03086cpc  2200457 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002300066040001900089100003800108245004400146300001700190545005000207545101000257520044601267555002301713524011301736630002801849610003901877610004401916611003801960650002801998650003502026650003902061650004102100650003702141650003802178650004402216650004202260650003902302650003802341650003702379650002902416650002102445651003302466655003302499655002202532650002602554650003902580998000902619209418320010702160651.0910305q18971956nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV91-A8  aNICcNICeappm1 aLay, Charles Downing,d1877-1956.00aCharles Downing Lay papers,f1898-1956.  a11 cubic ft.  aLandscape architect, architect, town planner.  bCharles Downing Lay attended the School of Architecture at Columbia University from 1896 to 1900 and received a S.B. in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's School of Landscape Architecture in 1902.  From 1902 to 1948 he maintained a landscape architecture practice in New York City.  He served as editor and publisher of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE with H. V. Hubbard and Robert Wheelwright.  His projects included town planning for Albany, N.Y. and for the United States Housing Corporation in Erie and Butler, Pa.; parks in New York City, Troy, Albany, Schenectady, and Brooklyn, N.Y., Washington, D.C., and Stratford, Conn.; school grounds in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; subdivisions in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey; and housing in New York City.  He also was consulting architect to the 1939 New York World's Fair and worked on conservation efforts in the Housatonic River valley, founding the Housatonic Valley Planning Association in 1948.  aNotebooks of architectural class notes and drawings, 1898, 1899; student papers; notebooks and sketchbooks on gardens; photographs of gardens and parks, especially Marine Park in Brooklyn; architectural drawings and renderings; pen and ink drawings; and articles on architectural topics. Also, papers relating to lectures; and club memberships, including the Century Club; miscellaneous correspondence; and condolence letters upon his death.0 aUnpublished guide.  aCharles Downing Lay papers, #4477.  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.00aLandscape architecture.20aUnited States Housing Corporation.20aHousatonic Valley Planning Association.20aNew York World's Fair (1939-1940) 0aLandscape architecture. 0aCity planningzNew York (N.Y.) 0aCity planningzPennsylvaniazErie. 0aCity planningzPennsylvaniazButler. 0aSchool groundszNew York (State) 0aSchool groundszWashington (D.C.) 0aSchool groundszConnecticutzStratford. 0aHousing developmentzNew York (State) 0aHousing developmentzRhode Island. 0aHousing developmentzConnecticut. 0aHousing developmentzNew Jersey. 0aHousingzNew York (N.Y.) 0aGardensxDesign. 0aMarine Park (New York, N.Y.) 7aArchitectural drawings.2aat 7aPhotographs.2aat 0aLandscape architects. 0aArchitects and housing developers.  s9554