One week from today, join us for Jean Arrington's Wednesday, February 8 lecture on the legacy of architect Charles B.J. Snyder.  Education is at the foundation of LW's work, whether it's education through advocacy or through our award-winning Keeping the Past for the Future program.  So, what better way than to explore the work of the innovative architect -- C.B.J. Snyder -- who designed with the "next generation" and their welfare in mind!

 

Wadleigh Secondary School 215 West 114th Street

"A Revolution in Public-School Design:  

The Legacy of Charles B. J. Snyder"   

A Slide Lecture by Jean Arrington  

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 6 p.m.

Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street

$25, $15 for LW! members  

("Partners" members and above receive 2-for-1 admission!)
Click here to purchase tickets 

 

Visionary and innovative, the Progressive-Era architect Charles B.J. Snyder made more changes to New York City's schools during his 31-year career (1891-1922) as the Superintendent of School Buildings for the NYC Board of Education than have occurred in the subsequent 90 years.   

  

C.B.J. Snyder is most well known for his innovative "H-plan." In LANDMARK WEST!'s February 1994 newsletter, Dr. Amy S. Weisser, Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU, wrote that his architecture "aided [turn-of-the-century] social reformers in boosting the status of the public education system by replacing cramped, dark, unsanitary, fire-prone school houses with safe and secure buildings." 

 

Jean Arrington, C.B.J. Snyder scholar, will provide an overview of Snyder's life and architecture, focusing on his Upper West Side buildings.

 

Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling (212) 496-8110, emailing landmarkwest@landmarkwest.org or clicking here to RSVP online.  Space is limited.   

 

   

 

LANDMARK WEST! makes learning about architecture, neighborhood history and historic preservation come alive through Keeping the Past for the Future (KPF), our youth-education program. Using our ground-breaking student workbook, My Preservation Journal (on the right-hand side of this email's header), as well as lessons, walking tours, and workshops - free to NYC public schools - LW! is raising the next generation of preservationists and community advocates.     

      

Click here to flip through My Preservation Journal page-by-page!