Highlights from the UNA's 110-year history (11/07/04)

Highlights from the UNA's 110-year history

A special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association.

At the 28th Convention of the Ukrainian National Association, Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer reported on the UNA's new headquarters building in Jersey City, N.J.

"Our new 15-story office building owned by our subsidiary, the Ukrainian National Urban Renewal Corp., and located in Jersey City in the riverfront

Exchange Place area at Montgomery and Greene streets and Railroad Avenue, was substantially completed in December 1973. The full air-conditioned structure serviced by six high-speed elevators is considered to be one of the best built and most attractive office buildings in northern New Jersey," reported Mr. Lesawyer.

The building contained a total of 362,000 square feet of space. The UNA occupied the building's third floor as of December 29, 1973. Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, along with their administration and print shop were to move in during the summer of 1974, occupying the second floor and parts of the mezzanine and first floor.

The UNA president reported that "the critical problem that faces us is the unrented space, which represents well over a million dollars annually in lost gross income." He noted that the UNA was advertising in major newspapers, including The New York Times, as well as working with real estate brokers, adding that tentative deals for renting space were in the works. He expressed optimism "that progress in renting will be made this year and that we should be in reasonably good shape by the end of 1975."

Source: Report of Supreme President Joseph Lesawyer, "Minutes of the 28th Regular Convention of the Ukrainian National Association" (1974). The border used for this special feature is reproduced from a UNA membership certificate dated 1942.

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