Cabin in the Sky

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HOME EXHIBIT PLANNEDDwelling Rises on Terrace in Rockefeller Center NEW YORK - On the second-floor terrace of the International Building at 51st Street near Fifth Avenue, a seven-room dwelling is under construction as the focal point in what is designed to be a home-building center and exhibit. It is being erected by the Rockefeller Home Center, successor to the Permanent Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Crafts (PEDAC). The dwelling is of modern design by Edward D. Stone and the exterior is of redwood. In the first floor is a "three-purpose" room with a glass-enclosed side opening onto a terrace. Construction of the exhibition house, which is sponsored by Collier's magazine, is under direction of Irons & Reynolds, contractors.- News item, May 16, 1940July 15, 1940. "Collier's House at PEDAC, New York City. Exterior from below. Dan Cooper, decorator Edward Durrell Stone, architect." Large-format acetate negative