Joseph Gersovitz, builder.

Main entry:

Gersovitz, Julia, 1952-

Title & Author:

Joseph Gersovitz, builder.

Publication:

[1998]

Description:

1 audiocassette (DAT) (approximately 48 min.) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master

Notes:
Title from CCA calendar of events, Apr. to Sept. 1998.
CCA event no.: PP-100506.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speaker: Julia Gersovitz.
Lecture in English. Opening and closing remarks in both English and French.

Summary:

Audio recording of a lecture by Montreal architect Julia Gersovitz. Julia talks about her grandfather Joseph Gersovitz, a Jewish immigrant who came to Montreal and worked as a builder. Julia discusses several of the buildings he built in Montreal from 1919 through to the 1930s, such as the Trafalgar Apartments. The event was the first in a series of lectures entitled "L'essor d'une ville et la naissance de ses banlieues" = "Building Montréal : the growth of the metropolis" which were presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Montréal Métropole, 1880-1930". Recorded on May 7, 1998 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. Includes introductory and closing remarks by Nancy Dunton

Subject:

Gersovitz, Joseph, 1882-1951.
Appartements Trafalgar (Montréal, Québec)
Architects and builders Québec (Province) Montréal.
Apartment houses Québec (Province) Montréal.
Architectes et entrepreneurs Québec (Province) Montréal.
Apartment houses
Architects and builders
Québec Montréal
Builders Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1910-1940.
Developers Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1910-1940.

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Sound recordings.
Audiocassettes.
Digital audio tapes.

Added entries:

Dunton, Nancy H.
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Essor d'une ville et la naissance de ses banlieues (Lecture series) (1998 : Centre canadien d'architecture)

Holdings:

Location: Library main av cca productions 277389
Call No.: Box 33 (BIB 212199)
Copy: DAT master
Status: Available

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