Metropolitan Opera House [graphic] : [working drawings]. Job no. N-150 B / Harrison & Abramovitz, architects; Ammann & Whitney, structural engineers; Syska & Hennessy, mechanical & electrical engineers; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. [client]. 1963-1965.

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Metropolitan Opera House [graphic] : [working drawings]. Job no. N-150 B / Harrison & Abramovitz, architects; Ammann & Whitney, structural engineers; Syska & Hennessy, mechanical & electrical engineers; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. [client]. 1963-1965.

This set consists of working drawings, primarily graphite on tracing paper. It includes drawings of interior details, stairs, expansion joints, and miscellaneous metals. Drawings numbers A100-A127, A129-A147, A177-A183, A185-A189, A191-A192, and A194.

108 sheets : various media.

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Metropolitan Opera House (New York, N.Y.)

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The Metropolitan Opera House (also known as The Met) is an opera house that is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 building at Broadway and 39th Street and is home to the Metropolitan Opera Company. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,800, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world. The new building officially opened on September 16, 1966. On display in the lobby are two murals created for the space b...

Ammann & Whitney (Firm)

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Syska & Hennessy

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Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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d. 2004. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84366616 Architect. From the description of Papers, 1957-1982. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411461 Prize winning student drawing for Columbia University's School of Architecture. Location of stadium is Riverside Park at the foot of 116th Street, same site as Palmer and Hornbostel proposed for the Univers...

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981

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This design was completed c.1940. From the description of Wallace K. Harrison house [Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.] [graphic] : [floor plan, with notes and measurements] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect ; drawn from memory by Hester Diamond]. [194-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 271454123 Architect; interviewee d. 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Kirkman Harrison, 1978. (Columbia University ...

Harrison and Abramovitz

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Harrison & Abramovitz designed A.T.&T's Bell System exhibit building for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. From the description of [Symbolic sketch of action for A.T.T. building for NY World's Fair 196- ] [graphic]. [196-?] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80458832 Various schemes for Lincoln Center were proposed throughout the 1950s, and the final scheme was chosen by 1960. From the description of [Bird's eye perspect...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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