Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Union Building

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America Union Building

The building referred to by Neutra as the “new labor temple” included an auditorium for 600 persons. It had Neutra-designed furniture throughout, including ash magazine benches of 1″ x 1″ slats supported by aluminum bars, and a mural designed by Roberto Burle Marx (for which he was paid $250 according to office files). As with many of his commercial structures, the exterior facade included vertical aluminum louvers; the project files contain a magazine article with similar louvers proposed by architect Paul Lazlo.