From our friends in NYU’s Art History Department:
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Progressive-Era Public Schools of Charles B. J. Snyder
Jean Arrington, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 pm
New York University Department of Art History
Silver Center, Room 301
100 Washington Square East (entrance on Waverly Place)
This talk examines one of the major contributors to the New York City public-school system, Charles B. J. Snyder. As architect for the Board of Education, Snyder revolutionized the city’s schools during his thirty-year career, which coincided with the span of the Progressive Era. He used innovative construction techniques for health and safety. By providing amenities such as gymnasiums, auditoriums, and science laboratories, he transformed the simple 19th-century
Sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians, New York Metropolitan Chapter and the New York University Department of Art History, Urban Design and Architecture Studies
Link to flyer for event: https://nyu.box.com/s/
–Free and open to the public–