Horn & Hardart — 1165 Sixth Avenue / 105 West 45th Street, 1969 alteration
A 1969 return to one of Horn & Hardart's famous Midtown Automat buildings is now a plausible reading.
From Rita’s list
No building photograph is currently assigned.
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: Horn & Hardart - 45 St. — 1969
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Horn & Hardart - 45 St. — 1969”
Horn & Hardart's 105 West 45th Street building dated to 1929, so Joseph's 1969 work would have been an alteration.
The repeated client name may reveal a recurring commercial relationship once period business directories identify the agency.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: selective masonry alteration: likely CMU/block partitions and fire-rated walls, infill or enlargement of openings, patching/rebuilding of existing masonry, and localized brick/stone work rather than the building's original structural frame.
This scope is recorded as probable, 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
F.P. Platt & Brother (1929 original); 1969 alteration architect unresolved
What happened to it
Demolished
1165 Sixth Avenue / 105 West 45th Street, New York, NY
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01s-media.nyc.gov
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- 03minystories.wordpress.com
automat in the postwar era
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