Movement in Midtown

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People:

Van Ginkel Associates Ltd. (creator)
Office of the Mayor, City of New York (client)
Van Ginkel Associates Ltd. (archive creator)

Title:

Movement in Midtown

Date:

1970-1971

Level of archival description:
File 52

Extent and medium:

34 textual files
Because of an important amount of drawings and reprographic copies, no collation was done in 3 out of 12 folders:
117 reprographic copies (at least)
93 drawings (at least)

Scope and content:
Circulation study of the Midtown Manhattan area from 34th Street to 63rd Street. A partial closing of Madison Avenue and the creation of a pedestrian mall was proposed to decongest the area; redesign of 48th and 49th Streets; and a system of mid-block pedestrian routes. The study contains a series of reports on parking, trucks, maxicabs, cost projections, the West Side Highway, and Convention center. Among solutions advanced were the design and manufacture of a special minibus [Ginkelvan], the widening of sidewalks, a new east-west subway line, and new parking.

Reference number:

AP027.S1.D52

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were likely arranged by material type when they were first processed at the CCA. Textual records were likely kept in their original order.

Location:

New York (City) New York United States

Related units of description:

Reference material for this project can also be found in ARCH280044 and ARCH280047.

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