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By Olivia Birmingham
Collection Overview
Title: Kurt Rosenbach Collection, 1905-2010, undated
Predominant Dates:1963-1984
ID: 001/01/MSS 2015-041
Primary Creator: Rosenbach, Kurt
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged by subject in chronological order.
Date Acquired: 11/06/2015
Subjects: Central business districts--Virginia--Norfolk, City planning--Virginia--Norfolk, Economic development--Virginia--Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.)--Maps, Norfolk (Va.). Department of City Planning, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Forms of Material: Annual reports, Clippings (information artifacts), Maps (documents), Newspapers, Photocopies, Photographs, Printed ephemera, Prints (visual works), Programs, Reports
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Reports and documents detailing work by the Downtown Norfolk Redevelopment Committee, particularly from 1963 to 1984. Included are documents about Granby Mall, Nauticus, and the Waterfront area. Also included are clippings, photographs, and ephemera related to Rice's Department Store in the 1960s and 1970s and the sale of the chain in 1984.
Biographical Note
Kurt Michael Rosenbach was born in Kassel, Germany. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1938. There, he earned an accounting degree at the University of Maryland before moving to Norfolk, Virginia in 1955. Rosenbach worked as a controller for Rices Nachmans department store before becoming vice president of Haynes Furniture Company in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has been an active member in the Norfolk community, serving as president of the Downtown Norfolk Development Corporation, president of the board of Ohef Shalom Temple, treasurer of Tidewater Jewish Foundation, director of The Norfolk Foundation, chairman of the United Way of South Hampton Roads board, vice chairman of WHRO's board, and vice president of the Greater Norfolk Corporation.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Kurt Rosenbach by donation
Preferred Citation:
Kurt Rosenbach Collection, MSS 2015-041, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed March 7, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Granby Mall Reports, 1963
- Includes Suggested Plan for Location of New Retail Stores and The Amos Parrish & Company, Inc. Study.
- Folder 2: Granby Mall Newspaper Articles (Folder 1 of 2), 1965
- Folder 3: Granby Mall Newspaper Articles (Folder 2 of 2), 1979 September-November
- Folder 4: Granby Mall Action Plans (Folder 1 of 2), 1978-1979
- Includes correspondence, Preliminary Report and Analysis of Granby Mall Survey, The Revitalization of Granby Mall Phase One Final Report, and Granby Mall Action Plan.
- Folder 5: Granby Mall Action Plans (Folder 2 of 2), 1980-1984
- Includes Shoppers' Survey on Granby Mall, Granby Mall Action Plan, A Study of the Feasibility of Granby Mall As A Residential Neighborhood, Granby Mall: Concept and Action, and Granby Mall: Assessment of the Downtown Norfolk Development Corporation.
- Folder 6: Granby Mall Renovation, 1984
- Newspaper clipping.
- Folder 7: Norfolk Gardens, 1972, 1974
- Includes newspaper clippings and Retail Potentials of Norfolk Gardens.
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Parking in Downtown Norfolk, 1976 May 28
- Downtown Norfolk Parking, Norfolk City Planning Commission.
- Folder 2: Freemason Harbour - Harbour Square Development, 1978 August
- Master Development Plan for the Downtown West Waterfront.
- Folder 3: Market Plaza Report, 1979 June 8
- Draft Report on the Market Plaza.
- Folder 4: Norfolk Waterfront Development, 1980
- Includes Feasibility of A Specialty/Eating/Food Marketplace on Norfolk's Waterfront (Phase I and II) and Market Analysis Special Activity Center Downtown Norfolk.
- Folder 5: Transportation for Downtown Norfolk, 1980-1982
- Includes Norfolk Downtown People Mover System: Economic and Transportation Feasibility Study and Downtown Norfolk Transit Study: Short Term Service Recommendations.
- Folder 6: Development of Nauticus, 1999, undated
- Includes booklets and correspondence.
- Folder 7: Historic District Development, 1980 January
- Downtown Norfolk Historic District.
- Folder 8: Downtown Norfolk Plan and Review, 1975, 1977
- Includes Downtown Norfolk Plan and Review and Downtown Norfolk: A Status Report on Current Planning.
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Norfolk Review, 1980 June 1
- Final Report.
- Folder 2: Downtown Norfolk Development Plan, 1981 June
- Downtown Norfolk: A General Development Plan for Downtown Norfolk, Department of City Planning, Downtown Plan Study Team.
- Folder 3: Publications and Promotional Material for the Downtown Norfolk Development Committee, circa 1965-1996
- Includes First Views: A Tidewater Community College Campus in Downtown Norfolk, The Downtown Norfolk Improvement Plan, The Heart of a Resurging City, and Downtown Norfolk's Commercial Conservation Loan Program.
- Folder 4: Promotional Maps of Downtown Norfolk, 1990-2010
- Folder 5: Event Programs, 1972, 1999
- Includes booklets of Chrysler Hall Opening Night and 1999 Annual Meeting and Report: Downtown Norfolk Council.
- Folder 6: Magazines Related to Downtown Norfolk, 1965-2000
- Includes A Plan for Downtown Norfolk 2000, Welcome to the New Norfolk, New Norfolk (November 1965), Norfolk Story (1983), Surroundings - A Guide to Living in Norfolk (1983), and 1940-1990: Reflections on the Past - Visions of the Future.
- Folder 7: Photographs of the Construction of Rice's Department Store, circa 1971
- Folder 8: Photographs of Rice's Department Store and Granby Street, circa 1905-1972
- Includes photographs of Seymour Phillips, Sam Stern, Maurice W. Nordlinger, and Irwin G. Rice. Two oversized photographs of Rice's Department Store and one print of Casey Holtzinger's artistic rendition of Granby Street in 1900 are located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 1.
- Folder 9: Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera About Rice's Department Store, 1949-1974, undated
- Includes contents from a scrapbook compiled by Rosenbach about his time as an executive at Rice's Department Store.
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