Sol G. Atlas
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| Born | March 15, 1907 |
| Died | July 30, 1973 (age 66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Real estate developer |
| Spouse | Edythe Samuels |
| Children | Sandra Atlas Bass |
| Parent(s) | Fanny "Faigel" Anczkowski Atlas Abraham Atlas |
Sol Geoffrey Atlas (1907–1973) was an American real estate developer.
Atlas was the son of Fanny "Faigel" (née Anczkowski) and Abraham Atlas (formerly Atlasowicz).[1] He dropped out of high school and went to work with his father.[2] In 1959, he bid $671,000 for Ellis Island and proposed to turn it into a $55 million resort consisting of a 600‐room hotel, marina, music shell, tennis courts, swimming pools and skating rinks; the government turned down his bid.[3] He partnered with John P. McGrath on numerous projects in Manhattan including the 50-story 1 New York Plaza and the 40-story 2 New York Plaza near Battery Park.[1] He was responsible for the Miracle Mile center at Manhasset; the North Shore Center in Great Neck; the Cross County Shopping CenterinYonkers; the Essex Green Shopping Center in West Orange, New Jersey; and the Connecticut Post MallatMilford, Connecticut.[1][4][5] He also built 200 East End Avenue, which was the first air‐conditioned apartment building in the city.[1]
Atlas was a founder of the Inter Council of Shopping Centers; and was a lecturer at Yale University Law School and for the New York Board of Real Estate Appraisers.[1] In 1969, Yeshiva University named him "Man of the Year" and he received the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Founders Award.[1]
He was active in the United Jewish Appeal and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.[2]
In 1927,[2] he married Edythe Samuels; they had a daughter, Sandra Atlas Bass.[1] Atlas lived in Kings Point, New York.[1] He died of a stroke on July 30, 1973, at North Shore HospitalinManhasset, New York.[1] Services were held at Temple Beth-ElinGreat Neck.[6] His wife died in 1978.[7] His daughter is the owner of the Sol G. Atlas Realty Company and is a philanthropist.[8]
Edythe Atlas nee Samuels beloved wife of the late Sol G. cherished, adored, dearest mother of Sandy Atlas Bass, blessed grandmother of Bruce, Scott and Kathy Ornstein after a long illness. Services at Temple Beth‐El, Old Mill Rd. Great Neck
