Amalgamated Lithographers of America Building — brick sidewalk, 113 University Place
A cryptic line on Rita's list appears to point to one of the archive's smallest and most personal jobs: the red-brick sidewalk outside the lithographers' union building at 13th Street and University Place.
Brick sidewalk and union entrance, current condition.
Undated · 113 University Place property gallery · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Very strong
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Plausible
Rita’s list
Transcription: Lithographers Sidewalk — 1968
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Lithographers Sidewalk — 1968”
In 1968, Local No. 1 owned 113 University Place through Amalithone Realty. A later court case describes the loose, uneven red-brick pavers on the sidewalk at that exact southeast corner.
The entry connects labor history, an unusually specific surviving sidewalk treatment and a family recognition of the block. It also shows why small masonry jobs can be harder to prove than major buildings even when the physical clue survives.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Plausible
Most likely installation or reconstruction of the exterior red-brick sidewalk/paver border, including setting bed, edge work and localized repairs; exact Kelly scope remains unproven.
This scope is recorded as plausible, 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.
Rita's 1968 family list entry only; no contract or permit yet located.
The construction team
- 01Owner / client
Local No. 1, Amalgamated Lithographers of America, through Amalithone Realty Corp.
What happened to it
Still standing; the distinctive brick-paver sidewalk survives, with later repairs and alterations documented
Building and brick-paver sidewalk remain in place; confirm any current streetscape work before publication.
Sources
5 citedOpen →
- 01law.justia.com
31 ad2d 127
- 02nycourts.gov
2016 30577
- 03villagepreservation.org
113 university place
- 04olmsapps.dol.gov
orgReport.do
- 05commons.wikimedia.org
File:113 University Place Nov 2024.jpg
- Dylan Chandler · Rights not stated — displayed with source credit under a CAUTION rights status · Village Preservation (Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation) · 2023
113 University Place with the red-brick paver sidewalk at the corner of East 13th Street, photographed for Village Preservation.
- DraconicDark · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2024-11-26
113 University Place and its sidewalk context, November 2024. A current view of the building; it does not document Kelly's 1968 brick-sidewalk work.
- Unattributed · Source-provided property photograph · 113 University Place property gallery
Brick sidewalk and union entrance, current condition.
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