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1896-1904: 57 West 57th St. 1905: the main school was still at 57 West 57th; there were also studios maintained at 76 West 55th and in Brooklyn at 49 Court St. 1906: 2237-2239 Broadway, corner of 80th Street. 1909: 2237 Broadway. (At some point in the teens, the address became 2239 Broadway.) […]
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Van Day Truex was a Parsons Alum, and later became the Professor of Interior Design. He was on the administration at Parsons for over thirty years. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Van Day Truex, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" Even if you were Van Day Truex, the year was 1952 and you had just resigned as president of the Parsons School of Design to take a shot at a private life, you will still be stunned by the enormity of such carte blanche. Imagine its happening twice in a lifetime. "
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David C. Levy worked at the Parsons School of Design as an administrator from 1961-1991. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of David C. Levy, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" "We have an opportunity to do something here that was done only once before- at the Bauhaus," said David C. Levy, executive dean of the Parsons School of Design. Recalling the esthetic collaboration of the famous Weimar School of art and architecture, David Levy said the goal of the new Design Resource Center at Parsons is to provide a meeting ground for young talent and mass-market manufacturers. "
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Benedict Fernandez taught in the New School’s photography department in the 1960’s. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Benedict Fernandez, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" Benedict J Fernandez's "In Opposition: Images of American Dissent in the Sixties" is a kind of pictorial primer of protest, both for and against whatever the cause-Vietnam, fair housing, white or black power , student sit ins. "
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Allan Kaprow was an American painter who taught at the New School during the 1970’s. You can read about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Allan Kaprow, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Stanley Barrows was a longtime, influential interior design professor at Parsons for many years. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Stanley Barrows, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Jean McClintock Gardner is a longtime Parsons urban environment faculty member. You can read more about her here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Jean McClintock Gardner, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.