Manager's Office for Parking Authority, New Haven, CT, 1961 Project Not Built

“Rudolph’s unbuilt project for the nearby Manager’s Office for the Parking Authority (1961) was a turreted, miniature folly in concrete, which demonstrated how even a building with the most mundane function could be as memorable as the traditional European gatehouse and bell-towers he so admired.”
Rohan, Timothy, M, Dean Sakamoto, and Robert A. M. Stern. Model City: Buildings and Projects by Paul Rudolph for Yale and New Haven. New Haven: Yale University School of Architecture, 2008. P. [9].

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On New York City, 1959
“We need sequences of space which arouse one’s curiosity, give a sense of anticipation, which beckon and impel us to rush forward and find that releasing space which dominates, which climaxes and acts as a magnet and gives direction. This is well illustrated by the Fifth Avenue entrance to Rockefeller Plaza, where one strides forward in anticipation of seeing the sunken court and its activities. Most important of all we need those outer spaces which encourage social contact, again well illustrated by Rockefeller Plaza, the best outdoor living room in America.” Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997. "The Changing Face of New York." American Institute of Architects. Journal 131 (April 1959): 39.

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Manager's Office for Parking Authority, New Haven, CT, 1961 Project Not Built

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