L.K. Comstock & Company, Inc.
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| 1931 - Comstock wins the bid to wire The Empire State Building, a huge job with a short construction time. This project offers L.K. Comstock a "crowning jewel" to his career in New York City construction. Twenty years later, Comstock also performs massive electrical upgrades to the building. |
Comstock's electrical crew, headed by Charles L. Scharfe Sr., on the Empire State Building, 1931. |
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| 1930s - Comstock performs all the electrical contracting work on the first of three New York City urban housing developments, all financed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The Parkchester project is built to house over 40,000 people in 51 individual but interrelated apartment buildings, ranging from 7 to 13 stories, containing over 12,000 apartment units of 2 to 3 rooms. The development features a centralized shopping center and heating plant, several car garages and a movie theater. When completed, Parkchester is the world's largest housing complex of its kind. |
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| Late 1930s through the late 1950s - Comstock wins a series of contracts with the Transportation Authority through joint ventures with other companies. Comstock builds a key area of expertise: mass transportation. |
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