Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy (SAR Academy)
A school built into Arturo Toscanini's former estate — and challenged in court while it was going up.
From Rita’s list
No building photograph is currently assigned.
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Documented
- Masonry scope
- Documented
Rita’s list
Transcription: Riverdale Academy — 1973
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Riverdale Academy — 1973”
The lawsuit over construction was active in 1973; SAR moved into the new award-winning building in 1974.
A superb card: a modern block-masonry school was built into Toscanini's former hillside estate while neighbors fought the construction in court.
What Kelly did here
Documented
Documented
Block masonry wall surfacing — the visible buff-colored block wall system of the Salanter-Akiba-Riverdale Academy.
The construction team
- 01Architect
Caudill, Rowlett, Scott Associates
- 02Masonry
Kelly Masonry
What happened to it
Still standing
Sources
4 citedOpen →
- 01lehman.edu
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy
- 02case-law.vlex.com
hillside property owners ass 887438461
- 03en.wikipedia.org
Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy
- 04usmodernist.org
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