1990Manhattan / New York CityHospital / Research / Residential

NYU Medical Center — Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Residential Tower

One of Joseph's last listed jobs aligns exactly with the start of NYU's 23-story Skirball Institute and residential tower—a project intended to reshape the scientific future of the medical center.

The Skirball Institute at the NYU Medical Center, photographed in 2010.

Current view · 2010 · Photo: H.L.I.T. · CC BY 2.0 · Source

01The story

Why this project matters

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

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: New York University Medical Center — 1990

Transcription: New York University Medical Center — 1990

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-202

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“New York University Medical Center — 1990”

A New York appellate record states that construction of the Skirball Institute/Residential Tower began in 1990 and received a temporary certificate of occupancy in 1993.

Why it matters

A late-career project that is unusually well pinned to Joseph's exact year and captures the shift from hospital construction toward molecular-science research architecture.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: most likely CMU/concrete-block partitions, shafts, stair/elevator enclosures and other fire-rated/service walls; exterior brick or masonry backup is also plausible where the hospital addition used a masonry facade.

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