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Series 7. Other Uris Properties, 1927-1996, undated
Subseries 7.1. One University Place, 1947-1956 Subseries 7.2. Two Sutton Place South, 1948, undated Subseries 7.3. 45 East 49th Street, 1952-1996, undated Subseries 7.4. 48 East 50th Street, 1948-1961 Subseries 7.5. 49 East 49th Street, 1952-1954 Subseries 7.6. 485 Lexington Avenue, 1951-1973, undated Subseries 7.7. 488 Madison Avenue, 1948-1967, undated Subseries 7.8. 505 Park Avenue, 1948 Subseries 7.9. 575 Madison Avenue, 1949-1950, undated Subseries 7.10. 750 Third Avenue, 1956-1974 Subseries 7.11. 880 Fifth Avenue, 1947-1957, undated Subseries 7.12. Copland Garage, 1950-1979 Subseries 7.13. Court Square Building, 1930-1952 Subseries 7.14. The Fairgrounds Shopping Center, Ithaca, New York, 1964-1979, undated Subseries 7.15. Toms River Properties, N.J., 1953-1976, undated Subseries 7.16. Select Register of Apartment House Plans, circa 1928 |
Series 5. 380 Madison Avenue, 1949-1996About 54,100 items (76.95 linear feet and 21 rolls)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. Arranged by type 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. |