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Holding Information

Collection: Raymond Hood Collection

Institution: Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania

Holdings include: five original ink sketches signed and annotated by Hood illustrating his "Tower City" proposal of 1927; three photomechanical enlargements of these sketches, two of which were rendered in ink and gouache by Hood; an extraordinary six page typescript account of the project written by Hamilton M. Wright with extensive annotations in Hood's handwriting; and 18 photoprints of graphics, a model (location of the original is unknown) and views of New York City.

Quantity: 7 sheets, 18 items, 1 folder

Local Call: 022.1-022.4

Item dates: 1927

Holding types: Drawings, Other, Photographs

Documented Projects

• "Tower City" proposal
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Hood, Raymond Mathewson (1881-1934) (Architect)

Image Gallery

["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.3.1	["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective, "I" (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.2.1	["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective, "II" (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.2.2
["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective, "III" (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.2.1	["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective, "IV" (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.2.1	["Tower City" proposal] aerial perspective (Raymond Hood, delineator) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.2.5
["Tower City" proposal] model (W. H. Kelham, Jr., photographer) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.4.9	["Tower City" proposal] block plans, before and after (Raymond Hood, architect) Raymond Hood Collection, Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: aaup.022.4.2

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