Doctors Hospital
Rita recorded “Doctors Hospital” for 1976.
From Rita’s list

Identification still open — no building photograph assigned.
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Open
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Unresolved
Rita’s list

Transcription: Doctors Hospital — 1976
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-114
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“Doctors Hospital — 1976”
The exact project or site has not yet been identified.
Doctors Hospital; Beth Israel Medical Center; Upper East Side private-hospital culture; Mount Sinai Aufses Archives. The hospital treated or hosted figures including Marilyn Monroe, Eugene O'Neill, Jackie Gleason and Michael Jackson; these names describe the institution's history, not Kelly's 1976 work.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Unresolved
The masonry package on this job has not been established. The entry rests on the family record alone, and nothing further is claimed here.
The construction team
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Closed / demolished
Beth Israel acquired the institution in 1987, renamed it Beth Israel North, and eventually closed/replaced the facility. The East End Avenue hospital building was demolished for residential redevelopment. Doctors Hospital closed in 2004, was demolished in 2005 and was replaced by a 19-story condominium completed in 2008.
Sources
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- 01archives.mssm.edu
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- 02icahn.mssm.edu
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- 03rwcn-idwiki-2.restaurantwarecollectors.com
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- 04icahn.mssm.edu
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