Albert M. Greenfield

Albert Monroe Greenfield
Born
Avrum Moishe Grunfeld

August 4, 1887
DiedJanuary 5, 1967(1967-01-05) (aged 79)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)Real estate broker and developer, banker, investor, board director, trustee, philanthropist
Official nameAlbert M. Greenfield (1887-1967)
TypeCity
CriteriaJewish birth, Business and Industry, Government and Politics 20th Century, Religion
DesignatedApril 21, 2016
Location1315 Walnut St., Philadelphia
39°56′58″N 75°09′47″W / 39.94931°N 75.16294°W / 39.94931; -75.16294

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]

  1. ^ "Albert M. Greenfield, Financier, Is Dead at 79". Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. January 5, 1967.
  2. ^ Dan Rottenberg, The Outsider, p. xi-xiii.