Emery Roth architectural print collection
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Abstract
53 photomechanical prints showing both interior and exterior views of buildings in New York City designed by Emery Roth.
Biographical Note
Emery Roth (1871-1948) worked as an architect in New York City under his own name from 1898 to 1938, and after 1938 worked with his two sons as Emery Roth & Sons. Roth was a specialist in the field of apartment house design. He designed many notable and fashionable New York residential buildings including the San Remo apartment house, the Oliver Cromwell, Dorset, and Drake apartment hotels, the Ritz Tower, and the St. Moritz hotel.
Arrangement
Prints are arranged by type of building shown.
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The Emery Roth Architectural Print Collection spans the period from 1926-1947 and contains 53 prints showing both interior and exterior views of buildings designed by Emery Roth. Most are half-tone prints from photographs, several are reproduced from presentation drawings or renderings. Most are attributed to "Emery Roth, architect," but a few date from after 1938 and are by "Emery Roth & Sons, architects." The collection is arranged by type of building.
Buildings shown are mainly apartment houses and hotels, with a few religious facilities and office buildings. Few of the prints have dates, but those from photographs are all post construction. Many of the buildings shown here were completed in the second half of the 1920s.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Emery Roth Architectural Print Collection, PR 170, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
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Gift of Christopher Grey, 1996.
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APARTMENT HOUSES, 1926-1946, undated, inclusive
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3 East 71st Street
42 East 66th Street
129 East 82nd Street
137-145 East 44th Street
295 Central Park West Fireproof Apartment
300 East 57th Street (2)
875 Fifth Avenue
880 Fifth Avenue
930 Fifth Avenue
66th Street and Central Park West
Fifth Avenue & 94th Street/45 Moshulu Parkway
Park Avenue & 90th Street
The Alden
The Normandy (3)
HOTELS, 1929, undated, inclusive
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70th Street and Madison Avenue Apartment Hotel
Dorset Apartment Hotel (3)
Drake Apartment Hotel (2)
Fifth Avenue and 94th Street Apartment Hotel
Fifth Avenue Hotel, 9th Street and Fifth Avenue
Hotel Beverly (3)
Hotel St. George Addition
Hotel St. Moritz
Mayflower-Plymouth Apartment Hotel (2)
Oliver Cromwell Apartment Hotel (4)
Ritz Tower (3)
LOFT BUILDINGS, undated, inclusive
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14-16 East 38th Street, 14 Story Loft Building
165 Madison Avenue, Six Story Loft Building
256-60 West 38th Street
OFFICE BUILDINGS, 1947, undated, inclusive
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5 East 57th Street Office building
20-22 East 57th Street Office Building
Fashion Tower (2)
Office Building and Paris Theatre, 4 West 58th Street (2)
Park Avenue and 59th Street Office Building
RELIGIOUS FACILITIES, undated, inclusive
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Hungarian Reformed Church
Temple Bnai Israel of Washington Heights (2)
OTHER BUILDINGS, undated, inclusive
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Garage, 102nd Street near Fifth Avenue