Orhbach's Warehouse
Rita recorded “Orhbach's Warehouse” for 1976.
Client context: Ohrbach's at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in 1954, from the Gottscho-Schleisner Collection. It is not the 1976 warehouse project and is not confirmed as Joseph's project building.
Current view · 1954 · Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. · public domain · Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Open
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Unresolved
Rita’s list
Transcription: Orhbach's Warehouse — 1976
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-115
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“Orhbach's Warehouse — 1976”
The exact project or site has not yet been identified.
Ohrbach's built its reputation on fashionable clothing at low prices, with cash-and-carry service, few frills and no ritual sale seasons. By 1976 the chain was reorganizing its New York–New Jersey operations after leaving downtown Newark, making a warehouse or distribution alteration especially plausible. The client and retail story are secure; the industrial building itself remains to be found.
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
Unknown
New York / New Jersey metropolitan area
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01en.wikipedia.org
Ohrbach's
- 02commons.wikimedia.org
File:Ohrbach's, business at 5th Ave. and 34th St. LOC gsc.5a22980.jpg
- 03loc.gov
PP
- Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. · Public domain · Library of Congress, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, via Wikimedia Commons · 1954
Ohrbach's department store interior, Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, 1954. Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons.
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