1985Midtown East, Manhattan, New YorkCommercial

70 East 55th Street / Heron Tower

Rita's 1985 'Office Building - East 55 Street' has a very strong leading match in KPF's Heron Tower at 70 East 55th Street.

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: Strong

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Office Building - East 55 Street — 1985

Transcription: Office Building - East 55 Street — 1985

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-180

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“Office Building - East 55 Street — 1985”

Period project credits identify Heron International and Strategem Realty Group as clients, Kohn Pedersen Fox as architect, Lehrer/McGovern as general contractor, and granite, brick and aluminum curtain wall as major materials.

Why it matters

A strong late-career masonry story: period architectural credits identify brick alongside granite and aluminum curtain wall in a KPF Midtown office tower.

Verification notes

Very strong leading match at 70 East 55th Street based on period architectural credits and legal records; Rita's shorthand does not include a street number. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-180_Heron_Tower_UTokyo.jpg

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Strong

Most likely substantial exterior brick masonry and masonry backup integrated with granite and aluminum curtain wall, plus CMU/block at shafts, service cores and fire-rated partitions. Progressive Architecture directly identifies brick as a major project material.

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.

03Who built it