Manhattan Plaza oral history collection, 1986-1987

Biographical Note

Manhattan Plaza is a high-rise apartment building located at 400 and 484 West 43rd Street in New York City. It was built with federal subsidies and opened in 1977. Many residents living in Manhattan Plaza were performing artists

Scope and Contents

The interviews of this collection were taken as part of the celebration of the Manhattan Plaza's tenth anniversary in June of 1987. The collections narrators are: Marin Alsop, Jay Blumenthal, Frances Peter Burke, Charon Lee Cohen, Susan Cole, Mary D'Elia, Clara Fox, Michael Gifford, Tony Giordano, Aston Glaves, Donald Grody, David Harris, Ted Hook, Richard Allen Hunnings, Peter D. Joseph, Rodney Kirk, Carol Lamberg, Richard Lederer, Anne H. Lindgren, Elinor London, Laila Long, Paul N. Marcus, David Muchnick, Ron Nash, Cely Carrillo Onrubia, Sam Raphling, Daniel Rose, Gerald Schoenfeld, Roger Starr, Mariana Torres, Albert Walsh, Yvonne Warden, Mary Lou Westerfield, and Alan Wiener

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• High-rise apartment buildings--New York (State)--New York.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Urban renewal--New York (State)--New York.