How the ‘Sidewalks of New York’ Came to Maryknoll

Authors

Janet Butler Munch, CUNY Lehman College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1994

Abstract

This article discusses: the relocation of Maryknoll's headquarters to Ossining, NY in 1912; its favorable litigation with the Rockefeller Family; its selection of architects Maginnis and Walsh, and W.H. Fissel & Co.-- contracted to install its bluestone slate flooring originally from the sidewalks in lower Manhattan.

Comments

Munch, Janet Butler. How the ‘Sidewalks of New York’ Came to Maryknoll. The Hudson Valley Regional Review 11, #2 (September 1994):92-98.