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LOCATION
Address: Orinoco Drive & Manor Lane
City: Bayshore
State: New York
Zip Code: 11706
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Manufacturing
Status: Built; Demolished

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Date(s): 1951-1952
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Client: Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation
Architect: Andrew Geller (1924-2011)
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Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation

The project scope is to design a manufacturing facility for the Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation. The project is planned and designed by the Raymond Loewy Corporation.
The project is built on the site of the former Frank Riggio cigarette company which was purchased by Fairchild in April 1951. The building primarily houses the company's Stratos Division, producing specialized aviation and aircraft accessory components.
Geller works on the project while at the Raymond Loewy Corporation.
In December, 1952 the project is photographed by Gottscho-Schleisner.