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N. Lester Troast
N. Lester Troast (1899–1958) was an American architect from Sitka, AK, Sitka and Juneau, AK, Juneau, Alaska, who was one of the first professional architects to practice in Alaska. Life and career Troast began his career in the 1920s, as a teacher at Sitka's Sheldon Jackson School. Circa 1930, he left the school and established an architect's office in Sitka. At that time, he was noted as Alaska's only professional architect.''Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner'' 28 July 1930: 8. Later that year he moved his office to Juneau, the largest city in the then-territory. He quickly associated with William A. Manley, who would become a partner in N. Lester Troast & Associates in 1935. Manley was sent to Anchorage, AK, Anchorage in late 1937 to open an office for the firm in that city. Troast moved to New Jersey, and Manley opened his own Anchorage office in 1941. In New Jersey, Troast lived in Clifton, NJ, Clifton, and was associated with the family firm, the Mahoney-Troast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Criss-crossed by several major highways, the city is a regional commercial hub for North Jersey and is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area.Levin, Jay"Living in Clifton, N.J.: Where a Lot of Little Worlds Commingle", ''The New York Times'', March 14, 2018. Accessed May 24, 2023. "There are multiple ways to commute to their jobs in Manhattan, some 15 miles away.... Buses provide Clifton transit commuters the most direct way to Manhattan: From Route 3, it is a straight shot to the Lincoln Tunnel." As of the 2020 United States Census, the city retained its position as the state's 11th-most-populous municipality, just behind tenth-ranked Trenton, and well ahead of Cherry Hill in twelfth place, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
