Grad Associates
TypePrivate
IndustryArchitectural services
Founded1906 (1906)
FounderFrank Grad
DefunctFebruary 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)
HeadquartersNewark, New Jersey

Grad Associates, formerly Grad Partnership and Frank Grad & Sons, was an architectural firm based in Newark, New Jersey. Founded in 1906 by Frank Grad (1882–1968),[1] the company was later run by his sons, Bernard (d. August 4, 2000)[2] and Howard (d. 1992).[3] The company closed its doors on February 19, 2010.[4]

Born in Austria, Frank Grad was educated at the Newark Arts School (the forerunner of Arts High School). He began his Newark architectural practice in 1906. Grad was capable of working in many styles, from the Beaux-Arts, YMHA on MLK Boulevard, to the Spanish colonial Stanley Theater and Beth Israel Hospital, to the Neo-Classical Newark Symphony Hall, to the Art Deco 1180 Raymond Boulevard (aka, the Lefcourt Building). Several of Grad's greatest commissions, the YMHA, the Stanley Theater, Beth Israel, and the Lefcourt Building, were for Jewish patrons. In the mid-1930s the name of the firm became Frank Grad & Sons. Grad died in 1968.[5]

His firm, Grad Associates was continued by his sons after Grad died. Grad Associates peaked in the 1980s when there were over 130 architects working there, but closed in the winter of 2010, a victim of the Great Recession. The firm added new partners in 1966, and became the Grad Partnership. In 1990, the firm became GRAD Associates, P.A.[6] At the time the firm closed the managing partners were Allen Trousdale and Vasant Kshirsagar. Grad was one of the first large firms in the New York region to invest in extensive computer-aided design facilities.

Notable buildings

Notable staff

  • Philip J. Kowalski [16]
  • Howard Horii [17]
  • Susan Santiago [18]
  • Tim Klesse [19]
  • Ronald H. Schmidt [20]

See also

References

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  2. "Paid Notice - Deaths GRAD, BERNARD JOHN - Paid Death Notice". NYTimes.com. 2000-08-07. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  3. "Howard Grad Dies - An Ex-Engineer, 79 - Obituary; Biography". NYTimes.com. 1992-12-02. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  4. Architectural firm that shaped Newark, N.Y.C. skylines closes after 104 years | NJ.com
  5. "Oheb Shalom Cemetery". Newarkhistory.com. 2002-08-08. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
  6. "Oheb Shalom Cemetery". Newarkhistory.com. 2002-08-08. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
  7. Depalma, Anthony (1986-05-11). "IN THE REGION; New Jersey: Office Tower on the Hudson Vies For Title of the State's Tallest - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  8. "ABOUT". Shorepointarch.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  9. Kennedy, Shawn G. (1990-01-31). "Real Estate - An Addition To Newark's Downtown". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  10. "Welcome to the AERTC Conference". Aertc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  11. "1180 Raymond Boulevard, Newark". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  12. Bennett, Jeffrey. "Stanley Theater/Newark Gospel Tabernacle".
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Private, Corporate, and Office Projects". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  14. "Environmental Design Associates PC - Hotels and Conference Centers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  15. "Essex College Breaks Ground for New Buildings". The New York Times. 22 June 1972.
  16. "Philip J. Kowalski Obituary".
  17. "Howard Horii Obituary".
  18. "Santiago Design Group".
  19. "Principal".
  20. "CEO Clubs Member Ronald H. Schmidt".
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