Guide to the Alan Rabinowitz Papers,
1960-2007.

Collection Number: 6708

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
Julia Parker
Date completed:
April 20, 2009
EAD encoding:
Julia Parker, April 20, 2009
Updated:
RMC Staff, April 2011

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alan Rabinowitz papers, 1960-2007.
Collection Number:
6708
Creator:
Alan. Rabinowitz
Quantity:
2 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Printed Materials, Printed Materials, Publications, Reports
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Reports and documents relating to his work in planning, housing, urban renewal, municipal finance and urban economics, which integrate the worlds of public planning, public finance, and private development.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

City planner. Member Lambda Alpha International, New York Chapter (1950s) and Puget Sound Chapter.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reports and documents relating to his work in planning, housing, urban renewal, municipal finance and urban economics, which integrate the worlds of public planning, public finance, and private development.
Report on "Non-planning and Redevelopment in Boston," 1972; two bound volumes of reports on planning and land development in Florida, Missouri, California, and Chicago written while on the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA. and other Arthur D. Little reports, 1960-1963; bound volume: "Industrial Zoning in Seattle, 1974;" bound volume, "Management of Tourism in Massachusetts," 1965. Also, M.I.T. disseration, "Municipal Debt/Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations," 1969; "An Alternate Plan for Cooper Square," 1961; various Lambda Alpha publications; and selective bibliography and work history, 2006.
Materials about the Cambridge Institute, its New City Project, and its related Center for Community Economic Development.
Additional books, consulting reports and organizational materials, writings on historical underpinnings of city and regional planning, readings on progressive planning, professional papers and studies on urban planning/economics topics.
Research reports used for The Real Estate Gamble and Municipal Data Projection Project reports.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Rabinowitz, Alan.
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Cambridge Institute (Cambridge, Mass.)
Center for Community Economic Development.
Lambda Alpha International.

Subjects:
City planning--Massachusetts--Boston.
City planning--Florida.
City planning--Missouri--Kansas City.
City planning--California.
City planning--Illinois--Chicago.
City planning--Washington--Seattle.
Zoning--Washington--Seattle.
Tourism--Massachusetts.
City planners.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alan Rabinowitz papers, #6708. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
NOTES

Part of the Lambda Alpha Literary Archives.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Non-Planning & Re-development in Boston 1972
Box 1 Folder 1
A. Rabinowitz selected bibliography 2006
Box 1 Folder 2
Lambda Alpha International Membership directory 1992
Box 1 Folder 3
Municipal Debt - Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations 1969
Box 1 Folder 3
Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL): surveys of the Florida economy 1960-1961
Box 1
ADL reports 1962-1963
Box 1
Industrial Zoning in Seattle 1964?
Box 1
USC (Urban Survey Corporation): Measurement of Tourism in Massachusetts 1965
Box 1
Cambridge Institute and New City Project 1969-1971
Box 1 Folder 4-5
Center for Community Development (CCED): the community context of economic conversion, Barry Stein 1971
Box 1 Folder 6
Cambridge Institute 1971
Box 1 Folder 7
Planners for Equal Opportunity (PEO) 1969
Box 1 Folder 8
New York State Urban Development Corp. 1973
Box 1 Folder 9
American Management Associations 1980
Box 1 Folder 9
Real Estate Investment Climate 1929-1975 1976
Box 1 Folder 10
Professional papers and studies on urban planning/economics topics 1957-1971
Box 1
Walter Thabit and Cooper's Square Renovations 1963
Box 1
A. R. on Walter Thabit and Cooper's Square 2007
Box 1
Development of the Real Estate Investment Industry - 1925-1975 1978
Box 2
Professional papers and studies 1971-1979
Box 2
Professional papers and studies 1980-1985
Box 2
Development of the Real Estate Investment Industry - 1925-1975 1978
Box 2
Other papers on urban finance and economics 1970-1986
Box 2
Municipal Data Projection Project 1966
Box 2 Folder 1
Revised populations of SMSAs (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas) 1920-1960 1966
Box 2 Folder 2
fiscal data for school & special districts 1966
Box 2 Folder 3
The Municipal Analyst's Almanac 1966
Box 2 Folder 4
The Relative Growth of Cities in Metropolitan Areas since 1930 1966
Box 2 Folder 5
Report on the Pilot Project 1966
Box 2 Folder 6
Revenues, Expenditures, Debts 1955-1964 1966
Box 2 Folder 7
Municipal Data Projection Project 1966
Box 2 Folder 8
Non-Planning & Re-development in Boston c.2 1972
Box 2 Folder 9
Markets for New Construction 1980-87-95 1988
Box 2 Folder 10
Goodmoney Collective 2007
Box 2 Folder 11
A.C.T.I.O.N. 1955
Box 3 Folder 1
Regional Plan Association (RPA) reports 1956
Box 3 Folder 2
Report to W. M. K. Transit Mix, Inc. 1964
Box 3 Folder 3
Military housing 1961
Box 3 Folder 4
Land development in Newton, Mass. 1965
Box 3 Folder 5
Municipal Debt/Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations 1969
Box 3 Folder 6
American City Corporation 1969
Box 3 Folder 7
Alyeska Project (Alaska) 1971
Box 3 Folder 8
King County Property Taxes and the Port of Seattle 1975
Box 3 Folder 9
Economic Aspects of Redevelopment in Kakaako (Hawaii) 1974
Box 3 Folder 10
The State of the Region: Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 2, No. 8 1981-1983
Box 3 Folder 11
Winnick, Louis, et al: Philanthropy's Adaptation to the Urban Crisis (unpublished manuscript) 1987-1989
Box 3 Folder 12
Lambda Alpha membership lists 1969, 1971, 1985
Box 3 Folder 13
An Alternate Plan for Cooper Square 1961
Box 3 Folder 14
Packet III: Writings on historical underpinnings of city and regional planning 1975-1977
Box 3
Packet IV: Readings on progressive planning 1983
Box 4
Centennial biography of Aaron Rabinowitz - 1884-1984, by Alan Rabinowitz 1984
Box 4 Folder 1
Centennial history of Fred French - 1883-1983, by Alan Rabinowitz 1993
Box 4 Folder 2
1942 Bishop's Service confidential report on the Fred F. French Investing Co. Inc. 1942
Box 4 Folder 3
"So long, Avalon - or - Farewell, F-1," by Stephen Thompson 1952
Box 4 Folder 4
"Background note," by Alan Rabinowitz 2004
Box 4 Folder 5
Spear and Company Bulletin: A Journal for Realty Owners 1913-1914
Box 4 Folder 6
"Financial History, 1928-1980, of the Fred F. French Investing Company," compiled and analyzed by Alan Rabinowitz 1989
Box 4 Folder 7
All of the annual financial reports - 1928-1980 of the FFF Investing Co. 1928-1980
Box 4 Folder 8-9
microfilm of 40-50 important documents 1920s-1958
Box 4 Folder 10
The French Plan, 11th edition, September 1929
Box 4 Folder 11
Articles about FFF and various enterprises 1924-1984
Box 4 Folder 12
Tudor City historic districe 1988
Box 4 Folder 13
Financial history of Tudor City, New York, 1930-1968, by Alan Rabinowitz 1988
Box 4 Folder 14
Tudor City court case 1972
Box 4 Folder 15
properties built and managed by FFF companies 1923-1988
Box 4 Folder 16