Emery Roth architectural drawings and autobiography, circa 1907-1949 (bulk circa 1920-1939).

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Emery Roth architectural drawings and autobiography, circa 1907-1949 (bulk circa 1920-1939).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/314358830

This collection included primarily original and reprographic architectural drawings by Roth, circa 1907-circa 1949, largely of apartment buildings located in Manhattan and designed during the 1920s and 1930s. Represented are the San Remo Towers, The Beresford, The Oliver Cromwell, the Normandy, and numerous other apartment buildings. There are also drawings for several hotel and private residences. A two-volume typescript autobiography is also included.

approx. 2,290 sheets.2 vol.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318822

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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San Remo Towers (New York, N.Y.)

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Emery Roth & Sons.

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Roth, Emery, 1871-1948

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Now named the Mayfair Regent Hotel. From the description of 15 story apartment hotel at 56-60 East 65th Street, New York City [graphic] / Emery Roth. 1924. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82963171 Emery Roth was an architect specializing in apartment house design. Born in Czechoslovakia and orphaned at the age of 13, he came to the United States to live with an uncle in Chicago, Ill. Roth was educated in Chicago, but served his architectura...

Oliver Cromwell (New York, N.Y.)

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Beresford Apartments (New York, N.Y.)

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Normandy (New York, N.Y.)

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