Harrison & Fouilhoux
Variant namesIt is likely that this scheme was part of the Rockefeller Center plan. Rockefeller Center was one of the proposed sites for relocating the Metropolitan Opera House when preliminary schemes for the site were developed in the 1920's. Nelson Rockefeller continued to pursue this relocation until the Lincoln Center site was chosen.
From the description of Scheme E & F Sixth Ave., [of the Metropolitan Opera, Sixth Avenue Plaza, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [rendering of a perspective view] / [Harrison and Fouilhoux ; drawing signed] Hugh Ferriss. [1939]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 79192213
At the time of this project the Harrison & Fouilhoux office was located at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.
From the description of [Nelson A. Rockefeller residence at Seal Harbor, Maine] [graphic]. Job 1089 / W.K. Harrison and J.A. Fouilhoux, associate architects. [19]41 ; [19]58. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 81010018
The farm was located at the periphery of the exposition.
From the description of [Electrified Farm, World's Fair, 1939] [graphic] : [perspective sketch of the solar farm] / [redrawn by Wallace K. Harrison]. [1981]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78740354
At the time of this project, the Harrison & Fouilhoux office was located at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.
From the description of [Rental plans for] 17 West 54th Street [and] 24 West 55th Street, [the Rockefeller Apartments] [graphic] : [floor plans] / Douglas Gibbons & Co. Inc., [rental agents] ; W.K. Harrison and J.A. Fouilhoux, associate architects. Jan. 17, 1936. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80187012
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| associatedWith | Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004. | person |
| associatedWith | Anchorage (Seal Harbor, Me.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Douglas Gibbons & Co, Inc. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962. | person |
| associatedWith | Fouilhoux, Jacques André, 1879-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Harrison, Wallace K. 1895-1981. | person |
| associatedWith | Metropolitan Opera House, Rockefeller Center (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rockefeller Apartments, 17 West 54th Street (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rockefeller Center. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979. | person |
| associatedWith | Sixth Avenue Plaza (New York, N.Y.). Metropolitan Opera House. | corporateBody |
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| 55th Street (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)--24 West | |||
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| Flushing Meadows (Queens, New York, N.Y.) | |||
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| Flushing Meadows (Queens, New York, N.Y.) | |||
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| 54th Street (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.)--17 West |
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