Monthly Archives: August 2011

Barkin-Levin Factory, Long Island City, NYC

Posted on August 31, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Located on an isolated corner of 13th Street and 33rd Avenue in Long Island City, behind a sports field, this building was originally the Barkin-Levin Factory and is now Ocasa Logistics Solutions. It is out of the way and surrounded … Continue reading →

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Federal First Savings, Middletown, NY

Posted on August 29, 2011 by midcenturymundane

A very intact 1960s era bank in downtown Middletown, NY. Located at 22 James Street. Unfortunately do not have an exact date for the construction.

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Sullivan County Office Building, Monticello, NY

Posted on August 28, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Located off the main street in the small hamlet of Monticello is this rambling county building. It was completed in 1975.

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The Manhattan School, Midtown, NYC

Posted on August 22, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Named the Manhattan School, it is now better known as PS 35 and located at 317 West 52nd Street. It was constructed in 1967 by Arthur G. Paletta, NYC Department of Education Director of Architecture (starting in 1963) and architect … Continue reading →

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Middletown Post Office, Middletown, NY

Posted on August 21, 2011 by midcenturymundane

This building is located at 40 Fulton Street. There are several, largely untouched mid-century buildings in Middletown due possibly in part to the seeming depressed nature of the area, in terms of real estate. It was built in 1965. detail … Continue reading →

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Rosenthal Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 15, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Formally known as the Gladys Hall Rosenthal Building, this was built on Spruce Street as an addition to the existing School of Veterinary Medicine in 1963-64 by the firm Monaghan and Forrest, a firm on which there seems to be … Continue reading →

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Meyerson Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 10, 2011 by midcenturymundane

                  This  multipurpose building is located at the corner of Walnut and 34th Streets and was built in 1967 by Martin, Stewart, Nobel and Class. They also designed at least one other … Continue reading →

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The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 9, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Located on Spruce Street and surrounded by the University of Pennsylvania campus, The Wistar Institute is an independent science and medical research facility founded in 1892. The majority of its complex was built in 1975 by Mansell Lewis and Fugate, … Continue reading →

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University Lutheran Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 3, 2011 by midcenturymundane

This modest religious structure was built in 1969 by Pietro Belluschi and Alexander Ewing & Associates at the corner of 37th and Chestnut Streets. It is also known as University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation and a good history of … Continue reading →

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Stiteler Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Posted on August 1, 2011 by midcenturymundane

Home to the UPenn Political Science Department and completed in 1966, this building is just behind the Graduate School of Education Building and built by the same firm of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson. The restrained vocabulary of brick with … Continue reading →

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