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429 West 117th Street

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  1. Ten Years on Morningside Heights Public Transcription, 2025 James Crane, transcriber. 2025-06-09.
  2. Columbia President's Annual Report, 1934 Columbia University. 1934-11-05.
  3. Horkheimer Acceptance of 429 West 117th Street, July 1934 Max Horkheimer for the Institute for Social Research. mid-July 1934.
  4. Wiggershaus Columbia Invitation Reconstruction Rolf Wiggershaus. 1995 English edition.
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Columbia housing record

Columbia's 1934 site table lists 429 West 117th Street among its Morningside Heights properties. Horkheimer accepted use for an intended three-to-four-year period, with necessary repairs paid by the Institute. The building was reassigned for U.S. Navy training in June 1944.

Limits

No coordinates are asserted. Rent, heating charges, later renewals, and title details require the original property file.

Research Memo: Columbia's 1934 Housing and Affiliation of the Institute for Social Research

Documented relevance

Institute academic center housed through Columbia University.

Dates, precision, and jurisdiction

from 1934; address precision; New York, United States; confidence High. No coordinates are asserted.

Sourced typed relation

Institute for Social Research academicCenterAt 429 West 117th Street.

Evidence

Wiggershaus, pp. 69; IfS official history. Full geography table

Canonical identity

New York City, 429 West 117th Street; canonical key new-york-city-429-west-117th-street.

Hierarchy

Contained by New York City, New York, United States.

Precision

address. Coordinates are not asserted.