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Bertrand Goldberg Project Name Index R& B Archives BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Display 1935 B Higginson, Harriet, Residence Wood Dale, IL Irving Park Rd. and Wood Dale Rd. 1935 B 58 Theatrical Stage Design (related to Selwyn 1935 B or Cinestage?) Rear-Engine Automobile Project Chicago, IL 1936 B 108 Standard Houses Lafayette, IN 1936-1937 B Griffin, Ken, Apartment alterations Chicago, IL 110 E. Huron St. c.1936-1937 Abrahms Residence Glencoe, IL 1937 B American Furniture Novelty Company Chicago, IL Elston Ave. and Logan Blvd. 1937 B American Furniture Novelty Company, Chicago, IL 1937 B Furniture Design Ancell, Clyde, Residence Kenilworth, IL Wayland (St.?) 1937 B Mullins, Thomas H., Residence Evanston, IL 1937 B Standard Houses Maywood, IL 1937 B Standard Houses Melrose Park, IL 1937 B Toomin Residence Chicago, IL 4816 S. Greenwood 1937 B Willett, Howard, Orangerie Grayslake, IL 1937 B 94 Wilmette House Skokie, IL 1937 B BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Jacobs, Bozell, Residence Glencoe, IL? 1938? B 63 Jacobs, Nathan, Residence Glencoe, IL? 1938? B 64 McFadden Speculative Residence Skokie, IL 1938 North Pole Mobile Ice Cream Store River Forest, IL 1938 B 91 With Gilmer V. Black, associate architect Clark and Maple Gasoline Service Station Chicago, IL 1101. N. LaSalle St. 1938-1940 B 26 Heimbach, Dr. Aaron B., Residence Blue Island, IL 13020 S. Greenwood Ave. 1939 B Katzin, Frank, Residence Chicago, IL 4820 S. Greenwood Ave. 1939 B See also: Kruesi, Frank, Residence Kirchheimer Residence, Furniture Chicago, IL 1939 69 Paris, [Muton?], Residence Highland Park, IL 1939 B Sears, Roebuck and Company Highland Park, IL 517 Central Ave. 1939 Wernicke Residence Palos Park, IL 8409 Winslow 1939 B Standard Houses Indian Head, MD 1940 B Shallet, Mr. and Mrs. Lew, Apartment Chicago, IL 5144 S. Cornell c.1940-1943 B alterations Standard Houses Maywood, IL 1941 B Standard Houses Suitland, MD 1941 B Standard Houses Maywood, IL 1943 B BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Standard Houses Suitland, MD 1943 B United States Army, Convertible Gun N/A 1943 B 161 Crates For Overseas Shipment of Bofors 90MM Anti-aircraft Gun United States Government, Office of N/A 1943 B 158 Strategic Service, Mobile Penicillin Laboratory Carry Houses Project Washington, DC c.1943 See: Standard Houses Standard Fabrication Corporation Chicago, IL Armitage and Clybourn 1946 Standard Fabrication Corporation, Chicago, IL 1946 B 101 Prefabricated Bathroom Units Standard Fabrication Corporation, Chicago, IL 5428 S. Blackstone Ave. 1946 B Tepper-Meyer House Furniture design, Children's Built-Ins 1946-1952 B 156 Furniture design, Various for private 1946-1952 B 156 residences Sheldon-Claire Corporation, Corporate Chicago, IL Ohio and Lakeshore Drive 1947 Offices See also: 312-316 N. Randolph Building American Furniture Novelty Company Chicago, IL 1948 B Calumet New Town (for General American Calumet, IN 1948 Transportation Corporation) BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Drew, E.F., and Company Warehouse Chicago, IL Division and Mechanic St. 1949? 37? See also: Measurement Corporation International Union of Operating Chicago, IL 763 W. Jackson 1949 B 142? Engineers, AFL Headquarters Atwood and Goldberg, architects O'Neill, Andrew, Residence Winnetka, IL Sunset Blvd. 1949 92 Florsheim, Lillian, Residence Alterations Chicago, IL 1328 N. State Pkwy. 1949-1952 B 47 Pressed Steel Car Company Chicago, IL 1949-1953 B 155 Pressed Steel Car Company Chicago, IL c.1949-1950 Swift Cold Front Express Trailer Snyder, John, Prefabricated Residence Shelter Island, NY c.1949, 1952 B 124 Florsheim, Harold F., Residence Kitchen Chicago, IL 1950 B 46 Helstein, Ralph, Residence Chicago, IL 5806 S. Blackstone Ave. 1950 B 57 Levin Project (Marion Circle) Highland Park, IL 1950 73 Measurement Corporation Boonton, NJ 1950 B See also: Drew, E.F., and Company Paris Residence Highland Park, IL 1950 B Pressed Steel Car Company Chicago, IL 1950 B 140 Unicel Prefabricated Freight Cars Atlantic Brassworks Chicago, IL c.1950-1955 D'Ancona Residence Glencoe, IL 1951 BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Pressed Steel Car Company Chicago, IL 1951 B Board Room Kirchheimer Residence Glencoe, IL 1952 North Kansas City Redevelopment, Master North Kansas City, 1952 B 89 Plan MO Rush-Delaware Building Chicago, IL 1952 117 aka Delaware Towers Standard Houses, Kitchen N/A 1952 B Cooper, R.D., Jr., Inc. Chicago, IL 4500 W. 47th St. 1953 157 Pressed Steel Car Company Chicago, IL 1953 B 143 Unishelter Prefabricated Housing Units Hyde Park Redevelopment Plan Chicago, IL 1953-1955 Chicago Last Department Store Chicago, IL 1954 U Drexel Town and Garden Apartments Chicago, IL 48th and Drexel 1954 B 125 aka South Side Project Highland Park Medical Arts Center Highland Park, IL 17-28 Sheridan Rd. 1954 B 59 aka Professional Arts Center aka Florsheim Realty Trust, Alterations Atwood and Goldberg, architects Southtown Land and Building Corporation Chicago, IL Throop, W. 61st, Elizabeth, Racine 1954 126 United Packinghouse Workers of America, Chicago. IL 49th and Wabash 1954 District #1 BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Warner, Al, Residence Harwood Heights, IL 5048 N. Odell Ave. c.1954 65 East Oak Street Chicago, IL 65 E. Oak St. 1955 B Arts and Building Center Chicago, IL 1955 U aka Lighted Center Blacksher Garden Apartments Mobile, AL 1955 U 12 Dearborn / Maple Apartment Tower Chicago, IL Dearborn and Maple St. 1955 U See also: Katzin Building Jannota, (Mary Lamm), Building Chicago, IL 46 E. Walton 1955 U aka Universal Recording Corp. Pan-Coastal Office Building Mobile, AL 1955 U Woodstock Public Library Woodstock, IL 414 W. Judd St. 1955 B 152 With William B. Fyfe, architect Katzin Building Chicago, IL 1045 N. Dearborn St. c.1955 U See also: Dearborn / Maple Apartment Tower Cinestage Theatre Chicago, IL 180-190 N. Dearborn St. 1956 B 120 aka Michael Todd's Cinestage Theater aka Selwyn Theater Grant Advertising Agency, Office Building Chicago, IL 1956 U 168 Levin, Leo, Residence Flossmoor, IL Brassie Ave. 1956 74 Oak Park Public Library Oak Park, IL 1956 U? BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Pineda Island Mobile, AL 1956-1967 99 Pineda Island Mobile, AL 1956-1957 B Sports [Recreation?] Center Hillside Residences? North Kansas City, c.1956 See also: North Kansas City Redevelopment MO Motel 66 Chicago, IL Exchange Ave. and South Shore 1957 U 83 Nashville Sewage Plant and Tunnel System Newport, TN 1957 B Pineda Island Mobile, AL 1957 B Swimming Pool Chicago Westside Medical Building Chicago, IL 1958 24 Flagler Marine Center and Civic West Palm Beach, FL 1958 U 44 Auditorium, Master Plan 312-318 N. Randolph Building Chicago, IL 312-318 N. Randolph 1959 B See also: Sheldon-Claire Corporation 46 East Walton, Chicago, IL 1959 104 aka Rush-Walton Building, aka Happy Medium, aka Universal Recording Corporation 901 Club Chicago, IL Rush and Delaware Pl. 1959 2 Happy Medium Theatre Chicago, IL 1959 Marina City Chicago, IL 300 N. State St. 1959-1981 B 75 BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Delaware Penthouse Apartment, Thomas Chicago, IL Delaware St. and Ernst Ct. c.1950s B Kelly Wilkinson Residence, Kitchen Mobile, AL c.1950s B Dixon National Bank Dixon, IL 1950s/1960s Neal Junior High School North Chicago, IL early 1960s Edelmann Company, Factory Addition Chicago, IL N. Jones, W. Schubert, W. Logan 1960 B 39 Blvd. Pineda Island Mobile, AL 1960 U Pineda Club Cooper, R.C., Residence, Alterations c.1960 28 Bertrand Goldberg Associates Chicago, IL 721 N. Michigan Ave. 1962 B 10 Brennemann, Joseph, Elementary School Chicago, IL 4521 N. Clarendon 1962 B 66 aka Clarendon School Central Park Project, Master Plan Denver, CO 1962 U Consulate of France Chicago, IL 2806-09, Palmolive Bldg. 1962 164 Covenant Club, Alterations and Additions Chicago, IL 10 N. Dearborn St. 1962 B 30 McCutcheon, John T., School Chicago, IL W. Ainslie, Sheridan Rd. 1962 B 65 Marina City Chicago, IL 1962 U Master Plan Marina City Chicago, IL 1962 B Apartment and Commercial Building BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# North Park College, library and gym Chicago, IL Kedzie, Argyle, Kimball 1962 90 aka Taylor University Marina City, Detroit, Master Plan Detroit, MI 1962-1967 U 35 10 Petal Building Project 1963 American Broadcasting Company, Office New York, NY 1963 U 5 Building and Broadcasting Studios Astor Tower Apartments Chicago, IL 1300 N. Astor, 24 E. Goethe 1963 B 7 See also: Maxim's Restaurant Boca Raton Apartments Boca Raton, FL 1963 U Edgewater Beach Hotel, Banquet Hall Chicago, IL Sheridan Rd. and Bryn Mawr Ave. 1963 B 40 Alteration Marina City Chicago, IL 1963 B Office Building Maxim's Restaurant Chicago, IL 1300 N. Astor, 24 E. Goethe 1963 B See also: Astor Tower National Opera House Madrid, Spain c.1964 Marina City Chicago, IL 1964 B Theater and TV Studio Beach Sky House Boca Raton, FL 1965 U 9 Menninger Foundation Clinic Topeka, KS 1965 U 78 Modular Lab Bench N/A 1965 BERTRAND GOLDBERG PROJECT NAME INDEX R& B ARCHIVES (Chronological) REVISED 05/18/14 PROJECT NAME LOCATION ADDRESS DATE B/U JOB# Cleveland Building Cleveland, OH c.3/1966 Copley Plaza, Master Plan Boston, MA 1966 U 29 See also: Perini Copley Plaza Hilliard, Raymond, Homes Chicago, IL Clark, Cermak and State St.
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