Abraham H. Salkowitz (known professionally as A.H. Salkowitz) was an American architect, best known for his work throughout the New York metropolitan area – specifically in QueensinNew York City, and in Nassau and Suffolk CountiesonLong Island. He is credited as being one of the key architectural figures in the suburbanization of Long Island.[1]
Abraham Harold Salkowitz was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 17, 1908.[1] He attended the Hebrew Technical Institute and the New York Building School, as well as City College of New York.[2] Salkowitz also studied architecture at New York University, but he dropped out of the school before finishing his degree.[1] He soon thereafter began working for a Queens architect, Joseph Unger, before opening his practice in 1936.[1][3][4]
Salkowitz primarily worked on residential architectural projects in Queens up until about 1950. It was about this time when he began also designing commercial buildings, shopping centers, and synagogues – and expanding into Nassau and Suffolk Counties.[1]
In the early 1950s, Salkowitz designed the houses for the 150-home Westwood at Roslyn development in East Hills, New York, located on land previously occupied by the Schumaker Farm; he would eventually move into one of those homes: 151 Westwood Circle.[5][6] In 1952, he designed 515 homes for the 120-acre (49 ha) Southwood-at-Syosset housing development, off South Oyster Bay RoadinSyosset, New York.[7]
In the mid-1950s Salkowitz designed the houses in the Cherrywood Homes development in Manhasset Hills, New York.[10] This development was built on a 24-acre (9.7 ha) tract by Barney and Martin Spiegel, consisting of 88 split-level houses, and was constructed on one of the last remaining major, undeveloped tracts of land available in Manhasset Hills.[10]
Salkowitz was Jewish and was a member of Temple Beth Sholom in East Hills, New York, which he designed.[1] He was married to his wife, Fae, who predeceased him. They had four children and several grandchildren.[15] For many years, they lived at 151 Westwood Circle in East Hills – a home which he designed as part of the Westwood at Roslyn development.[3]
^"HOUSES AT $9,990 OPENED IN SYOSSET: Warfield and Tarlofsky Using New Materials and Methods in 515-Family Project HOUSES AT $9,990 OPENED IN SYOSSET". The New York Times. July 6, 1952. pp. W1 – via ProQuest.
^ ab"BIG NASSAU STORE FOR NAMM-LOESER: Lease Taken for 42 Years at 20-Acre Shopping Center in Lake Success Area NEAR THE SPERRY PLANT Peck and Shactman Sponsoring Union Turnpike Project -Parking for 1,500 Cars". The New York Times. December 27, 1953. pp. R1 – via ProQuest.