American Bureau of Shipping headquarters renovation — 65 Broadway
Joseph helped turn American Express's old headquarters into the global headquarters of the American Bureau of Shipping.
The American Express Company Building at 65 Broadway between Morris Street and Rector Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1914-1917 and was designed by James…. Photographed in 2012; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2012 · Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: American Bureau Shipping — 1978
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-129
2 of two
“American Bureau Shipping — 1978”
LPC confirms that ABS acquired 65 Broadway in 1977 and used it as headquarters until 1986, precisely bracketing Joseph's 1978 renovation entry.
An official landmark record now anchors the adaptive-reuse story: a landmark corporate headquarters passed from one global institution to another, with Joseph's work sitting at the point of transfer.
Research pass v1.0 — Verified. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-129_American_Bureau_of_Shipping_headquarters_renovation_65_Broadway.jpg
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: selective masonry alteration/restoration: likely brick or stone repair/rebuilding, repointing, opening/infill work, plus new CMU/block backing or partitions where the renovation required them.
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
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Still standing
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01magazines.marinelink.com
american headquarters broadway 210366
- 02magazines.marinelink.com
consolidate headquarter operations 210510
- 03commons.wikimedia.org
File:American Express Company Building 65 Broadway top.jpg
- Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2012-02-26
The American Express Company Building at 65 Broadway between Morris Street and Rector Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1914-1917 and was designed by James…. Photographed in 2012; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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