Papers, 1933-1980.

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Papers, 1933-1980.

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Collection contains materials relating to Gruen's architectural career including speeches on shopping centers, urban renewal, area planning and architecture (1947-1976); newspaper and magazine clippings (1933-1977); subject files with drawings, blueprints, reports, photographs, correspondence on architectural projects and the 1964 World's Fair in New York City (1933-1970); professional correspondence (1947-1980); the galleys, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence and reviews of "Shopping Towns USA," "The Heart of Our Cities" and "Centers for the Urban Environment" (1960-1972). Collection also contains 7 reel-to-reel audio tapes and 1 cassette tape of speeches and interviews of Gruen (1959-1973); 5 16mm films of a Fresno, California redevelopment project entitled "A City Reborn"; 1 16mm and 1 35mm film by Austrian Newsreel of interviews of Gruen (1961, 1969); 1 8mm film of Southdale Shopping Center; and 2 16mm films of the Gruen International Office in Vienna (1967). Portions of the materials are in German.

52.18 cubic ft. (55 boxes)

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)

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Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980

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Victor Gruen (1903-1980) was born Victor David Gruenbaum in Vienna, Austria. He worked as an architect in Vienna until 1938 when he emigrated to the U.S. to escape World War II. He first worked as a set and store designer in New York City and then established Victor Gruen Associates, one of the nation's leading architectural, planning and engineering firms. Gruen Associates designed the first regional shopping center, the Northland Shopping Center in Detroit in 1954 and the first fully enclosed ...

Victor Gruen Associates

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Southdale Shopping Center

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