One Court Square / Citicorp Building
Rita's list says 'City Square.' The building was almost certainly Citicorp's One Court Square.
One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens. Photographed in 2023; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2023 · Photo: Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Probable
Rita’s list
Transcription: Citicorp at City Square — 1987
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-193
2 of two
“Citicorp at City Square — 1987”
Construction began in 1987 and the tower opened in 1989 as the tallest building in Queens.
A landmark Queens skyline story — and the family transcription itself contains a charming almost-right place name, 'City Square' instead of Court Square.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Probable
Likely: most likely interior CMU/block shafts, service cores, fire-rated partitions and masonry backup; exterior brickwork is likely only if the project-specific facade was brick rather than stone, precast, metal or glass.
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
- 02GC / construction manager
Turner Construction Company
What happened to it
Still standing
Sources
2 citedOpen →
- 01en.wikipedia.org
One Court Square
- 02commons.wikimedia.org
File:One Court Square 012.jpg
- Kidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2023-02-13
One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens. Photographed in 2023; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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