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The ceiling is painted black, excepting the reflecting area in the center and around the walls which are white. To the level of the tops of the doors, the walls are painted in colors, one section being orange and the next yellow with blue next to that and so on. The floor is dark blue. […]
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When the New School for Social Research opened its building at 66 W. 12th St. in January 1931, the auditorium astonished people. Not only did it dominate the ground floor of the building — people almost walked directly into the auditorium when entering the building — the curvy, lush interior contrasted sharply with the cool, […]
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Although it is hard to tell from the contemporary perspective, for a long time the austere gray geometric lines of the facade of 66 West 12th Street hid behind them a much more eclectic masterpiece. In the interiors of the New School 1930 building, a late work of architect Joseph Urban, we could see a […]
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In 1919, the New School found its first home in Chelsea, around the corner from the offices of the New Republic, a convenience given that its editor Herbert Croly served as one of the main instigators of the school. Several converted townhouses on West 23rd Street, paid for by Dorothy Straight, hosted the school’s classrooms […]
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" It must be that the New School for Social Research was designed for the up-to-date woman. "
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When the Dramatic Workshop separated from the New School, one of its main gripes was the lack of space. The records from 1943 show 20 full time students. This grew to 50 students by 1944 and 310 in 1946. Then there were the evening students – 440 in 1944, which grew steadily to 1,070 by […]
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“What could have been my feeling when Orozco, the greatest mural painter of our time, proposed to contribute a mural. All I could say was, ‘God bless you. Paint me the picture. Paint as you must. I assure you freedom.’” - Alvin Johnson When the building at 66 W. 12th St. was in construction, in […]