1985Bronx, New YorkEducation

Anne & Isidore Falk Recreation Center / Max & Sadie Friedman Athletic Center

Joseph helped build the Einstein athletic center where Oliver Sacks later became a regular swimmer.

From Rita’s list

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity: Verified
Kelly connection: Family source
Masonry scope: Probable

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Athletic Center - Einstein College of Medicine — 1985

Transcription: Athletic Center - Einstein College of Medicine — 1985

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-183

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“Athletic Center - Einstein College of Medicine — 1985”

The facility opened in 1987; the 1985 family-list date fits its construction period.

Why it matters

The Einstein recreation complex was being built when Joseph recorded it in 1985 and opened in 1987 with a 75-foot pool, running track and racquet courts. Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks later became one of its regular swimmers.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: most likely CMU/concrete-block classroom, corridor, service and fire-rated walls, with exterior brick/block wall systems where the school/library used masonry cladding.

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