From Factories to Palaces : : Architect Charles B. J. Snyder and the New York City Public Schools /

From Factories to Palaces : : Architect Charles B. J. Snyder and the New York City Public Schools / / Jean Arrington; ed. by Cynthia Skeffington LaValle.

How a prolific yet little-known architect changed the face of education in New York CityAs Superintendent of School Buildings from 1891 to 1922, architect Charles B.J. Snyder elevated the standards of school architecture. Unprecedented immigration and progressive-era changes in educational philosoph...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Architecture and Design 2022
VerfasserIn:
Arrington, Jean,
MitwirkendeR:
Breen, Peg,
HerausgeberIn:
Skeffington LaValle, Cynthia,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 110 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • IN MEMORIAM
  • FIGURES
  • INTRODUCTION Hidden in Plain Sight
  • Chapter 1 The Making of an Architect 1860–1945
  • Chapter 2 Auspicious Times for Snyder’s Public-School Mandate
  • Chapter 3 The Creative Decade 1891–1900 Making Revolutionary Change
  • Chapter 4 The Prolific Decade 1901–1910 Building a World-Class Public-School System
  • Chapter 5 The Standardizing Decade 1911–1922 A Dimming of the Glory
  • Epilogue Retirement and Successors
  • LISTS OF SNYDER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  • GLOSSARY
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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