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[[William Zeckendorf]] joined the firm in 1938 and acquired it in 1949.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,934084-1,00.html | title=Mr. Knickerbocker's Face Lifting | publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=October 14, 1946}}{{subscription required}}</ref> | [[William Zeckendorf]] joined the firm in 1938 and acquired it in 1949.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,934084-1,00.html | title=Mr. Knickerbocker's Face Lifting | publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=October 14, 1946}}{{subscription required}}</ref> | ||
In the | In the 1965,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=The Zeckendorfs {{!}} Real estate families of New York |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/zeckendorf-real-estate-families-new-york |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en}}</ref> the company filed for [[bankruptcy]] protection and Roosevelt Airfield was sold to [[Corporate Property Investors]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/05/archives/long-island-weekly-roosevelt-field-a-shopping-giant-at-a-crossroads.html | title=Roosevelt Field: A Shopping Giant at a Crossroads | first=ISADORE | last=BARMASH | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 5, 1977}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/13/archives/liquidation-asked-for-webb-knapp-deficiency-found-at-webb-knapp.html | title=Liquidation Asked For Webb & Knapp | first=ROBERT E. | last=BEDINGFIELD | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 13, 1970}}</ref> The company at that time had total assets of about $21,500,00 and total liabilities of about $60 million, plus contingent tax liabilities of $29,400,000.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Supreme Court|first=United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EuBgDPkzJpAC&q=webb+and+knapp+bankrupt&pg=PA420|title=United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court|publisher=Banks & Bros., Law Publishers|year=1971|pages=419}}</ref> | ||
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Webb and Knapp was a real estate development firm.
The company is most famous for developing the Roosevelt Airfield, which was the launching site of the transatlantic flights of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. It was also the firm at which famed architect I. M. Pei first worked from 1948 to 1956.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
The company was founded in 1922 by Robert C. Knapp and W. Seward Webb.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
William Zeckendorf joined the firm in 1938 and acquired it in 1949.[1]
In the 1965,[2] the company filed for bankruptcy protection and Roosevelt Airfield was sold to Corporate Property Investors.[3][4] The company at that time had total assets of about $21,500,00 and total liabilities of about $60 million, plus contingent tax liabilities of $29,400,000.[5]