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Popkin Bruce <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - "Preservationists shouldn't be neat freaks." -- Mary D
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Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:49:17 -0400
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        Mary Krugman wrote:
        "... the firm that designed Grand Central Terminal (along with
> Fellheimer & Wagner)."
>
Now Mary, after all that time you spent going through our archive, you
should know better.   But to you, Fellheimer & Wagner are household names. ;
)   Reed & Stem were the architects of GCT first, then Warren & Wetmore
pulled their own strings to get in on the action.    These 2 firms were "The
Associated Architects of Grand Central Terminal."  F & W were the successors
to Reed & Stem.

Not Dr. No; Just in the know.

Bruce



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Krugman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:26 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: NYC Inquiry
>
> In a message dated 8/10/2000 8:52:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > where to find information on the architectural firm of
> >  Warren & Wetmore?
>
> I think this was  You might check the *AIA Guide to NYC* (Willensky & ?)
> as a starting point, but beyond that I defer the to New York historians.
> Avery Library at Columbia University (NYC) is known for its extensive
> architectural collections -- periodicals, books, drawings, and other
> amazing
> stuff. If you can make it the trip, it would be well worth it. I am sure
> they
> would have a lot of information on this firm -- it was quite well known.
>
> Mary

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