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].

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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].

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1 sheet : charcoal on paper mounted on matt board ; 37 x 58 cm. (14-5/8 x 22-7/8 in.).

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Rockefeller Center.

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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 ...

Sixth Avenue Plaza (New York, N.Y.). Metropolitan Opera House.

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Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962

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The final scheme for Lincoln Center was chosen by 1960. From the description of 8 plazas & a park [graphic] : [study for Lincoln Center site plan] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect]. [before 1960] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82399869 The United Nations headquarters complex (Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect) was completed in 1953. Ferriss died in 1962. From the description o...

Harrison & Fouilhoux

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It 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 vi...

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

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