Physical plant operations records, [ca. 1902-1980]

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Physical plant operations records, [ca. 1902-1980]

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Correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, and architectural drawings and blueprints, ca. 1950s-1980s, concerning the construction of Philharmonic Hall which opened in 1962, the renovations in the 1970s after which the hall was renamed Avery Fisher Hall, later renovations, and the construction of Lincoln Center. Also, leases, contracts, and related correspondence concerning the Philharmonic's use of other halls, ca. 1920s-1960s including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a hall at Hunter College, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera House. Of note are plans, specifications, and correspondence, ca. 1958-1962, relating to Philharmonic Hall's Aeolian-Skinner organ; minutes, ca. 1960-1969, with related memoranda, of the Lincoln Center Council; and leases between the New York Philharmonic Society and Carnegie Hall, 1902-1920, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1919-1920, Aeolian Concert Hall, 1920, and the Waldorf-Astoria, 1920.

ca. 12 cubic ft.

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