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Spring 2014

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STEPHEN LOVEKIN/GETTY IMAGES BRAD BARKET both predecessor unions threw open the doors to new spaces to accommodate administrative duties and member service. On June 21, 1937, Screen Actors Guild opened its first office outside of Hollywood in a grand 32-story high-rise located at 11 W. 42nd St. e concrete-and-steel structure with its brick façade was originally known as Salmon Tower, for its owner, Walter Salmon. AFRA — before it acquired the "T" for television — followed about two months later, serving members from the Actors' Equity building at 45 W. 47th St. A few months aer that, Broadcasting magazine announced, "e AFRA, which now reports a membership of between 3,000 and 4,000, 'with applications coming in at a great rate,' is planning to leave the Actors' Equity building in which it has been making its headquarters and move into its own offices at 2 W. 45th St., New York, about Oct. 15." Now that the unions — and offices — have been officially merged, the resources are at hand to serve a growing union. And the new office should be more than up to the task. "We have more member space now than we've ever had — even at both locations," said Simmons. Visit sagaftra.org/ny for more. The boardroom has the latest in videoconferencing equipment and seating for 44 at the table. BRAD BARKET

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