Grad Associates

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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]

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

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.

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  1. ^ "GRAD Associates Celebrates 100 Years | New Jersey Business | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Paid Notice - Deaths GRAD, BERNARD JOHN - Paid Death Notice". NYTimes.com. August 7, 2000. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "Howard Grad Dies - An Ex-Engineer, 79 - Obituary; Biography". NYTimes.com. December 2, 1992. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. ^ Architectural firm that shaped Newark, N.Y.C. skylines closes after 104 years | NJ.com
  5. ^ "Oheb Shalom Cemetery". Newarkhistory.com. August 8, 2002. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  6. ^ "Oheb Shalom Cemetery". Newarkhistory.com. August 8, 2002. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  7. ^ Depalma, Anthony (May 11, 1986). "IN THE REGION; New Jersey: Office Tower on the Hudson Vies For Title of the State's Tallest - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  8. ^ "ABOUT". Shorepointarch.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  9. ^ Kennedy, Shawn G. (January 31, 1990). "Real Estate - An Addition To Newark's Downtown". NYTimes.com. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  10. ^ "Welcome to the AERTC Conference". Aertc.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  11. ^ "1180 Raymond Boulevard, Newark". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  12. ^ Bennett, Jeffrey. "Stanley Theater/Newark Gospel Tabernacle".
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Private, Corporate, and Office Projects". Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  14. ^ "Environmental Design Associates PC - Hotels and Conference Centers". Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  15. ^ "Essex College Breaks Ground for New Buildings". The New York Times. June 22, 1972.
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