo print plan of Refrigeration Equipment Layout, Uris Brothers-Chandler's, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Raisler Corporation, Job. No. 3272, Drawing No. 50, 1957 January 15.
Separated to Roll UB_043: two printed papers of 3rd to 11th Floor Plans, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, 1967.
Separated to Roll UB_045: two diazo prints of 3rd Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 4 and No. T-3, 1954-1955.
Separated to Roll UB_045: one diazo print of 3rd Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 4, 1954 April 30.
Separated to Roll UB_043: one diazo print of The Jockey Club Preliminary Space Analysis, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Designs for Business, Inc., 1958 December 17.
Separated to Roll UB_048: eight diazo prints of Construction Plans for Non-Ferrous Intl., 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Environment Planning, Inc., Drawing No. 1401 to 1404, 1975 May 23.
Separated to Roll UB_045: two diazo prints of 14th Floor Plans, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. T-14, 1954.
Separated to Roll UB_043: one photostat of 14th Floor Plan, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Designs for Business, Inc., undated.
Separated to Roll UB_052: one diazo print of Room Sprinkler Plan of Cellar, Chandler's Rest., 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Margolin Mech'l Cont'g. Corp., Drawing No. SP-1, 1965 February 2.
Contains one microfiche with four images of drawings and documents.
Separated to Roll UB_043: one diazo print of Part Plan of A/C Ductwork for 15th Floor, the Uris Building, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Delta Mechanical Corp., Herman Thalman Sheet Metal, Drawing No. 15-1, 1981 August 4.
Separated to Roll UB_063: one diazo print of 15th Floor Plan, Offices for Uris 380 Madison Company, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Wm. R. Sachs, Architect, Drawing No. 1, 1981 September 28.
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PAYROLL RECORDS RESTRICTED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2080
Monthly property statements issued by the five firms who administered the property over 45 years. Douglas L. Elliman & Co. began in 1951 and was followed by Cross & Brown Company, Abrams Benisch Riker, Inc., Colliers ABR, and finally Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Each of these organizations provided statements about the commercial operation of the 300 Park Avenue building. The monthly property statements contain financial reports, paid invoices, payroll records, tenant information, and related management documents. In general, the monthly financial reports provide information on income, expenditures, taxes, billing, collection, tenant charges, and related fiscal matters. From 1955 to 1989, Cross & Brown Company issued four different reports for the property: Statement of Receipts, Statement of Owners Account, Agency Building Transaction, and Budget Operating. Paid invoices document the amount spent on taxes, utilities, professional services, cleaning, construction, building maintenance, supplies, security, landscaping, and other operating expenses. In the payroll records, there are reports, weekly registers, tax forms, union contributions, and other documents that explain the compensation and benefits earned by employees of the building. Receipts of tenant charges indicate how much individual lessees paid for steam and water usage, electricity, air conditioning, heating, repairs, elevator operation, and the overtime services of electricians, engineers, and mechanics. There are also tenant rental adjustments, escalations, and property rolls detailing the square feet occupied and individual tenant expenditures.
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Consists of correspondence, corporate records, management agreements, service and maintenance contracts, construction documents, and other materials related to the construction and operation of 300 Park Avenue. These items describe administrative activities, building management operations, structural maintenance, local law compliance, lease discussions, inspections, and the initial construction of the office building. The correspondence addresses most of these subjects, particularly dealings with building management firms, potential commercial tenants, contractors, city inspectors, service providers, New York Central Railroad, and the residents of the original apartment house at 300 Park Avenue. In accordance with their rights to easement areas, New York Central Railroad wrote to the Urises with their approvals or modifications to the plans and specifications for the new twenty-five-story building and demolition work. Letters between the Uris office, residential tenants, and apartment management company depict the discussions and final agreement concerning relocation of those living in the apartments intended for destruction. In the corporate records, there are appraisals, certificates of title, employee authorizations, business certificates, deeds, insurance papers, purchase statements, and documents about changes to the corporate entities controlling the property. Agreements with Douglas L. Elliman & Co., Cross & Brown Company, and Abrams Benisch Riker, Inc. illustrate the management and leasing services provided by each firm as well as the fees charged. The service contracts with National Cleaning Contractors, Inc., Prudential Building Maintenance, Consolidated Edison, Autocall Metro Inc., Benjamin Harkavy, Lansdell Protective Agency, Inc., Spaeth Design, Tele Dynamics, Walsh Associates, Ltd., and others portray the everyday upkeep of the building. These agreements and supporting documentation demonstrate the cleaning services, landscaping, utilities, elevator service, security, waste removal, light replacements, exterminating services, decorations, coffee service, window washing, and other maintenance issues at 300 Park Avenue. Alongside these service contracts are agreements with contractors, including Arch Electric Inc., Compliance Management, Inc. (CMI), Consolidated Environmental Services, Inc., Jerard Offen Associates, Inc., Manhattan Cooling Towers, Inc., Millar Elevator Industries, Inc., Remco Maintenance Corporation, and Rosenwach Tank Co. Inc., for repairs and renovations on the building. They explain electrical work, asbestos removal, lobby wall repairs, passenger elevator improvements, curtain wall refinishing, water tank replacement, window repairs, and the installation of a new cooling tower. Also included are records regarding the labor and materials needed to fulfill local law requirements for fire safety systems, sprinklers, emergency lighting, elevator recall, anti-bombing measures, communication systems, and access signage. In addition to the contracts about the engineering and construction services required for compliance, there is correspondence and other materials about the Local Law 5 provisions, New York City Department of Building permits, inspections, and violations. Besides these agreements regarding the property's upkeep, there are records pertaining to the original building construction. A building contract, wall agreement, easement agreements with New York Central Railroad, floor plans of the apartment house, and lists of residential tenants reveal a few of the issues surrounding the project. Finally, the sub-subseries also contains a certificate of occupancy, proposed leases, projected financial statements, schedule of leases, equipment information, studies, publicity, and reports of building inspections for condition, repairs, and code compliance.
Contains two black and white photographs of architectural renderings.
Separated to Roll UB_064: two diazo prints of Class E System Extension Plans, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Syska & Hennessy, Mechanical-Electrical Engineers, Drawing No. E-1 and No. E-2, 1986 February 28.
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Primarily statements, agreements, correspondence, assignments, promissory notes, and financial records about the financing of the 300 Park Avenue project. These documents explain the initial exchange with Webb Knapp, Inc. of 2 Lafayette Street (Court Square Building) for properties at 300 Park Avenue, 48 East 50th Street, and 47 East 49th Street. Then, there are agreements and correspondence in relation to the building loan. The sub-subseries includes correspondence, mortgage application, closing statements, extension agreements, consolidation agreement, collateral lease assignment, partial release of mortgage on the mortgage loan with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. There are also documents about the additional funds and refinancing obtained from the New York State Common Retirement Fund/Employees Retirement System, the Greenwich Savings Bank, Manhattan Saving Bank, Mellon Mortgage Company, and Irving Trust Company. In addition, there are schedules of payments, interest rate notices, balance sheets, financial statements, and rent rolls related to these fiscal matters.
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Comprised of correspondence, union records, payroll statements, insurance claims, personnel files, tax information, and other papers associated with the employees at 300 Park Avenue. The correspondence with staff, management agencies, union representatives, insurance claims, and others details vacation schedules, payroll information, taxes, union negotiations and agreements, job training, position responsibilities, sick days, retirements, and other employee matters. In addition to the correspondence, the union folders have enrollment forms, commercial building agreements, complaints by employees, and records of contributions to pension, annuity and health funds. Payroll statements beginning in 1951 provide weekly accounts of the hours worked, wage rate, earnings, deductions, union affiliations, and payments of individual employees. The insurance claims, for both disability and workers' compensation, have claim forms, medical records, accident reports, benefit information, bill and payment records, and notices of decisions. In the individual personnel files, there are vacation requests, wage increases, daily attendance records, tax documents, personal information, employment applications, licensing and certification processes, complaints, incident reports, union regulations, building procedures, and accounts of absences. Also included are unemployment insurance returns and information on payroll taxes from 1955 to 1989.
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Primarily correspondence concerning the deal arranged to purchase the property, construction of the office building, business activities concerning to 300 Park Avenue, and everyday operations at the premises. Correspondence with the Knott Brothers, Webb & Knapp, Ivor B. Clark, Inc., lawyers, and the Urises explains the complicated acquisition and financing of the land that 300 Park Avenue eventually stood on. Once the property was obtained, letters between the residents in the existing apartment building and Uris representatives negotiated the disputes arising from the demolition plans. Related communications with the New York Rent Commission, lawyers, and the management company discuss the zoning regulations for use and occupancy, income generated by the apartment house, and relocation of tenants. After the settlement of matters surrounding the previous dwelling, the correspondence with Emery Roth & Sons, Architects and the New York Central Railroad System illustrates the design process for the new office building that necessitated consideration of the railroad's easement requirements and approvals. A limited amount of the materials in the subseries from subcontractors, manufacturing companies, Uris Brothers' staff, New York City officials, and other interested parties further describe the building's construction. Topics addressed include demolition work, architectural job specifications, building permits, installations, purchase orders, progress meetings, inspections, and payments for labor and materials.
Correspondence on the business activities involving 300 Park Avenue involves tenants, insurance, finances, corporate matters, employees, and other issues. Letters define the commitments made to the tenants in the leases and modification agreements for professional services and maintenance. Assorted memorandums deal with rent, negotiation of lease terms, alterations to premises, repairs, utilities, security, fire safety systems, inspections, tenant charges, and further responsibilities. Communications about insurance fall into two types, policy information and claims. Documents from Fox & Pier, Inc. and other firms list the terms of policies, recommendations for coverage, payment of premiums, and liability question. The insurance claims paperwork has forms, accident reports, notices, wage verifications, costs for repair of damaged property, lawsuits, settlement agreements, and supporting documentation. Claims were made for personal injury, wrongful death, and damage caused by construction, machinery breakdowns, fires, vehicles, leaks, weather, and a pipe bomb explosion in 1970. Correspondence on monetary matters covers investment accounts, building stock shares, taxes, audits, estimated income, appraisals, brokerage transactions, bank fees, balance sheets, and financial statements. There are also letters and meeting notes on the funding of the building in relation to mortgages, stock shares, building loans, agreements, refinancing, and payment of debts. Among the financial institutions represented by these records are Irving Trust Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Greenwich Savings Bank, Bankers Trust Company, Chemical Bank, Chemical Mortgage Company, Manhattan Savings Bank, and the Internal Revenue Service. Corporate papers, business certificates, Dun & Bradstreet reports, records from Harold Uris's estate, and office correspondence describe actions by the Uris organizations controlling the property. Communications about the employees detail staff changes, payroll, references, unemployment rules, workers compensation insurance, labor laws, state regulations, and union agreements. In addition to these documents on the business activities associated with 300 Park Avenue, there are publicity materials, news releases, subscriptions, and letters from real estate associations.
The subseries also has correspondence on the everyday operations of the office building, from the actions of the management company to the services provided to the tenants. Letters between Cross & Brown Company, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Abrams Benisch Riker, Inc., and the Uris staff feature the management agent's duties. Under the agreements with the Urises, the activities of building management firms encompassed assessment of tenant charges, rent collection, leasing, payment of invoices for operating expenses, providing financial statements, handling tenant complaints, and related matters. Accompanying topics addressed in these missives include mortgage, property valuations, taxes, compliance with New York City ordinances, security, rent adjustments, employees, insurance, utilities, accidents, and upkeep of the premises. The correspondence, contracts, and invoices dealing with National Cleaning Contractors, Inc., Prudential Building Maintenance, New York Central Steam, Consolidated Edison, New York Telephone, Otis Elevators, Ben Harkavy, Landsdell Protective Agency, and Union Towel Supply chronicle the professional services offered to the commercial tenants. Subjects discussed include cleaning service, utilities, elevators, landscaping, fire safety, security, inspections, lighting, paper supplies, mall plantings, exterminating service, waste removal, holiday decorations, and tenant complaints. The rest of the correspondence focuses on the building structure itself. There are documents from architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturing companies, and government officials. They describe the repairs of damage, renovations, asbestos removal, replacement of equipment, painting, waterproofing, furnishings, and other improvements at 300 Park Avenue. In addition, there are contracts, supply quotes, purchase orders, invoices, disbursement orders, specifications, inspection reports, about the labor, materials, and work used for these maintenance activities.
Contains six black and white photographs.
Contains two color photographs.
Contains six black and white and twenty four color photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_055: five diazo prints of Schedules "A", "B", "C", "M", 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., The Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 1949-1955.
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Park Avenue Offices, Inc. was the first corporate entity to construct and manage 300 Park Avenue. Then the Colcorn Company administered the property for a few years until Uris Holding Company was formed. In early 1996, the 300 Park Avenue, LLC became the final business organization to handle the building.
The series contains financial records about the corporate entities involved with the commercial property and the building itself. In the general sub-series, there are reports, correspondence, working papers, financial statements, accounting worksheets, invoices, forms, and related materials. These records contain information on tenants, building upkeep, custody accounts, securities transactions, and monthly analysis of the property. Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements accompanied by supporting calculations illustrate the financial status of the building and its related corporations. They include balance sheets, reports, classified trial balances, accounting worksheets, notes, and memos about fiscal matters at 300 Park Avenue. The paid bills, 1952-1996, detail the expenses for both the construction of the building and its subsequent commercial operation. In the taxes sub-subseries, there are tax returns, correspondences, estimated payments, refunds, certificates, and supporting documentation for the city, state, and federal government. Bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, and checkbook stubs from checking, custodian, and savings accounts managed by the corporate entities involved with the building comprise the final group of records.
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Comprised of reports, correspondence, working papers, financial statements, accounting worksheets, invoices, forms, and other fiscal records. The general fiscal operations are illustrated in working papers, budgets, completed securities transactions, custody account records, audits, ten year projections, cleaning service contracts, maintenance expenses, and related financial documents from the successive corporate entities. In the working papers, there are yearly balance sheets, statements of income and expenses, depreciation adjustments, insurance schedules, commission schedules, and related calculations. There are also tenant related materials such as escalation files, operating expenses, rent rolls, lease security deposit records, and sublease profit sharing. Escalation files for electricity, labor, and real estate taxes have calculations, interoffice memos, lease agreement information, and correspondence with tenants. The calculations of operating expenses and sublease profit sharing for specific tenants are documented, with detailed information on charges, lease agreements, adjustments, and bills. Additionally, the monthly analysis of agent's statements have itemized information on taxes, stocks, assets, rent, tenant charges, tenants, escalations, building' expenses for repairs, utilities, and maintenance.
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Monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the financial status of the building and its related corporations. Includes balance sheets, financial statements, classified trial balances, accounting worksheets, notes, and memos about fiscal matters. These statements detail assets, liabilities, capital stock, income, operating expenses, loans, accrued interest, mortgage expenditures, depreciation, tax deductions, commissions, payroll analysis, losses, and other disbursements. In addition, there are statements and estimates about the construction costs for the building project. These documents have information about contractor charges, architect fees, carrying costs, financing expenses, commissions, field extras, and related expenditures.
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Contains the paid bills associated with 300 Park Avenue, from the previous seventeen-story residential building through construction and subsequent operation. These bills were incurred by Park Avenue Offices, Inc., Colcorn Company, Uris Holding Company, and 300 Park Avenue LLC. From 1952 to 1981, the records are organized by calendar year. Starting in 1982, the bills are grouped by fiscal year until 1987 when it returns to calendar year. There are invoices from architects, lawyers, consultants, accountants, leasing agents, banking institutions, advertisers, designers, blue printers, and other professional services. These bills detail operating expenses and maintenance for the office building such as taxes, utilities, insurance, cleaning, plumbing, painting, landscaping, supplies, repairs, municipal fees, tenant alterations, organization membership dues, transportation, signage, petty cash, and other recurring outlays. Also included are records of transfers between Uris companies and corporations for office management fees, loans, charitable contributions, wages, withdrawals, bank transfers, and other income. Occasionally, an invoice contains charges for 380 Madison Avenue or members of the Uris family. A few folders of statements from the New York Central Railroad Company in 1954 are restricted until January 1, 2080 because they contain payroll information.
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Tax returns, correspondences, estimated payments, refunds, certificates, and supporting documentation for the city, state, and federal government. There are returns for corporate income taxes, annual information, utilities, franchise taxes, real property gains, withholding, sales, landlord information, and city taxes. The correspondence with federal, state, and local departments as well as interoffice memorandums discusses tax return preparations, payments, audits, waivers, applications, liabilities, deductions, and related tax matters. Several files about real estate taxes provide information on assessments, appeals, refunds, bills, forms, tenant rebates, valuations, calculations, and legal documentation.
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Monthly statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, checkbook stubs, and a few other related records from the bank accounts associated with 300 Park Avenue. The accounts were with Irving Trust Company, Manufacturers Trust Company, Barclays Bank of New York, and the Bank of New York. As the corporate entities managing the building, Park Avenue Offices, Inc., Colcorn Company, Uris Holding Company, and 300 Park Avenue, LLC administered the accounts.
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Documents related to the construction of the office building at 300 Park Avenue and the work performed in areas leased by Chemical Corn Exchange Bank and Colgate-Palmolive Company. The subseries contains correspondence, work orders, agreements, instructions to bidders, specifications, drawing transmittal sheets, worksheets, financial records, reports, proposals, contracts, schedules, drawings, and other materials. Within these documents, there are accounts of all aspects of the construction including the design by Emery Roth & Sons and general contracting by Uris Brothers, Inc. Subjects discussed include the HVAC, electrical, plumbing, lighting, telephone, television antenna, vertical conveyor systems as well as the installation of walls, roofing, windows, floors, ceilings, elevators, doors, store fronts, toilets, hardware, and signs. These documents also detail subcontractor's work on the acoustics, brick, cement finish, concrete slabs, fireproofing, glazing, granite, gunite, insulation, iron, marble, masonry, metal furring and lathing, ornamental metal, painting, plastering, steel, terrazzo, tile, Venetian blinds, waterproofing, woodwork, vault installation, lobby desk, and a plaque commemorating the Columbia School of Mines. In addition, these records illustrate the architectural plans, project status, expenditures, tenant specifications, alterations, problems with work, lease terms, delays, and related issues that arouse over the course of construction.
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Principally documents about the construction of the twenty -five-story office building at 300 Park Avenue. Uris Brothers, Inc. was engaged as the general contractor to erect the structure according to the plans and specifications prepared by Emery Roth & Sons. The sub-subseries contains correspondence, work orders, agreements, instructions to bidders, specifications, drawing transmittal sheets, worksheets, financial records, reports, schedules, drawings, and other materials. These documents describe the construction of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, lighting, telephone, vertical conveyor systems as well as the assembly of walls, roofing, windows, floors, ceilings, elevators, doors, store fronts, toilets, hardware, and signs. They detail subcontractor's work on the acoustics, brick, cement finish, concrete slabs, fireproofing, glazing, granite, gunite, insulation, iron, marble, masonry, metal furring and lathing, ornamental metal, painting, plastering, steel, terrazzo, tile, Venetian blinds, waterproofing, woodwork, and a plaque commemorating the Columbia School of Mines. In addition, there are records about the survey, demolition, and excavation of the existing residential property.
The correspondence involves the Uris Brothers, Inc. employees, architects at Emery Roth & Sons, consulting engineers, subcontractors, tenants, and others engaged in the building project. Subjects discussed include approval of architectural drawings, requests for bids, construction specifications, engineers' analysis, proposals submitted by subcontractors, time schedules, contract terms, supply quotations, equipment rentals, purchase orders, executed work, delivery of materials, insurance coverage, payment of invoices, and management issues. Tenants also address design alterations, efforts to meet their particular requirements, authorization of changes, distribution of costs, installations, complaints, and move in dates in their communications. The correspondence of Harold Uris, Marvin Rothenstein, Thomas W. Hays, and other Uris Brothers, Inc. staff further detail all aspects of construction, both large and small. It includes information about the project status, changes, finances, progress schedules, problems with construction, delays, negotiations, correction of problems, and specific work for various tenants. In addition, there are communications about the government regulations, inspections, notices, permits, certificates, and issued violations for the project.
Besides the correspondence, the sub-subseries has numerous types of work orders. These orders generally specify the part of structure requiring attention, applicable tenant, status of job at time of order, description of work to proceed with, costs, whether tenant agreed to pay for work, acceptor's approval, and further data. Acknowledgement of Orders issued by Uris Brothers Inc. to tenants for work they requested at premise at their cost and expense. These orders list the date, job, floor, details design modifications, changes to leased space, status of job, amount agreed to pay, and acceptance signatures. The extra orders were placed with subcontractors for additional work and detail the furnishing and installation of various materials. They include information on subcontractors, contractor, date, job, floor, tenant, work to be performed, labor and materials, contract terms, price adjustments, previous balance, new contract amount due, status of work, references to proposals, and approvals. Purchase orders from Uris Brothers, Inc. for materials and delivery includes the date, job, supplier's name, material ordered, price, terms, approval signatures. Receipts of work orders, transfer memos, supplementary change sheets, and other records also supply similar facts.
Other documents offer additional specifics about the office building's construction. Contracts, instructions to bidders, and job specifications illustrate the requirements from the architects for the specific work completed by contractors. Drawing transmittal sheets disclose the approval, changes, tenant requests, and understanding of the drawings. In the worksheets, there are calculations and measurements for various aspects of construction on a particular floor with notes on material costs, drawing numbers, and completion time. Financial records such as invoices, estimates, quotations, and accounting figures break down the expenditures on labor, materials, rent profits, outstanding balances, subcontractor credits, and the cost of overall project completion. Finally, there are daily reports on the work accomplished, lists of subcontractors, samples of materials, brochures, construction schedules, subcontractor job guarantees, diagrams, sketches, and a few other related records.
Additionally, there are files for certain tenants: Chandler's Restaurant, Henry J. Kaiser Co., Hotaling News Agency, the Jockey Club, and the Texaco Touring Center Store. Correspondence, financial records, proposals, transmittals, contracts, work orders, and drawings reveal how the commercial space was customized to suit their needs. Topics discussed include air conditioning, doors, wiring, lighting, glass, floors, marble, hardware, woodwork, plastering, concrete fill, painting, plumbing, signage, tile, walls, toilets, acoustics, and windows. The correspondence has descriptions of the work to be completed, discussions of the project with outside firms, changes to the design of the subject premises, the terms and conditions of tenant requested specifications, subcontractor installations, and other matters. Budgets, estimates, quotes, requisitions, invoices, credits, and other documents disclose the expenditures on these tenant areas.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Separated to Roll UB_065: one photostat of 13th Floor plan, American Home Magazine Corporation, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], 1955 Aug. 19.
Separated to Roll UB_043: two blueprints Transformer Vault Layout Under Sidewalk and Inside Property, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Drawing No. UA-27697-3, 1953 December 18.
See also Demolition.
Contains four black and white photographs.
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Consists of correspondence, transmittal forms, agreements, construction orders, and financial records for the work performed on the area for the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank (later Barclays Bank of New York). Within these documents, there are accounts of all aspects of the construction incorporating structural steel, electrical work, masonry, cement, plumbing, vault installation, concrete work, roofing, metal lathing, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, flooring, terrazzo, carpentry, doors, painting, glass, plaster, tile, ornamental metal work, and fixtures. The correspondence with the tenant communicates their structural needs based on the lease clauses, anticipated costs, and vault requirements. Other correspondence about the building of this commercial space discusses approvals of architectural drawings, revisions to the proposed design, budget estimates, contingency plans, materials used, subcontractor matters, field inspections of work completed, instructions for the resolution of problems, and payment of incurred expenses. Interoffice memorandums represent the Urises' involvement with this facet of the construction project, including architectural plans, purchase orders, progress reports, punch lists of unfinished items, and payment of subcontractors. The drawing transmittal forms, contracts, and draft drawings in the sub-subseries involve Uris Brothers, Inc., Emery Roth & Sons, general contractor, subcontractors, and engineers erecting the office building. These documents explain the design of the bank area, specific work to be performed, alterations, and price of construction. In the construction orders, there are work orders, extra orders, change orders, and purchase orders. They list the company names, dates, work descriptions, labor needs, materials, costs, and approvals for the assorted aspects of the Chemical Corn Exchange Bank construction. Invoices, estimated budgets, bids, requisitions, disbursement sheets, receipts, credits, and other financial records portray the overall construction costs. These records itemize charges for labor, supplies, insurance coverage, equipment rentals, hardware, overtime, replacement of faulty materials, unpaid claims, and other expenses.
Within the sub-subseries, there are numerous files for the Office of Alfred Easton Poor, the architects hired by Chemical Corn Exchange Bank for their space in 300 Park Avenue. These folders contain correspondence, bids, transmittal sheets, conversation notes, and job specifications for the premises occupied by the bank. The correspondence between the architects at the Office of Alfred Easton Poor, Uris Brothers, Inc., Emery Roth & Sons, Harold Uris, Ernest E. Pfeiffer, Allwyn E. Symington, Marvin Rothenstein, bank executives, James Ruderman, contractors, and sub-contractors details the entire scope of the bank project. Initial communications describe the coordination of the separate architectural firms' ideas, construction costs, specifications for various types of work, bids with price quotes, contracts, insurance coverage, approvals, and production schedule. Subsequent correspondence illustrates the addition of space for the bank, authorization of adjustments to both the design and lease terms, construction orders for work, accounts of progress, and failures to meet the job requirements. Letters authorizing requisitions, requesting payment of invoices, disapproving expenditures, and other financial matters are also included. Alongside the correspondence, there are bid proposals from subcontractors, drawing transmittal sheets, and notes about meetings and telephone conversations documenting the various aspects of the construction project. In addition, the Office of Alfred Easton Poor wrote job specifications for: general conditions; acoustic tile; asphalt and rubber tile; brick and block masonry; carpentry and cabinet work; caulking; cement; cleaning; concrete work; doors; electrical, communications and fixtures; furring and lathing; glass and glazing; tile; hardware; heating, ventilating and air conditioning; marble; masonry; metal lathing; miscellaneous iron and steel; ornamental metal work; painting; plaster; plumbing; signs; steel; structural steel and roofing; terrazzo; tile; and toilet partitions.
Separated to Roll UB_068: four diazo prints of Mezzanine Flooring, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., A. Munder & Son, Inc., Drawing No. #1, 1955 March 29.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one diazo print of Data Plan of 1st Floor and Mezzanine, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Aetna Steel Products Corporation, Drawing #1 of 2, 1955 May 14.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one diazo print of Plan of Elevators and Doors, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Aetna Steel Products Corporation, Drawing #2 of 2, 1955 May 14.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one diazo print of unidentified plan, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., [Allied Bronze Company], undated.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one blueprint of Storage Closet and Closet Shelving, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., John Langenbacher Co., Inc., Drawing No. 3, 1955 June 25.
Separated to Roll UB_069: one blueprint of Lettering for Fifth Avenue and 49th Street Signs for Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Office of Alfred Easton Poor, Drawing No. SK-102, 1955 June 20.
Separated to Roll UB_068: six diazo prints of Mezzanine Floor Framing Plans, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Ment Bros. Iron Works Co., Inc., Drawing No. S1, 1955 March 23.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one blueprint of Cellar Plan, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Edward E. Ashley, Cons. Engr., Drawing No. 5K-1, 1954 July 7.
Separated to Roll UB_068: one diazo print of Preliminary Plan of Electric Work, Chemical Corn Exchange Bank, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., Edward E. Ashley, 1954 November 3.
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Correspondence, drawing transmittals, work orders, specifications, proposals, cost estimates, meeting reports, equipment requirements, contracts, progress schedules, worksheets, pamphlets, small drawings, and related documents about the construction of areas leased by Colgate-Palmolive Company. Subjects discussed in these records include the HVAC system, plumbing, electrical work, flooring, hardware, lighting fixtures, kitchens, lobby information desk, door controls, painting, television antenna, tile, toilets, and a vertical conveyor system. Correspondence from the architects, tenant representatives, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and the general contractor, Uris Brothers, Inc., addresses the many issues that arouse over the course of construction. There is information about the architectural plans, construction progress, expenditures, tenant specifications, approved changes, problems with work, lease terms, delays in the shipment of ordered products, and related matters. Agendas, minutes, and interoffice memorandums from meetings held about construction provide information on the project's status, engineering issues, distribution of costs, negotiation of lease terms, design changes, and disputes. The other records relate to cost breakdowns, locations, space layouts, labor, materials, price quotes, the requirements of computer equipment, guarantee of workmanship, and installations. Acknowledgement of Orders, extra orders, change orders, purchase orders, and other work orders supply even more specific data about the work performed for Colgate-Palmolive Company with details on tenant requests, costs, modifications, locations, samples, and other particulars.
In addition to these documents, the sub-subseries contains the files of Ernst E. Pfeiffer. As an employee of Uris Brothers, Inc., Pfeiffer appears to have overseen the project and his records convey detailed information about the specialized construction for Colgate-Palmolive Company. Correspondence, notes, worksheets, lease terms, proposals, specifications, drawing transmittals, sketches, and related materials illustrate the course of the project over time. There are also folders about two floors occupied by Colgate-Palmolive. The 7th floor had a cafeteria and the records discuss how to accommodate kitchen equipment. On the 11th floor, alterations were made for the executive offices.
See also Vertical Conveyor.
Arrangement is by type
Architectural drawings regarding the office building's construction and subsequent renovations. These drawings provide information about the structure's design by Emery Roth & Sons including floor plans, office space layouts, schedules, specifications, and related elements. They also illustrate the HVAC, electrical, lighting, plumbing, elevator, fire alarm, telephone, sprinkler, and antenna systems for the property. These drawings also reflect the efforts made to meet the needs of the building's tenants. Some of the drawings are for the substantial space leased by the Colgate-Palmolive Company and the bank area for Chemical Corn Exchange Bank.
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Principally architectural drawings of the initial construction of the office building and some of the subsequent alterations to the commercial space for specific tenants. The sub-subseries contains floor plans, details, elevations, sections, diagrams, layouts, schedules, and instruction sheets. These drawings display the HVAC, electrical, lighting, plumbing, elevator, fire alarm, telephone, sprinkler, and antenna systems for the building. Some of the drawings illustrate the space layout and construction of offices, stores, storage space, and other areas for tenants. There are also representations of the walls, windows, ceilings, entrances, corridors, doors, store fronts, mail chutes, grilles, lettering, iron work, and the lobby. Additionally, there are site surveys of the existing location and a blueprint of a plaque honoring Columbia University's School of Mines.
A detailed listing of the drawings in this sub-subseries can be consulted in a
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Drawings for the commercial space lease by Chemical Corn Exchange Bank (later Barclays Bank of New York). These plans, elevations, and details display the tenant requests for specific items at 300 Park Avenue. There are floor plans, details, and lettering samples by the Office of Alfred Easton Poor, the architects hired by the bank. Also included are drawings from A. Munder & Son, Inc., Aetna Steel Products Corporation, Allied Bronze Company, Edward A. Ashley, Emery Roth & Sons, John Langenbacher Co., Inc., Ment Bros. Iron Works Co., Inc. and Mosler Safe Co. They provide information about the flooring, metalwork, layout, electrical system, woodwork, and vault masonry.
A detailed listing of the drawings in this sub-subseries can be consulted in a
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Drawings for the significant portion of commercial space leased by the Colgate-Palmolive Company at 300 Park Avenue. Plans, elevations, layouts, sections, and details illustrate the construction, as specified by Carson and Lundin. These drawings show the overall design, specific floor plans, executive areas, ceilings, dining facilities, toilets, light fixtures, doorways, corridors, furniture, and signs for the company. There are also elements of the HVAC, electrical, plumbing, telephone, and television antenna systems. Blueprints from the Lamson Corporation depict various aspects of the vertical conveyor system including assembly, floor openings, connections, enclosures, load/unload stations, hand units, and gravity controls. Besides the drawings from the building's original construction, there are plans of subsequent renovations. They include new floor plans, an updated HVAC system, and executive offices.
A detailed listing of the drawings in this sub-subseries can be consulted in a
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This series contains the records of Uris Brothers properties that were sold before the incorporation in 1960 or were held privately by the family outside of the Uris Buildings Corporation. Residential apartment buildings, hotels, and commercial real estate projects are all represented in these documents. The series includes correspondence, management reports, legal papers, leases, mortgage agreements related to the purchase, financing, construction, and business operations of these properties. Also included are financial records, photographs, architect's renderings, plans, and other papers pertaining to the properties and the Urises overall real estate development. In addition, there are volumes of the Select Register of Apartment House Plans for New York's East Side as well as documents about few properties that can not be linked to the Uris Brothers business ventures.
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One University Place was an upscale apartment house on Washington Square at the northeast corner of University and Waverly Place built by the Uris family. The architect Emery Roth designed the building with 21 stories and a penthouse and construction was completed in 1930.
Contains a Landlord-Respondent's brief to New York Supreme Court Appellate Division argued by Leslie Lester for the case of University Place Apartments, Inc. against Hand Flato, Tenant, and Grant Brooker and another, undertenants. Also includes two invoices from Zee Maintenance for work done at the building in 1956.
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Emery Roth & Sons were the architects of this luxury apartment building at the southwest corner of Sutton Place and East 57th Street. The building was 18 stories with a penthouse and contained 131 apartments. Construction began on the site of a previous apartment house in November 1937 and the new structure was ready for occupancy in September 1938.
Fifteen black and white photographs of interior and exterior of the residential building.
Contains fifteen black and white photographs of the building's interior and exterior.
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A commercial building adjacent to 300 Park Avenue procured to protect the light. The leased office space and showrooms in the two-story structure were designed by Emery Roth & Sons.
Contains tenant records, closing statement on the property, financial materials, and other papers about the construction and operation of the building. The tenant files consist of correspondence, broker's agreements, leases, and other related documents concerning the following tenants: Addo Machine Company, Inc.; Aeroflot Soviet Airlines; Air China International Corp.; Colgate-Palmolive Company; and S.M.P. Architects, P.C. These documents describe the space occupied, rental charges, insurance claims, alterations, individual company activities, and agreements effecting the lease terms. In addition to these documents, there are proposed leases with negotiation materials for Barclays Bank of New York, the Consulate General of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Laidlaw Adams & Peck, Inc., and Venezuelan International Airways. In the closing statement regarding the Urises purchase of the property with deeds, mortgage, title, and survey information. The subseries also includes correspondence, paid invoices, surveys, real estate tax assessments, financial statements, city building regulations, and seven drawings from the 1950s. These records are primarily concerned with the office building's construction and adaptation for tenants.
Separated to Roll UB_007: two photostats of building surveys, 45 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], circa 1953.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one blueprint of Basement Area, 45 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], Dwg. #45-B, 1957 January 15.
Separated to Roll UB_007: three diazo prints of Floor Plans, 45 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of Two Story Building, Annex of 300 Park Avenue, 45 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1955 April 28.
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PAYROLL RECORDS OF THE MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORTS BY DOUGLAS L. ELLIMAN & CO. ARE RESTRICTED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2080
The Uris brothers acquired this real estate parcel along with 300 Park Avenue and 47 East 49th Street in an exchange Webb & Knapp for the Court Square Building at 2 Lafayette Street. The property had originally been owned by the New York Central Railroad System. In 1958, the building was traded to the 5452 Corporation for their building at 54 East 52nd Street. As part of this arrangement, 5452 Corporation's sole tenant, Bachrach, Inc. agreed to move their photography studios to a new constructed building at 48 East 50th Street. The new structure, designed by Emery Roth & Sons, was five stories with a basement and construction was completed in January 1959.
Comprised of correspondence, legal documents, financial statements, and monthly management reports for the property. The correspondence discusses the new building plans, contract of sale, mortgage, taxes, and construction matters. This includes communications with architects Emery Roth & Sons, Louis Fabian Bachrach Studios, Gotham Construction, 5452 Corporation, and other interested parties. In the legal documents, there are deeds, contracts, proposals, mortgage agreements, certificates, and other related materials. These papers record the negotiations for the exchange of real estate parcels between 5452 Corporation, Bachrach, Inc. and the Uris brothers. The deeds also refer to another Uris property at 47 East 49th Street, acquired in the same transaction as 48 East 50th Street. The monthly reports by Douglas L. Elliman & Co. Real Estate Management from 1953 to 1955 and a few financial statements provide explanations of the financial accounts and other aspects of the building's operations. Also included are real estate assessments, 1952-1958, for New York City taxes and a building survey.
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PAYROLL WORKSHEETS OF THE MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORTS BY MALCOLM E. SMITH CO ARE RESTRICTED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2080
This building appears to have been acquired to protect the light at 300 Park Avenue. The property was purchased by Roju Realty Corp. from Leah Bradt Squier in 1952 and the deed was subsequently transferred to Park Avenue Offices, Inc. In 1953, the original building appears to have been demolished, replaced with a two-story office building designed by Emery Roth & Sons.
Primarily monthly management reports from Malcolm E. Smith, Co., and legal documents. Contained within the reports, 1952-1953, are statement of expenses and disbursements, payroll worksheets, invoices, and other records of the building operations. The legal documents are comprised of titles, mortgage agreements, certificates, deeds, and other materials related to the purchase and financing of the property. In addition, there is a folder of correspondence about the building project.
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This building was one of four skyscrapers the Uris brothers retained privately after the company went public in 1960. Emery Roth & Sons were the architects and Cross & Brown Company acted as the renting agent. Completed in the spring of 1956, the office building was thirty stories and occupied the blockfront from 46th to 47th Street.
Consists of financial records, tenant records, correspondence, and other materials related to the building's general business activities. Within the financial records, there are balance sheets, estimated income and expense reports, corporate statements, rent roll, accounting work sheets, paid invoices, and checkbook stubs. These documents account for the financial dealings of Uris Lexington, Inc., the corporation that owned and operated the office building. Also included are general ledgers, 1954-1970, detailing the assets, liabilities, mortgages, capital, expenses, income, and balances of the corporation. The tenant records have leases, subleases, lease registers, correspondence, and other agreements that provide information concerning the companies renting office space. In addition, there documents concerning the building's management by Cross & Brown Company, correspondence about construction matters, acoustical tile requirements, nine drawings, and a publicity brochure.
Separated to Roll UB_007: seven blueprints of 27th Floor, 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, undated.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one diazo print of 28th Floor Leasing Plan, 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1956 March 15.
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Built on the former site of Cathedral College, the twenty-three-story office building was erected in 1950. Look Magazine was the initial major tenant for the white brick structure designed by Emery Roth & Sons. All of the office space was rented two months prior to the completion of construction on the northwest corner of 51st Street. Both 488 Madison Avenue Inc. and Duwell Realty Management Corporation were involved in the ownership and operation of the property.
Contains correspondence, legal documents, paid bills, photographs, and other papers about the office property known as the Look Building. The subseries includes correspondence with the Cross & Brown Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as well as interoffice memos. There also is a copy of the lease with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company dated August 1, 1953. The legal documents involve mortgage agreements, loans, closing statements, certificate of incorporation, contract of sale, and other contracts concerning the property. Besides petty cash receipts, the paid bills document expenses for rent, architects, management, legal matters, and other professional services. The photographs are black and white and depict the building's interior and exterior. Also included are pictures of the architects' renderings of the project design.
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505 Park Avenue was the second office building constructed in New York City following World War II and appears to have launched the Uris Brothers major commercial successes. Completed in 1950, the twenty-one-story yellow brick structure had a single occupant, the Arabian American Oil Company. Emery Roth & Sons were the architects of the building at the northeast corner of 59th Street at Park Avenue. Along with an adjacent property at 108 East 60th, it was exchanged for the fee of 380 Madison Avenue in 1952.
Contains the lease between Park Avenue Properties, Inc., Landlord and Arabian American Oil Company, Tenant for the premises dated December 13, 1948, and three black and white exterior construction photographs.
Contains three black and white photographs of construction.
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The twenty-six-story building on the east blockfront from 56th to 57th Street was designed by Emery Roth & Sons. After the underlying land was purchased from the William Waldorf Astor Estate in 1953, the project was delayed when they experienced problems acquiring the building occupied by the Parke-Bernet Galleries. Construction, financed by Irving Trust Company, was completed in 1950.
Contains thirty nine black and white photographs depicting the previous buildings on site, demolition, construction, and the architects' renderings of the exterior design. Also includes a brochure advertising the new office building and one change order issued to the W. S. Tyler Company during building construction in 1950.
Contains twelve black and white photographs.
Contains twenty seven black and white photographs.
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Construction on the thirty-four-story office building on the blockfront from 46th to 47th Street began in 1957. Emery Roth & Sons designed the structure with several setbacks. 750 Third Avenue was one of the four skyscrapers the Uris brothers retained privately after their business incorporation.
Consists of correspondence, tenant records, and financial materials concerning the building's tenants and overall business activities. The tenants, including Bankers Trust Company, Frank G. Shattuck Company, Walworth Company, and other small businesses, are described in leases, subleases, lease registers, and correspondence. A property statement from Cross & Brown Company has quarterly sales reports from the tenants. The financial records include balance sheets, statements of income and expenses, fiscal year comparisons, rent rolls, and checkbook stubs. Also included are paid invoices for business operating expenses, mortgage and loan payments, dividends, insurance premiums, and other fees. In addition, the subseries contains management agreements, sixteen drawings, an oversized black and white photograph of the building exterior, stock certificates, and related papers.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one blueprint of Cellar Floor Plan, Plan No. 1, 34 Story Office Building, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 3, 1957 November 4.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photocopy of Cellar Level, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, circa 1960.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photostat of Cellar Plan, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], circa 1962.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one diazo print of "B" Basement, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., [unidentified creator], circa 1957.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one diazo print of First Floor Plan, 34 Story Office Building, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 5, 1957 March 5.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photostat of 24th Floor Plan, Plan No. 1, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, circa 1957.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photostat and one photocopy of Sub-Cellar Plan, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Dwg. No. 2, 1957-1960.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one print paper of 23rd and 24th Floor Plan, Plan No. 1, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, circa 1958.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one blueprint of Cellar Floor Plan, 34 Story Office Building, 750 Third Avenue, New York. N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 3, 1958 Jun
Separated to Roll UB_008: one printed paper of Ground Floor Plan, Plan No. 1, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, circa 1964.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one blueprint of First Floor Plan, 34 Story Office Building, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. 5, 1958 May 5.
Separated to Box 278, Folder 4: one 11" x 12 3/4" black and white photograph by Felix Gilbert, Aerial and Architectural Photography.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one printed paper of 25th Floor, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, 1959.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photostat of 6th Floor Plan, 750 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y., Cross & Brown Company, circa 1962.
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This was the last residential building by the Uris Brothers before they focused their efforts on commercial ventures. The posh twin towered structure with 159 apartments was created by Emery Roth & Sons, who revised the original plans to make it more modern.
Contains correspondence, construction records, financial reports, statement of income and expenses, balance sheet, and legal stipulation. In a folder on Marvin Rothenstein, there are specifications, memos, notes, worksheets, and other items related to the building's construction. Also included are a plan of organization, purchase agreement, and proprietary lease.
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Copland Garage was part of 380 Madison Avenue however it was operated as a distinct and separate business. At first, the Uris Brothers ran the garage and then rented it to an outside company to manage.
The subseries has correspondence, monthly statements, financial records, and employee related materials that detail the garage's operations. These documents encompass the business's management, clients, monetary transactions, physical space, performance analysis, and payroll obligations. Leases, modification agreements, investments, legal issues, licensing, and insurance are also discussed.
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Consists of correspondence, financial records, rental papers, and legal documents. The correspondence has communications with Irving Trust Company regarding investments, interoffice memos, management agreements, accounts of meetings, and letter to the New York Departments of Labor and Licenses. Topics discussed include taxes, rent, clients, building maintenance and renovations, office services, marketing, insurance, permits, licenses, regulations, inspections, plans, business analysis, and complaints from parking customers. Within the correspondence there are financial records of expenses, payments, income, utility costs, insurance premiums, parking rates, and performance balance sheets. Also included are leases, subleases, modification agreements, and two blueprints for the garage as well as legal documents pertaining to a small claims court case.
Separated to Roll UB_007: one blueprint of Alteration to First Floor and Mezzanine, 380 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y., Emery Roth & Sons, 1954.
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PAYROLL INFORMATION RESTRICTED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2080
Primarily monthly statements regarding the garage's operations. These statements include analysis of the monthly business, statements of income and expenses, financial statements on the account, accounting work sheets, balance sheets, tax information, bank reconciliations. There are paid invoices for accountants, insurance claims, laundry services, professional association dues, sanitation services, telephone, office supplies, maintenance costs, and automobile repairs. Also included are payroll figures and monthly reports to the union regarding the business's employees.
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Contains accounting summaries, balance sheets, financial performance statements, general ledgers, securities confirmations, bank account records, paid bills, and tax information. In the accounting summaries, there are monthly bills sent to clients, deposit slips, the daily sheets chronicling each parking client, and the calculator tape total of each day's parking. The balance sheets, general ledgers, and performance reports provide explanation of the company's fiscal operations including accounting work sheets, income, business expenses, assets, bank reconciliations, and other bookkeeping materials. There also are completed securities purchase orders, bank account statements, and checkbook stubs from Irving Trust Company. Paid bills and receipts document business operating expenses, insurance premiums, maintenance costs, payroll, loan payments, and other disbursements. The information on taxes includes correspondence, tax returns, payments, accounting calculations for tax returns and statements. These records are for federal corporate income tax, sales taxes, New York City income and commercial occupancy taxes, New York State franchise tax, and U.S. Annual Information.
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Primarily of federal and state payroll tax records from 1961 to 1977. These records contain union dues payment statements, accounting work sheets, W-2 forms, tax returns and wage and tax statements. Also includes worker's compensation claims against Copland Garage Corporation.
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ONE FOLDER UNION RECORDS RESTRICTED UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2080
The property at 2 Lafayette Street, referred to as the Court Square Building, stood along Reade Street opposite the court house. Purchased in 1925 by the Uris family and David Knott, construction was finished in 1927. Buchman & Kahn were the architects of this twenty-three-story building. With an agreement finalized in 1953, the building was traded with Webb & Knapp for exchanging this property with Webb & Knapp for properties at 300 Park Avenue, 48 East 50th Street, and 47 East 49th Street.
Comprised of correspondence and financial records for the Court Square building and company. The correspondence discusses business operations, taxes, financial performance, accounting work, mortgage with Prudential Insurance Company, union employees, commissions, and the management of the building by Durand Taylor Company. Within the financial records there are statements on the building's operations, collections and disbursements, income and expenses, and estimated budget. There also are accountant reports, balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, authorizations for expenditures, and other analysis. The paid invoices, 1950-1952, document payroll, professional services, utilities, commissions, office supplies, insurance premiums, fees, taxes, employee reimbursement, mortgage payments, petty cash expenditures, and other business expenses.
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Three businesses were involved in this real estate development, the Fairground Company, Shannon Park Corporation, and Ufair Realty Corporation. Even with a lease agreement with J.C. Penney Company, Inc., the planned shopping center was an unsuccessful venture for the Urises. The land was subsequently donated to Cornell University.
Comprised of corporate records, correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other papers related to the shopping center project. The corporate records include partnership certificates, stock, and other papers concerning the three businesses involved in the center: the Fairground Company, Shannon Park Corporation, and Ufair Realty Corporation. The correspondence describes the status of the development, proposals for how to make the property profitable, future of the project, tenancy status, taxes and other operating costs, meetings to discuss the center with interested parties, possible sale of property, sales negotiations, loan and mortgage repayments, and administrative matters for all three corporate entities. Within the correspondence there are zoning regulations, plans for the shopping center, title to land, closing statement on real estate purchase, mortgage note, lease with J. C. Penney Company, Inc., building loan agreement, bargain and sale deed, insurance policies, a highway study, sale agreements, and progress reports as well as maps and an aerial photograph of the property. The legal documents contain deeds, titles, leases, terminated contract of sale with M. A. Kravitz Company, Inc., and a petition against Ufair Realty Corporation regarding the environmental effects of the project. In the financial records, there are mortgages, loan agreements, assignments, balance sheets, checkbook stubs, completed securities transactions, and paid invoices for operating expenses. Also includes a shopping center analysis completed in November 1967 and documents about the gift of land to Cornell University from November 1974.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one diazo print of Site Plan, Fairgrounds Shopping Center, The Fairgrounds Company, Ithaca, N.Y., J. Victor Bagnardi, Architect, revised 1966 November 18.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photocopy of Site Plan, Fairgrounds Shopping Center, The Fairgrounds Company, Ithaca, N.Y., J. Victor Bagnardi, Architect, revised 1969.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photocopy of Map No. 5, Alternate Route Locations, Route 96 and 13 Relocation, Newfield Hill-Ithaca-Trumansburg, Tompkins County, New York State Department of Transportation, Region No. 3, 1970 March.
Contains one black and white aerial photograph.
Separated to Roll UB_008: one photocopy of Site Plan, Fairgrounds Shopping Center, The Fairgrounds Company, Ithaca, N.Y., J. Victor Bagnardi, Architect, circa 1974.
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Toms River Properties was a planned retirement community that was not carried out. The Urises assembled several parcels of land in New Jersey for improvement. After their venture proved ineffectual, the properties were sold to other businesses.
The subseries has administrative records, correspondence, financial papers, and other materials regarding the retirement community project. These documents describe the entire development plan, detailing the corporate organization's operations, project financing, construction designs, legal issues, visuals of property features, and relevant background materials about various aspects of the region. Also included are records concerning property management, real estate consulting services, surveys, land purchases, negotiations, proposals, and taxes. In addition, the series contains papers pertaining to the business dissolution and sale of properties to Kokes and Wishnick and Leisure Technology-Northeast, Inc.
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Consists of corporate records, correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, photographs, and other papers pertaining to the properties and overall real estate development. In corporate records, there are minutes, by-laws, stock certificates, stock transfer ledger, resolutions, certificate of incorporation, reports, certificate of dissolution, and other materials about the business organization. The correspondence describes the sale of real estate to Kokes and Wishnick and Leisure Technology-Northeast, Inc., interactions with Stanley B. Ash, Real Estate Consultant, land purchases for the development, right of way agreement terms, legal services, deal negotiations, mortgages, and general notes concerning the project. This correspondence often accompanies legal documents about the purchase, sale, and regulations concerning the business properties. These documents include titles, deeds, agreements, releases, closing statements, schedules, court records, and relevant supporting materials. In the financial records, there are mortgages, reports, balance sheets, accounts of payments received, tax bills, and other tax information. The various maps and a few black and white photographs illustrate the properties, geological features, population, commuting and traffic patterns, highway proposals, public transportation facilities, taxes, existing structures, proposed air terminal, and roads in the Toms River region. Also included are appraisals, land surveys, marketability study, community information, statistics, and other background materials about the area townships.
Separated to Roll UB_009: two diazo prints of Land Map for Toms River Associates, Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected on 1965 October 1.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one photocopy of Land Map for Toms River Associates, Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected to 1965 October 1.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of map of land owned by Toms River Properties, Inc., Manchester Township, N.J., Manchester Water and Sewerage Corporation, rev. 1966 August 8.
Separated to Roll UB_010: four diazo prints of Survey Map of Lots 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12, Block W-7, Property to be Conveyed from Toms River Properties to Miroslav A. Kokes and Herbert E. Wishnick c/o Crestwood Village, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N. J., Fellows, Read & Weber, Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, 1970 April 8.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Survey Map of Lots 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12, Block W-7, Property to be Conveyed from Toms River Properties to Miroslav A. Kokes and Herbert E. Wishnick c/o Crestwood Village, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Fellows, Read & Weber, Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, rev. 1970 August 17.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print Mortgage Release Map, Crestwood Village, Section 7, Situated in Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Fellows, Reed & Weber, Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors, revised 1971 April 9.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one diazo print of Land Map for Toms River Associates, Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected on 1965 October 1.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one photocopy Land Map for Toms River Properties, Inc., Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected on 1969 June 16.
Separated to Roll UB_010: two diazo prints of Mortgage Release Map, Leisure Village West, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Donald W. Smith Associates, Consulting Engineers-Planners, Job No. 71-240, 1972.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Map Showing 200 Acre Mortgage Release Property of R.F. Doss, Inc., Berkeley Township, Ocean County, N.J., Ernst, Ernst & Lissenden, Engineers and Surveyors, Drawing No. F-738, 1973 November.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Mortgage Release Map, Leisure Village West, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Donald W. Smith Associates, Consulting Engineers-Planners, Job No. 71-240, Drawing No. B, 1973 July 9.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Mortgage Release Map, Leisure Knoll at Manchester, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Donald W. Smith Associates, Consulting Engineers-Planners, Job No. 73-120, 1973 July 12.
Separated to Roll UB_009: six diazo prints of Population and Transportation Maps, Ocean County, N.J., The Ocean County Planning Board, 1961.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one diazo print of Proposal for Ocean County Air Terminal, Berkley Township, Ocean County, N.J., designed by Joseph S. Portash and prepared by Ocean County Planning Board, 1965 December.
Separated to Roll UB_009: six diazo prints, one photostat, and one negative photostat of Land Map for Toms River Properties, Inc., Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected on 1969 June 16.
Contains five black and white photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Proposed Drainage Easement Through the Samuel Scheiber Property, Lot 67, Block 4, Berkeley Township, N.J., Fellows, Read & Weber, Consulting Engineers, 1965 November 25.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one printed paper of Zoning Map of Township of Berkeley, Ocean County, N.J., John C. Fellows & Son, Township Engineers, 1959 February.
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Correspondence regarding the various properties, corporate activities, taxes, proposals, project financing, construction plans, government regulations, insurance, agreements, sales negotiations, leases, and legal issues. The correspondence about the properties describes inspections, sale of acres, purchase offers, agreements, and property management. Also includes an appraisal of land in Manchester Township, balance sheets, maps, newspaper clippings, deeds, notes, and other papers.
Separated to Roll UB_010: one diazo print of Subdivision Map of Property of Toms River Properties, Inc., Tax Map Lot 1, Block L-5, Manchester Township, Ocean County, N.J., Ernst, Ernst & Lissenden, Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors, Drawing No. F-415, 1966 December.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one negative photostat of Map for Toms River Properties, Inc., Toms River, N.J., [unidentified creator], corrected on 1967 December 18.
Alphabetical, then chronological
Contains interim financial statements, completed securities purchases, bank account statements, checkbook stubs, business ledger, and paid invoices. The paid invoices record charges for loans, billboard space, real estate consultant services, corporate operating expenses, insurance, legal services, and costs associated with sale of land. Also includes tax returns, correspondence, payments, tax notices from different townships, and supporting documentation for federal, state and local taxes. These records contain information about corporate income taxes as well as real estate taxes.
Arrangement is by volume
Two bound volumes of the Select Register of Apartment House Plans in New York's East Side published by The Cheltenham Press, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., ©1928. Each of the volumes has plans for apartment buildings once owned by the Uris family. In Volume I: Avenues, there are plans for 880 Fifth Avenue and 930 Fifth Avenue while Volume III: Districts has plans for 1 University Place, Sutton Place South, and 101 West 57th Street.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Leases, subleases, and related materials for properties that can not be linked to the Uris Brothers real estate business enterprises.
Arrangement is arranged by type
According to the corporate records, Uris Buildings Corporation was organized on March 7, 1960 for the purpose of acquiring from Percy Uris, Harold D. Uris, and their associates all the outstanding capital stock of nine corporations. These corporations either owned completed office buildings, were constructing office buildings, or owned land upon which office buildings were being built. The Uris brothers retained private ownership of the corporations operating four buildings: 380 Madison Avenue, 300 Park Avenue, 485 Lexington Avenue, and 750 Third Avenue. The certificate of incorporation of Uris Brothers Corporation was filed March 7, 1960 at the Department of State of the State of New York and the firm's by-laws were adopted on March 11, 1960. Quoting an annual report, Architectural Forum noted that the corporation's main objective was the "creation of equities by the construction of efficient and desirable buildings in prime locations" [Architectural Forum 7/1962]. Uris Buildings Corporation continued to grow throughout the 1960s and by the end of the decade was a prominent, public owned investment builder. In 1973, Harold Uris sold the family's interest to National Kinney Corporation. As a result of the subsequent declining real estate market, the package of eight Uris properties was sold to Olympia & York Developments, Ltd. in 1977.
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.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Consists of corporate records, financial records, documents related to the company's stock, and other papers regarding the formation and operations of the firm. The corporate records contain the by-laws, stock offering, prospectus, legal agreements, papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other documents regarding the corporation's organization. Financial records include a budget, performance reports, and the closing transactions for the sale of the business to National Kinney Corporation. In the stock related materials, there is correspondence with stock exchanges, brokers, financial institutions, and stockholders about the company's initial offering and subsequent stock performance. There are also interoffice memos, broker's reports, and records of stock sales, purchases, and options. In addition, the subseries contains a publicity brochure, schedule of leases for the company's commercial buildings, and information about the World Trade Center.
Arrangement is alphabetical
Comprised of the leases, publicity, photographs, tenant files, and financial reports for buildings owned by the Uris Buildings Corporation. The leases indicate the tenants and other information about the numerous properties. In addition to the tenant information in the leases, there is correspondence concerning Three Penn Center Plaza, management fees, and with Shell Oil Company about their office space at 1301 Avenue of the Americas. Most of the publicity materials consist of brochures about the properties and photographs depicting the architects' renderings of the building's design, phases of construction, and completed structures. The financial reports represent the estimated construction costs and estimate income and expenses for the corporation's buildings. Also included are reports of operations for the Hilton Hotels in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Separated to Box 278: Folder 5 two mounted 10" x 13 3/4" black and white photographs.
Contains two black and white photographs.
Contains four black and white photographs.
Contains three color photographs and five black and white photographs.
Separated to Box 278: Folder 6: one 11" x 14" mounted black and white photograph of architect's rendering, Elmer Plumb Studio.
Contains one color photograph and one black and white photograph.
Contains eight black and white photographs.
Separated to Box 278 Folder 7: one 11" x 14 1/2" black and white photograph of hotel construction site.
Separated to Box 278 Folder 8: one 10 1/4" x 13 1/2" black and white photograph of ribbon cutting at the hotel.
Separated to Roll UB_011: one diazo print of Grading Plan, Penn Center Garage, Penn Center Plaza, Between 15th and 16th Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Emery Roth & Sons, Drawing No. G102, Received 1956 May 3.
Arrangement is arranged alphabeticaly by company name
Comprised of the documents generated by corporations not specifically related to a single Uris building. These corporation records include correspondence, financial documents, certificates, legal papers, and other materials regarding business operations. It also contains the construction records, including photographs, for various building projects completed by the Uris Brothers from 1920s into the 1960s.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Bittersweet Equities, Inc. was incorporated in March 1974 and merged with 380 Madison Corporation on February 3, 1976. The New York corporation's function was to hold certain investment interests and it was never in any operating business. It appears to have held the assets of the dissolved Toms River Properties, Inc., a planned adult retirement community.
Contains corporate records, correspondence, and financial documents for Bittersweet Equities, Inc. The corporate records consist of minutes and by laws, certificate of incorporation, tax forms, shareholders information, corporate resolutions, stock certificates, and the corporate seal. The correspondence documents the corporation's merger, legal issues, accounting practices, meetings, taxes, mortgage, banking, and transfer of assets from Toms River Properties, Inc. Within the financial records, there are records of securities transactions, interim financial statements, bank account statements, loan payments, and other disbursements. Also included are New York City corporation tax reports, New York State corporation franchise tax reports, and federal income tax payments.
Separated to Roll UB_009: one photostat of Land Map of Toms River - Lakehurst, Toms River, N.J., Percy Brower, Newman and Frayne, Inc., Real Estate, corrected to 1964 April 7.
Bofree Realty Corporation owned the fee at 575 Madison Avenue while Madison Avenue Properties, Inc. owned and operated the office building.
Four paid bills for rental of safe, Irving Trust Company service fees for trust, New York City Occupancy tax, and a ledger.
Arrangement is alphabetical
C. B. Ross Company, Inc. was an investment building and general contracting business formed in 1936. Percy Uris served as the corporation's President and Treasurer while Harold Uris was Vice-President. The business's first project was the apartment building constructed at 2 Sutton Place between 1937 and 1938. In the 1940s, it went on to build more residential buildings and public housing, primarily for defense workers during World War II.
Consists of a report on C. B. Ross Company, Inc., statement of the corporation's construction costs, and one loose photograph. The 1942 report provides a business history, profiles of the company officers, financial statement, and detailed accounts of their building projects. The accounts of the building projects constructed prior to the corporation's formation in 1936 appear to have been built by previous Uris organizations. Each building project account includes a black and white photograph, property description, name of the architect, name of the engineers, construction specifications, and completion dates. The properties profiled include: 355 Riverside Drive (1922); 1133 Park Ave. (1923); Hotel Buckingham, 101 West 57th St. (1924); 79 Madison Ave. (1926); Court Square Building, 2 Lafayette St. (1927); 271 Madison Ave. (1927); 60 Broad St. (1927); Hudson Terminal Garage, 66 Dey St. (1927); Hotel Monclair, Lexington & 49th St. (1928); Hotel Dixie, 241 West 42nd St. (1930); Hotel St. Moritz, 50 Central Park South (1930); 1 University Place (1930); 255 Greene St. (1937); 2 Sutton Place South (1938); 930 Fifth Ave. (1940); Officers' Quarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (1941); Cabin John Gardens, Maryland (1942); Hillwood Square Village, Falls Church, Virginia (1942); and James Creek Housing Project, Washington, D.C. (1942). Within the construction costs statement are figures for the Buckingham Hotel, Court Square Building, Fifth Avenue Apartments, Montclair Hotel, St. Moritz Hotel, 2 Sutton Place South, and 1 University Place. The loose photograph is a black and white picture of the Hillwood Square Village in Falls Church, Virginia dated January 20, 1942.
Contains nineteen black and white photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronologica
Park Avenue Properties, Inc. was involved with the buildings at 505 Park Avenue and 108 East 60th Street. The corporation acquired the land for the building at 380 Madison Avenue from City Bank Farmers Trust Company in 1952. Properties at 370-392 Madison Avenue, Nos. 11-29 East 46th Street, and Nos. 16-28 East 47th Street were exchanged for the premises at 505 Park Avenue and 108 East 60th Street.
Comprised of correspondence, legal documents, and financial records of Park Avenue Properties, Inc. Correspondence with lawyers, accountants, financial institutions, office personnel, the rental agency, shareholders, tenants, and insurance companies discusses the development, renting, repair, and disposal of properties 505 Park Avenue and 108 East 60th Street. Within the correspondence there are contracts, agreements, leases, and other legal documents that often refer to the 505 Park Avenue property. The financial records contain bank statements, paid invoices for various operating expenses, and balance sheets detailing profits, losses, corporate finances, construction expenditures, insurance costs, and tax computations. Also included are federal corporate income tax returns, New York State franchise tax forms, tax payment receipts, and correspondence with the IRS and New York Department of Taxation and Finance regarding the firm's taxes.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Uris Brothers, Inc. engaged in the construction work on buildings for the various Uris corporations. The firm appears to have been involved in most of the commercial and hotel sites built by the Uris brothers in post-World War II New York City.
Contains financial statements, ledgers, contractor information, paid invoices, bank statements, and other records of the Uris Brothers, Inc. operations. These records describe the construction of buildings on numerous properties owned by the Uris Brothers and the modifications of commercial space for various tenants. The financial statements consist of property valuations, application of funds for construction jobs, and contractor commitments. There are general ledgers detailing the assets, liabilities, capital, expenses, income, and operating expenses for several of the Uris properties as well as construction ledgers for the buildings at 485 Lexington Avenue and 45 East 49th Street. The contractor information includes paid invoices, correspondence, and records of taxable purchases. Paid invoices from 1953 to 1962 also document expenses for supplies, insurance, equipment rental, and other professional services. Also included are correspondence, invoices, and other materials related to construction issues at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Uris Properties, Inc. was a management company that operated certain properties in return for management fees. The corporation appears to have operated the residential properties at 1 University Place, 2 Sutton Place South, 880 Fifth Avenue, and 930 Fifth Avenue.
Consists of general ledgers, paid invoices, and tax records for Uris Properties, Inc. The general ledgers from 1948 to 1954 list the assets, liabilities, capital, expenses, and income for the corporation. They include information about 880 Fifth Avenue, 930 Fifth Ave, 2 Sutton Place, and 1 University Place. Paid invoices, 1953-1955, document the operating expenses incurred by the corporation. The expenditures include office supplies, equipment costs, professional services, payroll, insurance premiums, petty cash receipts, and tax payments. Besides the tax payment receipts, there are accounting work sheets, correspondence with IRS and New York Department of Taxation and Finance, and copies of tax returns for federal corporate taxes, New York State franchise taxes and New York City income taxes.
Arranged by type
Percy and Harold D. Uris established the Uris Brothers Foundation in 1956 to handle their philanthropic endeavors. The foundation awarded grants to educational institutions, hospitals, museums, religious organizations, community groups, and other charitable associations based primarily in New York City. The Uris brothers' alma maters, Columbia University and Cornell University, each received numerous gifts from the foundation and have buildings named after the family.
The series contains administrative records, correspondence, and financial records generated by the Uris Brothers Foundation. These documents describe the philanthropic activities of the foundation and administrative operations as well as its interaction with various charitable organizations. Responses to requests for funding, contribution vouchers, fiscal reports, and other information are included.
Arrangement is chronological
Bound volumes comprised of the Uris Brothers Foundation by-laws and board meeting minutes. These records specify the foundation's operating provisions, general financial accounts, and principles underlying the distribution of grants. The meeting minutes also reflect how the foundation's charitable giving evolved over time and the participation of various members of the Uris family.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Consists primarily of correspondence regarding the philanthropic activities of the Uris Brothers Foundation. The correspondence describes contributions to various charitable organizations, research projects, politicians, and other programs. It also includes responses to requests for funding, project proposals, invitations to charitable events, thank you letters for donations, annual appeal mailings, building construction updates, photographs, and speeches given by the Urises at award ceremonies. Most of the recipients of the foundation's donations were based in New York City. Gifts were also made to educational institutions, principally Columbia University, Cornell University, and others related to the family. In addition, the subseries contains receipts for donations, tallies of annual gifts to a specific charity, disbursement vouchers for payment of pledges, construction plans for grant related projects, administrative information about the foundation, and a few photographs.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one color photograph.
Contains eight color photographs and seven black and white photographs.
Contains two black and white photographs.
Separated to Roll UB_011: one blueprint of Revised Typical Floor Plan, [17 Story Office Building for Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York], New York, N.Y., H. I. Feldman, Architect, 1952 August 25.
Separated to Roll UB_011: nine printed papers of Floor Plans: Basement; Lobby and Store; 2nd Floor; 7th and 8th Floors; 9th and 10th Floors; 11th and 12th Floors; 13th and 14th Floors; 15th and 16th Floors; 17th Floor of 17 Story Office Building, 130 East 59th Street, New York, N.Y., H. I. Feldman, Architect, Chas. F. Noyes Co., Inc., Renting Agent, received 1953 May.
Separated to Roll UB_011: one diazo print of Survey, Lexington Avenue between East 58th Street and East 59th Street, New York, N.Y., Frank E. Towle and Son, Inc., 1953 October 10.
Separated to Roll UB_011: one blueprint of Elevator Lobby Details (Revised Ceiling), 17 Story Office Building for Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, New York, N.Y., H. I. Feldman, Architect, Job No. 2071, Dwg. No. 105-A, Rev. 1953 December 18.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one black and white photograph.
Contains one color photograph.
Contains four black and white photographs.
Arrangement is by type
Contains invoices, vouchers, correspondence, monthly financial statements, ledger, and checkbook stubs describing the Uris Brothers Foundation's fiscal operations. The records document the Foundation's investments, contributions to various organizations, assets, and administrative operations.
Reverse chronological, then alphabetical
Consists of disbursement vouchers, invoices, letters, and memorandums regarding the Uris Brothers Foundation's operations. Most of the documents concern requests for payment of contributions, correspondence with organizations regarding donations, and other related paperwork. There are also invoices for administrative costs including supplies and professional services.
Chronological
Monthly statements of the Uris Brothers Foundation's financial performance during the fiscal year. The statements record investment income, pledges, disbursements, valuation of assets, and other uses of the Foundation's funds. Also included are calculations used to prepare the statements and comparison to previous fiscal year's performance.
Chronological, then alphabetical
Consists of checkbook stubs from for Uris Brothers Foundation's bank accounts at Chemical Bank, Irving Trust Company, and Bank of New York. The stubs include check number, date of the check, payee, amount, voided checks, and account balance. Most of the checks were written for contributions made by the foundation.
The ledger contains information about the stocks and bonds held in Irving Trust Company custody accounts for the Uris Brothers Foundation. It documents the date due, percentage assigned, and value of the stocks, bonds, and U.S. treasury notes.
Arranged by type
In general, the papers in this series were either associated with multiple corporate entities or could not be matched with a specific building. The series contains administrative records, correspondence, legal documents, and financial records generated by the various businesses, buildings, and other interests operated by the Uris brothers.
Arrangement is by type
Alphabetical, then chronological
Correspondence, publications, proposals, contracts, insurance papers, and other materials for numerous corporate entities and the issues affecting their operation of several Uris properties. The correspondence and agreements with insurance companies, professional organizations, Con Edison, service industry, management companies, unions, and government agencies show the costs involved in operating these rental properties. There are several files on compliance with New York City, New York State, and Federal building regulations on asbestos, fire safety, emergency lighting, employees, exterior walls, and heating and cooling. Also included are bulletins, statistics, pamphlets reports, and other information about electric rates, labor costs, legal matters, and rental fees. Besides these documents, the series has employee directories, blank forms, insurance papers, old tenant lists, schedules, and miscellaneous materials used by Uris employees. Furthermore, there are records on the renovations of 380 Madison Avenue and 300 Park Avenue by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Chronological
Bound volumes with daily entries of visitors to office building tenants. The specific property using these books could not be identified.
Alphabetical, then chronological
Memorandums, employee applications, medical insurance papers, and tax withholding forms concerning Uris employees. The interoffice memos discuss payroll, raises, Christmas bonuses, vacations, sick leave, and related issues. In the employee applications, there are blank forms, resumes, and cover letters.
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Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
Milton Copland handled some of the legal issues for the Uris commercial properties, members of the Uris family, and the Uris Brothers Foundation.
This subseries is comprised of correspondence, forms, reports, tax documents, estate records, and miscellaneous papers. One of the primary business concerns Copland administered were relationships with building tenants, as evidenced by correspondence, forms, lease records, and related documentation. He was also involved with insurance coverage, employee matters, banking, government regulations, and other associated corporate operations. Copland dealt with the estates, residences, taxes, automobiles, and other legal matters for members of the Uris family. At the Uris Brothers Foundation, he served as director and there are documents about donations to particular organizations. In addition to these records, the series contains Copland's files about his membership in professional organizations, charitable contributions, and personal matters for his family.
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See also The Breakers.
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See also Bachner, Tally & Mantell
See also Bachner, Tally & Mantell.
See also Bachner, Tally & Mantell.
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See also Bachner, Tally & Mantell.
See also Bachner, Tally & Mantell.
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Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
National Cleaning Contractors, Inc. provided cleaning services for several Uris buildings in New York City, including 380 Madison Avenue, 300 Park Avenue, 320 Park Avenue, 245 Park Avenue, 2 Broadway, 60 Broad Street, 55 Waters Street, 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 485 Lexington Avenue, and 750 Third Avenue.
This series has legal documents, contract price adjustments, log books, and correspondence. Correspondence, affidavits, memorandums, counterclaims, exhibits, depositions, and other legal documents were principally from a lawsuit. The dispute stemmed from the 1979 termination of the 1974 contract between National Cleaning Contractors, Inc. and Uris 380 Madison Corporation. It involved the vacation monies due to employees at the date of contract termination, window cleaning services, and other related topics. The contract price adjustments provide specific financial data used in the negotiations of wage increases, vacation/sick time, credits, taxes, and benefits. These files also have information about government regulations, Realty Advisory Board agreements, and the impact of the equal pay for women lawsuit. In the log books, 1985-1988, there are daily entries of personnel in/out for day, totals of rubbish collected, and notes to supervisor on special activities or problems encountered during the day.
Arrangement is alphabetical, then chronological
The financial records are comprised of financial reports, tax documents, commission files, escalation records, office administration accounts, and supporting materials. These documents offer fiscal information on several Uris business endeavors, including 300 Park Avenue, 380 Madison Avenue, 485 Lexington Avenue, and 750 Third Avenue. Occasionally, the records contain figures for the Uris Brothers Foundation and family member trusts. Audits, balance sheets, budgets, collection statements, and weekly reports demonstrate the general performance of these ventures. Several files contain publications, forms, instructions, and correspondence for federal, state, and city taxes. There are also tentative assessment valuations and applications for reductions for Real Estate taxes. The commission records for various tenants have agreements, bills, and correspondence with brokerage firms. Calculation worksheets, correspondence, and sample lease clauses detail how escalations for electricity, labor, and real estate taxes were determined and then passed on to the tenants. The rest of the financial records describe the costs associated with office administration and professional services shared by different corporate entities. Inclusive office operating expenses and bank accounts are presented in memorandums, reimbursement records, lists, and forms. Additional correspondence, agreements, and accounting worksheets calculate the fees spent on attorneys, accountants, insurance, bank accounts, and tenant management.