This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
The Rose Associates collection consists primarily of construction photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, and other records of the construction of apartment complexes overseen by Rose Associates. The collection also includes advertising materials from these projects. There is limited information on later projects.
Series I: Corporate Records/Background Material covers the informational materials of Rose Associates, building fact sheets, and various photographs for their properties from 1990-2000.
Series II: Project Records is made up of 3 subseries. Subseries 1: General contains construction photographs, floorplans, and advertising materials for apartment complexes in Manhattan, including 4 E. 89th Street, Park Gramercy, and the Sheffield. It also has records for similar projects in the Bronx, notably Schuyler Village. Architects are listed when known, but there are many cases where this information was not available. Subseries 2: Albums includes newspaper and magazine clippings for 1180 Company, Banker's Trust Building, and Walden Terrace. Subseries 3: Ledgers contains records of construction costs for a number of projects including the Keystone Building, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 280 Park Avenue, and Georgetown Plaza. Several of the ledgers are organized by holding corporation instead of project.
1935-2004
The Rose Associates, Inc. Records were donated to Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library by Elihu Rose in 2011
This collection is arranged in two series: Corporate Records and Project Records.
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
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Rose Associates, Inc. Records, 1935-2004, (bulk 1935-1983), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Real Estate Brochure Collection at Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
Boak Raad architectural drawings, 1949-1958, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
Source of acquisition--Elihu Rose. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--2011. Accession number--2011.007.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Processed; Elizabeth Gollnick 2011.
2011-10-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Rose Associates was founded in the 1920s by brothers Samuel B. and David Rose. The company originally managed properties in the Bronx and has grown to oversee more than 31,000 apartments in New York. This collection focuses mainly on the properties managed by Samuel B. and David Rose, as well as Frederick Phineas Rose and Elihu Rose, between 1920 to 1980. There is also limited information on later projects. Some of the most notable properties included in this collection are the Madison Belvedere, Park Gramercy, and Metropolis.
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