NOW AND THEN: A Reuse and Infill Design for Lower Manhattan's Schermerhorn Row Block By Patricia Magidson Seidman B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 1966 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Architecture at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY September 1977 Signature of Author / I / Department of Architecture June 10, 1977 Certified by Professor Donlyn Lyndon ,/1 I V " I Thesis Supervisor Accepted by % V- Professor Wayne Andersen, Chairman Roten Departmental Committee for Graduate Students kSEP 26 1977 S.' Room 14-0551 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 Ph: 617.253.2800 MIT Libraries Email:
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