Percival Goodman architectural records and papers, 1929-1989

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Series VII: Architectural Drawings


Subseries 1: Competitions



Roll A227.07c "Proposed Museum in Jerusalem", ca. 1950

2 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.08b Boston City Hall Competition (Boston, MA), 1982

1 architectural drawing.



Roll A227.08a Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Competition (Washington, D.C.), 1959

11 architectural drawings.



Drawer 343 Folder 04 Garibaldi-Meucci Memorial Museum, A Cultural Center Addition (Staten Island, New York), 1980



Box 53 Folder 04 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition (St. Louis, Missouri)

1 perspective rendering, ink on tracing paper and 1 drawing, plan and section, ink on tracing paper.



Roll A227.07a-b Jewish Memorial Competition [1949-50] [American Memorial to Six Million Jews of Europe, Inc.] and [Monument to the Six Million, "We Remember" 1965], 1949-50, 1965

27 architectural drawings [2 rolls]



Roll A227.08c Kent State Memorial Competition (Kent, OH), 1980s

18 architectural drawings.



Drawer 335 Folder 01 Palace of the Soviets Competition (Moscow, U.S.S.R)

Original Drawings.



Roll A223.02 Palace of the Soviets Competition (Moscow, U.S.S.R)

Xeroxs.



Roll A227.09 Suffok County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Design Competition (Bald Hill Scenic Overlook, Township of Brookhaven, NY), 1987-89

49 architectural drawings.


Subseries 2: Early Work, 1928-1947



Drawer 335 Folder 05 "AH1 - General Plan", undated

Black ink and gouache on board (24 7/16 x 29 7/8 in.)



Drawer 335 Folder 05 "AH2 - Typical Floor Plan, Typical Apartment & Plot Diagram", 1932

Black ink and pencil on board (approx. 16 3/16 x 30 in.)



Drawer 335 Folder 05 "AH3", 1932

Perspective Rendering of Housing Units : Gouache over pencil on board (18 7/16 x 29 7/8 in.)



Drawer 334 Folder 06 "H1 - Plan of First Fl [oor]", 1932

Black ink, ink wash, pencil on board,



Drawer 334 Folder 06 "H1 - Plan of Upper Fl [oor]'s", 1932

Black ink and ink wash on board,



Box 53 "Movie Sets", 1932

Portfolio containing 10 interior perspectives [to have been presented to Columbia Pictures].



Drawer 334 Folder 07 "Natatorium, Hotel - Apartment & Garage," Riverside Drive, New York, NY

Creator: Whitman & Goodman, Architects, 132 E. 58th St., N.Y.C.

Perspective : Black ink on board (22 x 22 3/4 in.)



Drawer 334 Folder 05 "RH3 - Foundation Plan, First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan, Roof Plan", 1932

Black ink and pencil on board.



Drawer 334 Folder 05 "RH3", 1932

Perspective Rendering of Housing Units.



Drawer 335 Folder 06 Community Service Homes, Apartment Types

"Development for Housing of 112 Familes and 128 Bachelors," Perspective, Plan and Excerpts from Prospectus : Black and red ink, colored wash and pencil on board (23 x 39 ¼)



Box 53 Folder 05 Community Service Homes, Apartment Types, 1932

1 photostat of drawing.



Drawer 334 Folder 08 House for Mrs. Edith G. Straus, [Mt. Kisco], Westchester, NY, 1933

Plot and Floor Plans : Black and red ink on board (21 3/4 x 30 in.)



Drawer 334 Folder 09 House for Philip Batchker (Long Beach, Long Island, NY), 1931

Floor Plans : black ink, gouache and construction paper (pieces missing) on board (22 x 29 13/16 in.)



Roll A223.16c House for Philip Batchker (Long Beach, Long Island, NY), 1931

Rolled photostat shows complete drawing, without missing pieces housed.



Drawer 335 Folder 04 Moscow Philharmonic (Moscow, U.S.S.R.), 1932

Perspective, conte on illustration board.



Drawer 334 Folder 11 Sample House, Group of Twenty-one Houses to be Erected in Westchester County, NY (unexecuted), 1930

Perspective : gouache over pencil with black ink borders on illustration board (22 x 29 5/8 in.)



Drawer 334 Folder 10 Sample House, Group of Twenty-one Houses to be Erected in Westchester County, NY (unexecuted), 1930

Perspective : gouache, pencil with black ink borders on illustration board (15 1/2 x 16 1/16 in.)



Box 53 Folder 05 Set of 7 sheets, A-G, 1931

Drawings, charts and diagrams showing transportation systems, circulation, development, etc., in New York City and "Working City."



Drawer 334 Folder 04 Shelter - Salvation Army, 1932

Perspective, black crayon on illustration board.



Box 53 Folder 06 The Orange Drip, 1940 Sep 3

1 drawing with 2 perspective renderings, Conte, graphite and ink on board, 15 x 20 in.



Box 53 Folder 07 Unidentified Living Room, ca. 1940

Perspective, interior, gouache on board, 15 x 20 in.


Subseries 3: Urban Planning & Redevelopment Proposals



Drawer 343 Folder 01 "Break-Through to the Hudson River: A Plan for Yonkers to Peekskill", 1964

[Developed by the School of Architecture, Columbia University, New York, New York under the sponsorship of Richard L. Ottinger and family; Co-coordinators: Percival Goodman and Alexander Kouzmanoff; see published report and file box, Planning Projects.]



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Perspective at Corner 42nd St. and Fifth Ave.", Plan of N.Y. Public Library, and Section : Black ink on board with black ink and gouache on paper glued to board.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Perspective at St. Patricks - The Parade", and "Fifth Avenue, Promenade Level," 49th to 51st Streets : Black ink and board and black ink and ink wash on paper glued to board, attached on back to smaller board.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

Perspective of Grand Army Plaza at 60th St. looking south and Plan of Fifth Avenue Lower Level : Black ink on board and black ink and gouache on paper glued to board and continued on board.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Grand Army Plaza," Plan of Promenade Level : Black ink on board, 20 x 30 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Plan at Fifth Avenue, Promenade Level." Street Plan with Projected Volumes of Buildings, Fifth Avenue from 33rd to 42nd Streets : Black ink on board, 20 x 30 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

Fifth Avenue from 42nd to 51st Streets, Street Plan with Projected Volumes of Buildings : Black ink on board.



Drawer 335 Folder 03 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

Fifth Avenue from 51st to 59th Streets. Street Plan with Projected Volumes of Buildings : Black ink on board.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Grand Army Plaza" Section : Black ink on board.



Drawer 343 Folder 02 A Plan for Double-Decking 5th Avenue from 34th St. to 59th St, 1938

"Perspective at Corner 33 St. and Fifth Ave.", "Plan at 34th St. Entrance," and "Typical Transverse Section" : Black ink on board.



Box 53 Folder 10 Harlem River Project (New York, NY), 1966

Percival Goodman, Project Director.

Perspective drawings of "Ill. H.T., B.A.", [Harlem Triangle Site and the Triboro Bridge Approach], "Randall's Island [Site], ill. A," "Randall's Island [Site], ill. B," "Randall's Island [Site], ill. C," "Randall's Island [Site], ill. D," "Bronx [Terminal] Market Site, HRP," "Bronx [Terminal] Market Site, ill. B," "Sedgwick" [Avenue Site], "Fordham" [Road Site], "IND" [Yards Site], "Harlem River Park" [A Lineal Park on the Harlem River], "Sedgwick" [Avenue Site], "Bronx [Terminal] Market Site, HRP," "Macombs Dam Site"; and 13 misc. photostats, negative, etc.



Roll A227.04 Harlem River Project (New York, NY), 1966

6 architectural drawings; Prepared for the Riverfront Associates, Inc. by The Institute for Urban Enviroment, School of Architecture, Columbia University; Percival Goodman, Project Director.



Roll A227.05 Harlem River Project (New York, NY), 1966

27 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.06 Harlem River Project (New York, NY), 1966

10 architectural drawings.



Drawer 334 Folder 03 Manhattanville-on-Hudson Proposal, Hudson River to Broadway, West 125th Street to 135th St (New York, NY), 1964

Percival Goodman and Chiu-Hwa Wang.

10 architectural drawings.



Drawer 335 Folder 02 Manhattanville-on-Hudson Proposal (New York, NY)

3 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.03 Manhattanville-on-Hudson Proposal (New York, NY, 1964

38 architectural drawings.



Box 53 Folder 09 Manhattanville-on-Hudson Proposal (New York, NY, 1964

4 drawings on tracing paper, 1 drawing on paper, 4 photostats, 2 misc. sheets, copies of plans.



Box 53 Folder 04 Morningside Heights and West Harlem Proposal, 110th to 125th Streets (New York, NY), 1964

Percival Goodman, FAIA, Architect; C.H. Wang, Associate Architect

1 drawing, plan, in black ink, colored marker, pencil and colored pencil on tracing paper.



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Park Avenue from 97th to 132nd Streets; see files in Planning Projects

Perspective, Black ink and ink wash on board, 20 x 30 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Perspective, Black ink, ink wash and goauche on board, 20 x 30 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Perspective, "View at 125 Street," Black ink on tracing paper, 13 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Plan from 96th to 118th Streets, Pencil, colored pencil and black ink on tracing paper,



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Plan from 118th to 132nd Streets, Pencil, colored pencil and black ink on tracing paper, 18 x 32 1/2 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 06 Park Avenue North [Housing] Project

Perspective, Black ink and ink wash on board, 20 x 13 in.



Roll A227.01 Riverview Community Development Proposal (Long Island City, NY) / Communities Redevelopment Corporation, 1935-1936, [1945-1966]

Pomerance & Breines, Andrew J. Thomas & Percival Goodman, Architects; Sugarman and Palmer, Associates

11 architectural drawings.



Drawer 334 Folder 01 Riverview Community Development Proposal (Long Island City, NY) / Communities Redevelopment Corporation, 1945-46

Pomerance & Breines, Andrew J. Thomas & Percival Goodman, Architects. Sugarman and Palmer, Associates.

"Long Island City Housing Project." [Perspective] : Black ink, wash and gouache on board, 15 x 20 in.



Roll A227.02a-c Terrace City (Welfare Island) Proposal (New York, NY), 1960-1961

Percival Goodman, Project Director, Columbia University School of Architecture

6 architectural drawings.



Drawer 343 Folder 05 Terrace City (Welfare Island) Proposal (New York, NY), 1960-1961

Percival Goodman, Project Director, Columbia University School of Architecture.

Plans, "Basic Section and "Construction Module." Black ink and marker over pencil on tracing paper, approx. 36 1/4 x 15 in.



Drawer 343 Folder 05 Terrace City (Welfare Island) Proposal (New York, NY), 1960-1961

Percival Goodman, Project Director, Columbia University School of Architecture.

"Proposed Additional Facilities for United Nations." Text glued to board, approx. 33 x 15 in.


Subseries 4: Synagogue & Religious Buildings


CALIFORNIA, North Hollywood



Roll A227.10a Valley Jewish Community Center and Temple (Adat Ariel) (#161)

3 architectural drawings.


COLORADO, Denver



Roll A224.07 Congregation Emanuel (#553)

8 architectural drawings.


CONNECTICUT, Norwalk



Roll A224.04 Congregation Beth Israel (#269)

15 architectural drawings.


ILLINOIS, Chicago



Roll A227.10c Temple Beth Am (#653)

2 architectural drawings.


ILLINOIS, Olympia Fields



Roll A227.10b Temple Anshe Sholom (#560)

Percival Goodman, FAIA; A. Epstein & Sones, Architects

1 architectural drawing.



Roll A227.15b Temple Anshe Sholom (#560)

3 architectural drawings.


MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield



Roll A227.14 Temple Beth El (#265)

24 architectural drawings.


MICHIGAN, Detroit (Southfield)



Roll A224.01, A224.02, A224.03 Congregation Shaarey Zedek (#756)

101 architectural drawings [3 rolls].



Box 54 Folder 03 Congregation Shaarey Zedek (#756)

3 perspective renderings, exterior and 1 photostat of perspective rendering, exterior.


MICHIGAN, Grand Rapids



Roll A227.10d Congregation Ahavas Israel (#565)

3 architectural drawings.


MINNEAPOLIS, St. Paul



Roll A224.05b Temple of Aaron (#869)

Percival Goodman, Val Michelson, Assoc. Architects

2 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.10e Temple of Aaron (#869)

1 architectural drawing.


NEW HAMPSHIRE, Manchester



Roll A224.06 Temple Adath Yeshurun (#956)

14 architectural drawings.


NEW HAMPSHIRE, Franklin Lakes



Roll A224.11, A224.12, A224.13 Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (Barnet Temple), 1983-84

80 architectural drawings [3 rolls].



Box 52 Folder 07 Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (Barnet Temple), 1983-1987

13 copies of drawings and 25 original drawings.



Box 54 Folder 03 Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (Barnet Temple), 1983-1987

4 perspective renderings, pencil on tracing paper.


NEW JERSEY, Springfield



Roll A227.15a, A227.15d Temple Beth Ahm (#358)

Percival Goodman FAIA, Architect; Stanley James Goldstein, Assoc. Architects

10 architectural drawings [2 rolls].



Roll A224.10 Temple Beth El (#265)

25 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Freeport



Roll A227.10g Union Reformed Temple (#157)

1 architectural drawing.


NEW YORK, Garden City



Roll A223.07a Unitarian Universalist Church of Nassau County (#663)

19 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Great Neck



Roll A227.11a Great Neck Synagogue (#462)

1 architectural drawing.



Roll A224.16 Great Neck Synagogue (#462)

32 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Kings Point



Roll A223.16d Temple Beth Joseph (#466)

19 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Long Beach



Roll A227.11b East End Synagogue of Long Beach (#361)

4 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Merrick



Roll A227.11c Reform Jewish Congregation (#463)

2 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, New Rochelle



Roll A224.09b Temple Beth Israel (#159-2 & #170)

14 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.11d Temple Beth Israel (#159)

1 architectural drawing.


NEW YORK, New York



Roll A224.08 Fifth Avenue Synagogue (#456)

8 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Riverdale



Roll A224.09a Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale (#158)

6 architectural drawings.



Roll A227.11e Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale (#158)

1 architectural drawing.


NEW YORK, Rochester



Roll A227.12a and A227.12b Temple Beth El (#260)

Percival Goodman, Architect; Todd & Giroux, Architects.

63 architectural drawings [2 rolls].


NEW YORK, Roslyn



Roll A227.15c Temple Beth Sholom (#360, Addition to #556)

4 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Scarsdale



Roll A227.11f Westchester Reform Temple (#164)

1 architectural drawing.



Roll 108.02b Westchester Reform Temple (#164), 1965

21 architectural drawings.


NEW YORK, Syracuse



Roll A224.14, A224.15 Congregation Adath Yeshurun (#366), 1966-1969

Percival Goodman, FAIA, Architect; Quinlivan, Pierik, Krause, Architects

18? architectural drawings [2 rolls].


OHIO, Cincinnati (Amberley Village)



Roll A227.16 K.K. Adath Israel (#363)

44 architectural drawings.


PENNSYLVANIA, Merion



Roll A223.08a-b Har Zion Temple (#173)

7 architectural drawings.


RHODE ISLAND, Providence



Roll A227.13 Temple Beth El (#249)

Percival Goodman, Architect; Severud, Elstad & Kruger, Structural Engineers; Levy & O'Keefe, Mechanical Engineers; Samuel Lerner Associates, Resident Architectural Engineers.

49 architectural drawings.



Drawer 334 Folder 02 Temple Beth El [#249]



Box 53 Folder 08 Temple Beth El [#249], 1948

Exterior Perspective, Courtyard, graphite and Conte on matted board; 17 1/2 x 23 in.


TENNESSEE, Nashville



Roll A224.05a West End Synagogue (#149)

1 architectural drawing.



Box 54 Folder 02 Unexecuted Synagogues Designs, 1980s

Temple Israel of Great Neck (Great Neck, NY): 3 drawings on yellow tracing paper, glued to paper, including plan of Bema and Sketches Showing Possibilities for decoration of Ark Wall.

The Jewish Center of the Hamptons (Easthampton, NY): Perspective rendering, exterior, black ink on paper.

Drawing for Unidentified Urban Synagogue: Perspective rendering, exterior, black ink, wash and gouache over pencil on paper.


Subseries 5: Institutional Buildings and Projects



Box 52 Folder 12 Braddon Farm Buildings and Development, 1984

18 Drawings.



Roll A223.07c Classical Central Educational Center (Providence, RI), 1963

4 architectural drawings.



Box 53 Folder 01 East Hampton Housing for the Elderly, 1984

Architectural Drawings.



Roll A223.10c Housing Studies (University of Iowa Seminar), 1967

22 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.09 Jewish Home for the Aged (JHA) (#969) (Warwick, Providence, RI)

8 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.10a Joseph H. Wade Junior High School (Providence, RI [?])

8 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.10b New School for Social Research (66 West 12th Street, New York, NY)

9 architectural drawings.



Roll missing P.S. 126 (#563) (80 Catherine Street, New York, NY)

2 architectural drawings.



Drawer 343 Folder 03 P.S. 57 (#669) (Staten Island, NY)



Drawer 343 Folder 07 Queensborough Community College (QBCC) (Bayside, Queens, New York)



Box 53 Folder 11 Queensborough Community College (QBCC), Master Plan (#267). Administration/Business Building (#271) (Bayside, Queens, New York)

2 exterior perspective, design sketches of "Proposed Medical Arts Bldg."



Box 53 Folder 12 Queensborough Community College (QBCC), Master Plan (#267). Administration/Business Building (#271) (Bayside, Queens, New York)

Performing & Visual Arts Bldg," Exterior Perspective; "Lower Campus Ctr," Interior Perspective; "Proposed Lower Campus Center," Exterior Perspective.



Box 53 Folder 13 Queensborough Community College (QBCC), Master Plan (#267). Administration/Business Building (#271).

Sections and plans.



Roll A223.11, A223.12 Queensborough Community College, Administration/Business Building (#271) (Queens, NY)

79 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.13b Irving Fain Residence (#454) (Providence, RI)

11 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.14 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Karlin House (39 Neck Path, Easthampton, NY), 1980

12 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.13a Michael and Lillian K. Braude House (#176) (Further Lane, Amagnsett, NY)

18 architectural drawings.



Roll A223.15 Michael Zweig Residence (1225 St. Andrews Drive, Briar Ridge, Schererville, IN), 1985

22 architectural drawings.


Subseries 6: Miscellaneous



Box 54 Folder 06 to 08 "A Direction for Post-Modern Revivalism" Series, 1981-1983

35 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 05 "Houses 1 to 10" Series, 1983

11 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 01 Caricature of "Columbia University, School of Architecture, Graduate Class, 1949-50", 1950

Black line photostat of drawing by N[ejat] Goekbelen, Turkish student of PG, New York, 1950; Includes caricatures of Professors Kenneth Smith and PG at left, and Professors Talbot Hamlin and PG and Dean Arnaud at top center; Goekbelen at lower right center.



Box 54 Folder 09 Drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia", 1980

"The Republic": 11 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 10 Drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia", 1980

"New Atlantis": 11 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 11 Drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia", 1980

"City of the Sun": 7 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 12 Drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia", 1980

"Utopia": 10 drawings.



Box 54 Folder 13 Drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia", 1980

"News from Nowhere": 15 drawings.



Roll A223.16c Goodman's Directors Chair, 1983

7 architectural drawings.



Box 54 Folder 04 Misc. Drawings

3 preparatory drawings for "An Illustrated Guide to Utopia," ca. 1980; 1 preparatory drawing for "Road to Mount Parnassus" Series, ca. 1983; 2 Drawings relating to The Double E and Taiwan Lecture, "The Future of Architecture"; 2 preparatory drawings for The Double E; 1 Misc. Drawing & 2 Charts, probably related to Taiwan Lecture, "The Future of Architecture."



Drawer 421-425 Exhibition Boards

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