Albert Monroe Greenfield | |
---|---|
Born | Avrum Moishe Grunfeld August 4, 1887 |
Died | January 5, 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 79)
Occupation(s) | Real estate broker and developer, banker, investor, board director, trustee, philanthropist |
Official name | Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967) |
Type | City |
Criteria | Jewish birth, Business and Industry, Government and Politics 20th Century, Religion |
Designated | April 21, 2016 |
Location | 1315 Walnut St., Philadelphia 39°56′58″N 75°09′47″W / 39.94931°N 75.16294°W |
Albert Monroe Greenfield (August 4, 1887 – January 5, 1967)[1] was a real estate broker and developer who built his company into a vast East Coast network of department stores, banks, finance companies, hotels, newspapers, transportation companies, and the Loft Candy Corporation. His high-rise office buildings and hotels were instrumental in changing the face of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his base of operations. He formed business relationships across religious, ethnic and social lines and played a major role in reforming politics in Philadelphia as well as at the national level.[2]