Morningside Area Alliance records, 1947-1992

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Series VIII: Maps and Plans, 1947-1984

One of the largest founding mandates for the Alliance was the gathering and mapping of information that had previously been unavailable. Most of the large-format copies of these maps, and occasionally their accompanying architectural or neighborhood plans, have been retained in this series. The maps and plans are almost exclusively of the neighborhood of Morningside Heights, but occasionally maps of neighborhoods in the vicinity or maps of the entire city are included. A wide variety of information has been mapped onto the materials in this series, including demographic, population, land use, zoning, transportation, institutional expansion, economic, and physical building characteristics. Most of the maps appear to have been made as part of major studies carried out by the Alliance, especially the Morningside-Manhattanville Redevelopment Report (1951) and the Morningside Heights Core Area Study (1968).



Box 100 Folder 31 General Maps and Plans of Morningside Heights (47-23), 1897, 1953, 1897, 1953


Box 100 Folder 32 Automotive, Commercial, and Industrial Properties (51-18, a, b, c, and d),, 1950


Box 100 Folder 33 Morningside-Manhattanville Planning, Charts (51-30), circa, 1950


Box 100 Folder 34 Civil Defense and Housing Proposals (51-21, 51-27), undated


Box 100 Folder 35 Land Use Map Reference Information (52-1) and general maps and plans (47-50 and 51-316),, 1952


Box 100 Folder 36 Morningside Families with Children (48-10-R) and block plan for St Luke's Hospital (47-51),, 1948


Box 100 Folder 37 Housing Proposals, Ethnic Occupancy, and Assessed Value (Maps 50-1, 50-2, 50-50, 51-24, 51-26, 51-26b, 51-26c, 51-26d),, 1950


Box 100 Folder 38 City of New York Planning Commission Master Plan for Clearance, Redevelopment, and Low-Rent Housing (49-1),, 1949


Box 100 Folder 39 Graphic Plates for Morningside Heights Demographic Study, 1948



Box 199 Folder 12 Artists Renderings of Proposed Buildings and Projects, circa, 1965



Box 130 Bank Street College of Education: Furniture Plan, 1970



Box 192 Columbia University, Manhattan: Works Progress Administration Subsurface Conditions, 1944 (4 Maps), 1944



Box 131 Community Playground Plans 534 W 112th St, 1969 (2 Sheets), 1969



Box 144 David Rosen Interim Cathedral Parkway Renewal Project Report, Morningside Heights


Box 144 Map 9, Classification of Structures, 1968


Box 144 Map 10, Existing Zoning, 1968


Box 144 Map 11, Density of Population, 1968


Box 144 Map 12, Traffic and Circulation, 1968 (2 Maps), 1968


Box 144 Map 13, Dwelling Units Per Building, 1968 (2 Maps), 1968



Box 145 Map 8, Height of Structures, 1968



Box 146 Map 1, Existing Land Use, 1968


Box 146 Map 7, Condition of Structures, 1968


Box 146 Map 14, Institutional Ownership, 1968


Box 146 Map 16, Proposed Renewal Treatment, 1968


Box 146 Map 17, Minimum Institutional Expansion, 1968


Box 146 Map 18, Maximum Institutional Expansion, 1968



Box 142 Elevation Cross Sections of Morningside Heights (66-3), 1976



Box 143 Elevation Cross Sections of North-South Streets in Morningside Heights, undated (3 Plans), undated



Box 170 Manhattan Public Schools Existing and Under Construction (53-5), 1951



Box 101 Folder 12 Map of block between 114 and 115 Sts and Amsterdam and Morningside Dr, 1965



Box 193 Mayor's Committee on City Planning, Upper Manhattan


Box 193 Non-Residential Area Survey (47-1), 1936 (2 Maps), 1936


Box 193 Store Summary (47-10), 1938



Box 132 Morningside Gardens


Box 132 Blown Up Artists Renderings, undated



Box 151 Cellar Floor Plan Shops, Building No. 5 (52-2), circa, 1952


Box 151 First Floor Plan Shops, Building No. 4 (52-2), circa, 1952


Box 151 Floor Plan of School (52-2), 1955



Box 199 Folder 13 Artists Rendering, 1955


Morningside Heights


Box 199 Folder 8 General Maps, 1950-1956


Box 199 Folder 9 General Maps and Core Area Maps, circa, 1962



Box 138 Age of Buildings (50-46), 1950



Box 199 Folder 2 Analytical Maps, 1964-1966



Box 175 Assessed Values by Block (57-4), circa, 1957


Box 175 Assessed Values (56-1), circa, 1956



Box 138 Average Monthly Rent Per Unit (50-47), 1950



Box 171 Base Map (47-33), circa, 1947



Box 123 Block Map (63-2, 58-1), undated



Box 150 Building Condition, 1958



Box 167 Building Heights (47-44), circa, 1947



Box 191 Children Under 18 Years, 1948



Box 179 Community Dwelling Unit Conditions (66-14), 1966



Box 142 Community Facilities (66-17), 1976



Box 150 Condition of Buildings (58-2), 1957



Box 166 Core Area Study


Box 166 Community Housing Types, 1966



Box 127 Institutional Development Map (66-20), 1976



Box 153 Institutional Land Use, 1976


Box 153 Institutional Projects, 1965



Box 163 Institutional Expansion Area (66-11), 1966



Box 164 Institutional Land Use (66-12), 1966



Box 165 Institutional Projects (66-9), 1966



Box 199 Folder 11 Maps, 1967



Box 142 Cross Sections (66-22), 1976


Box 142 Cross Sections (66-21), 1976



Box 186 Estimated Percent Increase in School Attendance, 1948



Box 174 Ethnic Characteristics (48-15), 1948



Box 195 Ethnic Characteristics, 1948 (3 Maps), 1948



Box 170 Ethnic Trends (53-3), 1953



Box 186 Family with Children, 1948



Box 156 Fireproof Buildings (47-45), circa, 1947


Institutional



Box 173 Current Expansion Areas, 1965



Box 149 Expansion Areas, 1967



Box 137 Ownership, circa, 1957



Box 172 Preliminary Expansion, 1967 (3 Maps), 1967



Box 199 Folder 7 Property, 1962



Box 178 Location of Institutional Personnel in Core Area (65-21), circa, 1965



Box 190 Location of Schools, 1948



Box 154 Lot and Property Map (65-6), 1965



Box 134 Lot and Property Map (58-1 R), 1965



Box 136 Map (47-31), circa, 1947



Box 158 Monthly Rent: Average per Dwelling Unit (47-56/47-58), 1947



Box 159 Mortgage Foreclosures 1931-1947 (47-48), circa 1947, 1931-1947, 1947



Box 161 Mortgage Holdings of Financial, Insurance, and Loan Companies (47-55/47-62),, 1948



Box 126 Mylars


Box 126 Arrest Statistics Map (65-10), undated


Box 126 Police Call Box Map (65-17), undated



Box 147 Neighborhood (65-9), undated


Box 147 Neighborhood (65-22), undated



Box 178 Neighborhood, circa, 1965



Box 157 Net Density: Persons per Acre of Residential Land (47-62), 1948



Box 138 Property Values by Square Foot (50-45), 1950


Box 138 Percent Rental to Students (50-48), 1950



Box 155 Percent Mortgage of Assessed Value (47-54), 1947



Box 171 Permanent Features (47-43), circa, 1947



Box 139 Permanent Features and Fireproof Buildings (50-43), 1950



Box 178 Personnel (65-19), circa, 1965



Box 187 Population, 1948 (4 Maps), 1948



Box 149 Possible Areas for Pictorial Views, undated



Box 188 Present School Population, 1948



Box 162 Property Owned by Sponsors (47-56), circa, 1947



Box 150 Public and Institutional Ownership (58-4), 1958



Box 136 Racial Composition from 1920-1940 (47-26), 1947, 1920-1940, 1947



Box 168 Racial Composition 1920-1940(47-26 R), 1947



Box 199 Folder 4 Redevelopment Studies, 1950-1951



Box 122 Retail Map with Lease Information, undated


Box 122 Retail Map, undated



Box 186 School Children by 6-year Groups, 1948



Box 150 Social Problem Areas (58-3), 1958



Box 181 Stages I-III (50-3, 50-4, 50-5), circa 1950 (3 Maps), 1950



Box 200 Folder 6 Statistical Maps and Graphs on Population and Relocation, 1948



Box 194 Street Maps, 1951 (2 Maps), 1951


Box 194 Street Maps, 1948 (4 Maps), 1948



Box 197 Street Maps, positive and negative copies, circa 1950 (3 Maps), 1950



Box 198 Street Maps with Subsurface Conditions, Topography, Block Number Index, and Census Tract Boundaries, circa 1948 (10 Maps), 1948



Box 142 Transportation and Parking (66-19), 1976



Box 189 The Trip to Work, 1948 (3 Maps), 1948



Box 148 Type of Ownership (57-2), 1957



Box 140 Types of Dwellings (50-44, 1-5), circa, 1950



Box 184 Types of Residential Buildings (47-54, 48-1), circa, 1948



Box 160 Unbuilt and Lower Value Sites (47-49), circa, 1947



Box 186 Where Elementary Students go to School, 1948



Box 182 Where Head of Family Attended Elementary School (48-14), circa, 1948



Box 185 Where Head of Family Attended Elementary School, 1948 (3 Maps), 1948


Box 185 Where Head of Family Goes to Work, 1948 (3 Maps), 1948



Box 195 Years Living in Building, 1948 (3 Maps), 1948



Box 141 Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights Map (47-11), circa, 1947



Box 129 Morningside House Plans, 1967



Box 152 Morningside Manhattanville


Box 152 Land Use (52-1), Original and Copies, 1952 (10 Maps), 1952



Box 133 Land Use Mylar, 1952



Box 170 Ownership Maps (57-2a, 57-2b), circa 1957 (2 Maps), 1957



Box 196 Proposed Redevelopment, 1, 2, 3, A, B, C, circa 1948 (6 Maps), 1948



Box 183 Redevelopment, circa, 1948



Box 180 Redevelopment (50-7a), circa, 1950



Box 199 Folder 1 Redevelopment: Analytical Maps and Street Plans, 1950


Box 199 Folder 6 Redevelopment Studies, 1950


Morningside Park


Box 199 Folder 10 Artists Rendering of Morningside Park Portable Concert Shell, 1956



Box 176 Existing Conditions with Columbia Gym Site, 1973


Box 176 Improvements, 1973



Box 177 LHA 1 and 2 Architectural Sketches, undated (2 Drawings), undated



Box 135 Mylars


Box 135 Existing Single Room Occupancy Buildings (65-15), circa, 1965



Box 147 GNRP Project Sequence (65-12), undated



Box 128 GNRP Proposed Land Use (65-11), undated



Box 125 Single Room Occupancy Maps (65-15), undated



Box 199 Folder 5 Numbered Blocks with Building Square Footage, 1965


Box 199 Folder 3 Playground Equipment Diagrams by Londino Stone Co., 1969



Box 170 Puerto Rican Net Migration, New York City 1941-1954 (54-1), circa 1954, 1941-1954, 1954



Box 139 Survey of Nonresidential Uses (50-41), 1950


Box 139 Survey of Age and Condition of Buildings (50-42), 1950



Box 170 Total Population in New York City, Manhattan, Lower East Side, and Middle West Side, 1900-1953 (53-7), circa 1953, 1900-1953, 1953



Box 124 West Side Study: Institutional Ownership Maps, 1984 (6 Maps), 1984