1166 Avenue of the Americas — 1978 alteration
Joseph's 1978 'Alteration' came at the exact moment a nearly empty Midtown tower was being rescued through a landmark New York Telephone/TIAA condominium deal.
1166 Sixth Avenue, between West 45th and 46th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, also known as the International Paper Building, was built in 1974 and was designed by Skidmore, Owings &…. Photographed in 2019; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2019 · 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: 1166 Avenue of Americas Alteration — 1978
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-133
2 of two
“1166 Avenue of Americas Alteration — 1978”
1166 Sixth Avenue's condominium declaration is dated June 5, 1978; the New York Telephone/TIAA purchase that year won REBNY's 'most ingenious deal' award.
The family list may catch the physical side of a famous real-estate rescue: a failed new office tower being structurally and commercially repositioned only four years after completion.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: selective masonry alteration: likely CMU/block partitions and fire-rated walls, infill or enlargement of openings, patching/rebuilding of existing masonry, and localized brick/stone work rather than the building's original structural frame.
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
- 01Architect
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (original building)
What happened to it
Still standing
1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036
Sources
2 citedOpen →
- 011166aveofamericas.com
technical specs
- 02contracts.justia.com
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- Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2019-11-28
1166 Sixth Avenue, between West 45th and 46th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, also known as the International Paper Building, was built in 1974 and was designed by Skidmore, Owings &…. Photographed in 2019; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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