I recently had the pleasure of visiting a fifth-grade class at the Bloomingdale School (P.S. 145) on West 105th Street in Manhattan and talking to the students about what it's like to be a "real life architect." The students participate...
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Exploring Prospect Park South
October 6th, 2011 by Valerie LandriscinaProspect Park South was designated an Historic District in 1979. Last Sunday a group of my Rand coworkers and I met at Church Avenue in Brooklyn for a walking tour of the Prospect Park South Historic District. It was the...
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