This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
The Rose Associates collection consists primarily of construction photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, and other records of the construction of apartment complexes overseen by Rose Associates. The collection also includes advertising materials from these projects. There is limited information on later projects.
Series I: Corporate Records/Background Material covers the informational materials of Rose Associates, building fact sheets, and various photographs for their properties from 1990-2000.
Series II: Project Records is made up of 3 subseries. Subseries 1: General contains construction photographs, floorplans, and advertising materials for apartment complexes in Manhattan, including 4 E. 89th Street, Park Gramercy, and the Sheffield. It also has records for similar projects in the Bronx, notably Schuyler Village. Architects are listed when known, but there are many cases where this information was not available. Subseries 2: Albums includes newspaper and magazine clippings for 1180 Company, Banker's Trust Building, and Walden Terrace. Subseries 3: Ledgers contains records of construction costs for a number of projects including the Keystone Building, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 280 Park Avenue, and Georgetown Plaza. Several of the ledgers are organized by holding corporation instead of project.
1935-2004
The Rose Associates, Inc. Records were donated to Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library by Elihu Rose in 2011
This collection is arranged in two series: Corporate Records and Project Records.
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
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Rose Associates, Inc. Records, 1935-2004, (bulk 1935-1983), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Real Estate Brochure Collection at Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
Boak Raad architectural drawings, 1949-1958, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
Source of acquisition--Elihu Rose. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--2011. Accession number--2011.007.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Processed; Elizabeth Gollnick 2011.
2011-10-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Rose Associates was founded in the 1920s by brothers Samuel B. and David Rose. The company originally managed properties in the Bronx and has grown to oversee more than 31,000 apartments in New York. This collection focuses mainly on the properties managed by Samuel B. and David Rose, as well as Frederick Phineas Rose and Elihu Rose, between 1920 to 1980. There is also limited information on later projects. Some of the most notable properties included in this collection are the Madison Belvedere, Park Gramercy, and Metropolis.
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Box 01 Folder 01 to 04
(4 folders)
Box 01 Folder 05 to 06
(2 folders)
Box 01 Folder 07
Includes floor plans for the following apartments: 60 East 8th Street, 63 East 9th Street, 245 East 40th Street, 300 East 40th Street, 211 East 53rd Street, 322 West 57th Street, 333 West 57th Street, 20 East 68th Street, 240 East 76th Street, 45 East 89th Street, and 7 Lexington Avenue
Box 09
Portfolio of plans
Box 01 Folder 08
3 items
Box 09
14 items
Box 01 Folder 09
Memoranda, Newsletters, Clippings, Maps, and Statistic charts
Box 01 Folder 10
3 items
Box 01 Folder 11
Brochure : 2 items
Box 01 Folder 12
Architect William I. Hohauser
Brochure : 1 item
Box 01 Folder 13
Brochures, Offering Statement, and 1 Photograph
Box 01 Folder 14
Matthew J. Warshauer P.C. Architects
Brochure : 2 items
Box 01 Folder 15 to 18
Associate Architects: The Office of Philip Birnbaum and Oppenheimer, Brady and Lehrecke
Photographs : 143 items (4 folders)
Box 01 Folder 19
Associate Architects: The Office of Philip Birnbaum and Oppenheimer, Brady and Lehrecke
Brochures and Flyers requesting tenant participation in a survey
Box 01 Folder 20
Associate Architects: The Office of Philip Birnbaum and Oppenheimer, Brady and Lehrecke
Floor plans
Box 01 Folder 21
Associate Architects: The Office of Philip Birnbaum and Oppenheimer, Brady and Lehrecke
Thank you notes, children's drawings, and 16 photographs of kindergarten class who temporarily occupied 45 East 89th Street during the gas shortage.
Box 01 Folder 22
Photographs : 41 items
Box 01 Folder 23
Brochure : 1 item
Box 01 Folder 24
Brochure : 1 item
Box 01 Folder 25
Photographs : 77 items
Box 01 Folder 26
Photograph : 1 item
Box 01 Folder 27
Brown & Guenther, Architects
1 Bound Report, "A Limited Profit Housing Project Supervised by the Housing and Redevelopment Board of the City of New York"
Box 02 Folder 01
Leo Stillman, Architect
Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 02 to 03
20 Photographs, 1 Negative, Brochures, and Floor Plans (2 folders)
Box 02 Folder 04
Brochures, Promotional Material, First Annual Meeting of the Unit Owners (1982 Nov 23)
Box 02 Folder 05
Leo Stillman, Architect; Boak & Raad, Associate Architects
1 Photograph, Brochures, and Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 06
Architect: Pomerance & Breines
86 Photographs, Brochure, and Promotional Material
Box 02 Folder 07
Brochure
Box 02 Folder 08
Brochure and Floor Plan
Box 02 Folder 09
Brochures and Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 10
41 Photographs, Brochures, and Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 11
William M. Dowling, Architects
Brochures and Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 12
Brochure and Floor Plan
Box 02 Folder 13
Architects: Boak and Raad
4 Photographs, Brochures, Promotional Material, And Floor Plan
Box 02 Folder 14
Floor Plan
Box 02 Folder 15
Brochures and Floor Plans
Box 02 Folder 16 to 18
Pomerance & Breines
1 Bound Report, "A Limited Profit Housing Project Supervised by the Housing and Redevelopment Board of the City of New York", Papers, Floor Plans, and 113 Photographs (3 folders)
Box 02 Folder 19
Brochures, Promotional Material, Clippings, Specifications, Floor Plans and Offering Summary (2001_
Box 02 Folder 20
Brochures and Clippings
Box 02 Folder 21 to 24
Photographs : 224 items (4 photographs)
Box 02 Folder 25 to 26
Architect: Philip Birnbaum, P.C.
Brochures and Floor Plans (2 folders)
Box 02 Folder 27 to 28
Brochures, Floor Plan, Papers, and 149 Photographs (2 folders)
Box 03 Folder 01
Brochures and Clippings
Box 03 Folder 02 to 03
Floor Plan and 144 Photographs (2 folder)
Box 03 Folder 04
Leo Stillman, Architect
Floor Plans and 1 Negative
Box 03 Folder 05
Architects: Samuel Paul & Seymour Jarmul
Brochures and 19 Photographs
Box 03 Folder 06 to 08
Floor Plans, Promotional Material, Memorandum and other papers, 2 Disk Drives, 4 Photographs, 4 Transparencies (3 folders)
Box 03 Folder 09
Architect: Boak & Raad
Brochures, Floor Plan, Clipping, 3 Photographs, 1 Blueprint of Dental Suite for Drs. W.D. Berg & C. Blackarsh (1951)
Box 03 Folder 10
Albert Goldhammer, Architect
Brochures, Documents, Floor Plans, 1 Photograph
Box 03 Folder 11 to 12
Boak & Raad, Architects
Brochures, Floor Plans, Press Release, and 19 Photographs (2 folders)
Box 03 Folder 13
Boak & Raad, Architects
Brochures, Promotional Material, Correspondence, Floor Plans, 2 Photograph and 1 Negative
Box 03 Folder 14
Brochure
Box 03 Folder 15
Brochures, Floor Plans, Clippings
Box 03 Folder 16 to 17
Brochures, Clippings, 2 Bound Portfolios, and 51 Photographs (2 folders)
Box 03 Folder 18
Floor Plans and Project Analysis
Box 03 Folder 19
Architect: Lawrence Rothman Assoc.
Brochures, Newspaper Clippings
Box 03 Folder 20
Brochures, Floor Plans
Box 03 Folder 21
Brochures, Floor Plans
Box 04 Folder 01
Brochures, Plans, Clippings, 22 Photographs
Box 04 Folder 02
Brochures, Floor Plans, Plans, Job Orders, Photograph
Box 04 Folder 03
Photographs: 14 items
Box 04 Folder 04 to 05
Leo Stillman, Architect
Construction Records and Floor plans (2 folders)
Box 04 Folder 06
Floor plans
Box 04 Folder 07
Box 06 Folder 01 to 25
Magazine Clippings, Newspaper Clippings, and Radio TV Reports (25 Folders)
Box 07 Folder 01 to 11
Magazine Clippings and Newspaper Clippings (11 folders)
Box 07 Folder 12 to 30
Newspaper Clippings (19 folders)
Box 08 Folder 01 to 31
Magazine Clippings and Newspaper Clippings, Comparative Analysis Pre-War Apartments, Documents, Housing Permit 334-346 West 59th Street, Photographs, Real Estate Conference (1948 Apr 22) (31 folders)
Box 09
Photographs of properties including 1 Battery Park Plaza. Keystone Building,
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: 57th Street Construction Corp. ; Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: Jackson Dev. Corp., Stonewall Development Corp., Fenton Holding Corp. ; Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: Eastmore Reality Corp. ; Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Records, Contract Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: Gramercy Development Corp. ; Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: Nipark Realty Corp. ; Construction Records
Box 05
Construction Corporation: Academy Home Planners ; Construction Records