1938 WPA Murals, Flushing High School, Flushing,Queens. New York, New York

These life-size murals funded by WPA Federal Art Project.

lobby view

Matinecock Indians, English settlers landing 1645.  Vissingen (Flushing) purchased for one axe per 50 acres.  john Bowne under arrest for hiding Quakers, who signed Flushing Remonstrance.

George Fox, founder of Society of Friends.  Bowne House to the right.  Bowne's father killing an attacking bear. 

lobby view

Quaker Mtg House (1634), British soldiers leaving in 1783.  George Washington and Mr. Prince watch nursery planting.

Flushing center of abolitionist movement.  St. George's Church (1854) depicted.  LIRR in background (1854).  Subway on extreme right.

CREC Academy of Aerospace & Engineering, Windsor,Connecticut

The Capitol Region Education Council magnet school was voted best high school in Connecticut by U.S. News & World Report's latest "Best High Schools" edition. Architects: Friar Associates, Farmington, CT.

Strivers' Row, 139th St. (North side), Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York

Developer David H. King hired 3 architectural firms to design middle class "striver" housing on 138th and 139th Streets, between Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.  Construction was 1891-1893. King had built the 1889 New York Times Bldg. and the base of the Statue of Liberty.  The dark brick, brownstone and terra cotta buildings on the north (odd-numbered) side of 139th Street and at 2380 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard were designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style by Stanford White of the firm McKim, Mead & White.  Instead of high stoops, White chose street level entry.

CCNY Shepherd's Hall

Arcaded loggia at center of symmetrical row

Strivers' Row, 139th St. (South side), Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York

Developer David H. King hired 3 architectural firms to design middle class "striver" housing on 138th and 139th Streets, between Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.  Construction was 1891-1893. King had built the 1889 New York Times Bldg. and the base of the Statue of Liberty.  The yellow brick and white limestone with terra cotta trim buildings on the south (even-numbered) side of 139th Street and at 2360-2378 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard were designed in the Colonial Revival style by Bruce Price and Clarence S. Luce.

Strivers' Row, 138th St. (North side), Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York

Developer David H. King hired 3 architectural firms to design middle class "striver" housing on 138th and 139th Streets, between Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.  Construction was 1891-1893. King had built the 1889 New York Times Bldg. and the bae of the Statue of Liberty.  The yellow brick and white limestone with terra cotta trim buildings on the north (odd-numbered) side of 138th Street and at 2360-2378 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard were designed in the Colonial Revival style by Bruce Price and Clarence S. Luce.

"walk your horses"

Strivers' Row, 138th St. (South side), Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York

Developer David H. King hired 3 architectural firms to design middle class "striver" housing on 138th and 139th Streets, between Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd.  Construction was 1891-1893. King had built the 1889 New York Times Bldg. and the base of the Statue of Liberty.  The red brick and brownstone buildings on the south (even-numbered) side of West 138th Street and at 2350-2354 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard were designed by James Brown Lord in the Georgian Revival style.

134th St., Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York

Across from the St. Philip's Episcopal Church on 134th St., between Frederick Douglass Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. are some nice architectural details, including lions.