Waldenbooks corporate headquarters
Waldenbooks was opening stores so quickly that it needed an entirely new headquarters.
Aerial view of 201 High Ridge Road, Stamford — built as the Waldenbooks corporate headquarters.
Undated · Photo: 201 High Ridge Corporate Center · Reuse terms not verified. · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: Walden Books — 1978
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-127
2 of two
“Walden Books — 1978”
The new 63,000-square-foot headquarters on High Ridge Road was built for roughly 275 employees.
A classic 1970s retail-growth story: the bookstore chain was opening roughly one store a week and needed a new headquarters to keep up.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Interior CMU/block service and partition work is likely; the site's own building specifications also describe precast exterior masonry panels, which are important to the building's architectural character but should not be attributed to Kelly without subcontract evidence.
This scope is recorded as strong, 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
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Altered / reused
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01encyclopedia.com
waldenbooks
- 02
- 03201hrc.com
building specs
- Unattributed · Rights unclear / source retained · 201 High Ridge Corporate Center
Aerial view of 201 High Ridge Road, Stamford — built as the Waldenbooks corporate headquarters.
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