New York Coliseum — Columbus Circle
Joseph's list puts him on the New York Coliseum in 1955 — the same year a major section of the exhibition-hall formwork collapsed during construction.
New York Coliseum, Columbus Circle, New York City. Photographed in 1956.
1956 · Photo: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection · Public domain · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: N. Y. Coliseum — 1955
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-023
1 of two
“N. Y. Coliseum — 1955”
The Coliseum was built from 1954–56 and demolished in 2000 for the Time Warner Center.
A marquee mid-century New York civic project with a dramatic construction history and a complete demolition-and-replacement lifecycle.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Substantial exterior glazed-brick masonry on the New York Coliseum complex, with a granite base, plus likely interior CMU/block service walls and partitions. Contemporary 1956 reporting explicitly describes the Coliseum's exterior as glazed brick with a granite base.
This scope is recorded as strong, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
- 01Architect
Leon Levy and Lionel Levy
What happened to it
Demolished / replaced by Time Warner Center (now Deutsche Bank Center)
Sources
2 citedOpen →
- 01
- 02engr.psu.edu
New York Coliseum
- Gottscho-Schleisner Collection · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · 1956
New York Coliseum, Columbus Circle, New York City. Photographed in 1956.
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