1982Upper East Side, Manhattan / New York CityHospital / Health

Hermine Neustadtl Stich Radiation Therapy Center

A word that looked mysterious turns out to be a name: Joseph's 'Stitch Therapy Center' almost certainly points to New York Hospital's Hermine Neustadtl Stich Radiation Therapy Center.

From Rita’s list

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity: Very strong
Kelly connection: Family source
Masonry scope: Probable

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: N.Y. Hospital - Stitch Therapy Center — 1982

Transcription: N.Y. Hospital - Stitch Therapy Center — 1982

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-162

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“N.Y. Hospital - Stitch Therapy Center — 1982”

Weill Cornell dates the Stich Radiation Therapy Center to 1983–84 and says it opened January 16, 1984, jointly operated with Memorial Sloan Kettering. The Stich Radiation Therapy Center opened January 16, 1984 as a joint New York Hospital–Memorial Sloan Kettering facility; Rita's 1982 entry fits its early project phase.

Why it matters

A specialized radiation-therapy project tied to New York Hospital’s early-1980s cancer-care expansion.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

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.

03Who built it