P.S. 135 (Public School 135),[2][3] also known as P.S. 35 (Public School 35),[4] is a historic school building located at 931 First Avenue at East 51st Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1892[2] on the site of "Mount Pleasant", the estate of James Beekman.[5] The school was designed by George W. Debevoise in the Romanesque revival style.,[2] and has been at various times a community center, a homeless shelter and a nursery school, as well as the United Nations International School.[5][6] There was an addition made to the building in 1904.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. A condominium tower was built inside the facade of the building in 2000.[7][8]
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References
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7. p.345
- ^ "The 1893 Public School 135 -- No. 193 1st Avenue " on the Daytonian in Manhattan website
- ^ Morgansen, Thomas G. "P.S. 135, Nee 35" (letter to the editor) New York Times (September 6, 1987)
- ^ a b "Exploring Turtle Bay" on the Turtle Bay Association website
- ^ "Mayor Offers U.N. East Side Building For Use as School" New York Times (December 15, 1967)
- ^ New York City Geographic Information System map
- ^ "Building facades saved from the wrecking ball" Ephemeral New York (November 25, 2009)
External links
Media related to P.S. 135 at Wikimedia Commons
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