Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Robert Quinlan, March 6, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Robert Quinlan, February 28, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Michael Weinstein, April 12, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Joseph Velardi, May 15, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Huntley Gill, February 4, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with George Beane, February 2, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with George Beane, March 7, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Eunsook and Liana Pai, September 25, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Eunsook and Liana Pai, October 30, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Cassandra Medley, May 20, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bruce Stark, April 10, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bruce Stark, April 24, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bill Bailey and Laurie Eichengreen, February 12, 2019, transcript View Item
Text Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bill Bailey and Laurie Eichengreen, July 23, 2019, transcript View Item
Image Collection 1293 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection, Independent City Lines. Route 102, 1925-1937 The 1,293 Independent Subway System (IND) Route 102 photographs show the construction of a portion of the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan (the A train and C train) from Bank Street and Greenwich Avenue to West 59th Street and Columbus Circle, and from West 60th Street and Central Park West to West 68th Street. View Collection
Image Collection 2787 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Independent City Lines. Route 78, 1924-1945 The 2,787 Independent Subway System (IND) Route 78 photographs show the construction of the Eighth Avenue Line (the A train and C train) from West 68th Street and Central Park West to West 192nd Street in Manhattan. View Collection
Image Collection 4749 Items Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract One, 1900-1932 (bulk 1900-1904) The 4,744 Contract One photographs show the earliest subway construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), including portions of the Lexington Avenue Line (the 4 train, 5 train, and 6 train); the 42nd Street Shuttle; the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (the 1 train, 2 train, and 3 train); the Lenox Avenue Line (the 2 train and 3 train); and the West Farms Division of the White Plains Road Line (the 2 train and 5 train). View Collection
Collection 5 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Ronnie Eldridge, February 14, 2019 and March 8, 2019 In this two-part interview, Ronnie Eldridge (b. January 30, 1931) describes growing up on the Upper West Side, where she attended Public School 166 (132 West 89th Street), Joan of Arc Junior High School (154 West 93rd Street), the High School of Music & Art (443-465 West 135th Street), and Barnard College (3009 Broadway). She describes how she and her first husband (Larry Eldridge), together with a small group of families, bought and renovated seven brownstones on West 93rd and West 94th Streets between Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue. View Collection
Image Collection 3 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Robert Quinlan, February 28, 2019 and March 6, 2019 In this two-part interview, Robert Quinlan (b. December 15, 1932) recalls the experiences that helped educate and shape him, from growing up in the industrial town of New Britain, Connecticut to serving nearly two years in Verona, Italy with the United States Army. He talks about moving to New York City in 1959 to attend graduate school at Columbia University, and then starting work as a real estate consultant, first at Brown Harris Stevens and then at Landauer Associates. Quinlan recalls moving to The Dakota in 1969 and recognizing the redevelopment potential on Columbus Avenue. View Collection
Collection 3 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Michael Weinstein, April 12, 2019 Michael Weinstein (b. 1943) tells the story of how he and his friend, Kerry Olsen, came to open the Museum Café (366 Columbus Avenue) in November 1975. Weinstein describes the restaurant's instant success and a vibrant nightly scene that included spontaneous performances by pianist Leonid Hambro, well-known actors getting engaged at the restaurant, and the arrival of the cast of A Chorus Line each night after the show. View Collection
Collection 3 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Joseph Velardi, May 15, 2019 Joseph Velardi (b. June 4, 1933) tells the story of growing up on East 51st Street in New York City before moving in 1958 with his parents to the large, rent-controlled apartment on Columbus Avenue at West 75th Street, where he still lives. Velardi, who was Director of Special Schools for the Department of Social Services in New York City, describes the Upper West Side and Columbus Avenue as he has experienced them over the years. Interview conducted on May 15, 2019, by Leyla Vural; recorded at Joseph Velardi's apartment on the Upper West Side. View Collection
Collection 3 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Huntley Gill, February 4, 2019 Huntley Gill (b. October 15, 1952) describes New York City as he experienced it, from regular visits he made as a child and teenager with his family, to his days living in the Village and commuting to Columbia University (Historic Preservation Program, 1975-77), to his eventual move to the Upper West Side. Gill tells stories about his experiences in New York City in the 1970s, shaped by a certain degree of lawlessness and creativity. View Collection
Collection 7 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with George Beane, February 2, 2019 and March 7, 2019 In this two-part interview, George Beane (b. January 14, 1944) describes New York as he has known it, from his first days in the city chauffeuring people to the 1964 World's Fair to the Upper West Side in 2019. He recalls moving to The Dakota in 1972, where he met neighbor Robert Quinlan (also interviewed for this oral history project), who was becoming a real estate developer on the Upper West Side. In 1976, Beane and Quinlan formed Walker, Malloy & Company to manage Quinlan's growing portfolio of buildings. In 1978, Beane formed A. R. View Collection
Collection 5 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Eunsook and Liana Pai In this two-part interview, Eunsook Pai (b. September 9, 1942) and her daughter Liana Pai (b. December 26, 1966) talk about their women's clothing store, named Liana, located at 324 Columbus Avenue. They tell the story of how Eunsook and her sister, Hyun-sook Lee, came to open the store in 1982 on Columbus Avenue, where the rent was affordable. Eunsook describes setting up the store, opening day, and how she and her sister worked to establish the business. View Collection
Collection 3 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Cassandra Medley, May 20, 2019 Cassandra Medley (b. August 9, 1949) talks about growing up in a predominantly Black, working-class neighborhood in segregated Detroit when the economy was thriving, and good jobs were abundant. She recalls her early interest in theater and the emergence of the civil rights movement. Medley discusses moving to New York City in 1971, just after graduating from the University of Michigan, to pursue a career in theater. In 1973, Medley moved into the apartment where she still lives, on Columbus Avenue at West 73rd Street. View Collection
Collection 5 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bruce Stark, April 10, 2019 and April 24, 2019 In this two-part interview, Bruce Stark (b. July 11, 1957) tells the story of growing up in Commack, Long Island and commuting to the family business located at 371 Amsterdam Avenue (initially named Beacon Paint and Varnish, then Beacon Paint and Wallpaper, and finally Beacon Paint and Hardware). He describes the neighborhood as he first encountered it when his father, Mel, bought the store in 1971 and describes how it changed over the years. View Collection
Collection 5 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interview with Bill Bailey (known as Bailey) and Laurie Eichengreen, February 12, 2019 and July 23, 2019 In this two-part interview, Bill Bailey (b. March 19, 1939) and Laurie Eichengreen (b. July 7, 1943) discuss their early lives and tell the story of Mythology, an eclectic store formerly located at 370 Columbus Avenue. They describe how the space evolved from Bailey's art studio in 1970 to a store where they sold a variety of books, art, toys, masks, and myriad unusual things. Bailey discusses being inspired by professor of literature Joseph Campbell, and how he came to name the store for Campbell's theories of mythology. View Collection
Collection 10 Items Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project interviews, 2019 February-October The Columbus Avenue and the Upper West Side Oral History Project documents the ways that Columbus Avenue (particularly from West 70th Street to West 94th Street) changed in the 50-year period beginning in the late 1960s. View Collection