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1972 2002
A: IS 183-Paul Robeson School
339 Morris Avenue, Bronx
Freestanding sculptures (intact but painted over), 1972
Architect: Richard Stein

Photos: Left, courtesy Ruth Nivola; right, Sean Hemmerle
1964 2002
B: Stephen Wise Towers Recreation Area
West 90th-91st Streets between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues, Manhattan
Graffito entrance mural (intact), 18 cast-concrete horse sculptures (damaged and misaligned), freestanding sculpture (painted over and vandalized), sculptural fountain (non-functional), 1964
Architects: Richard Stein and Costantino Nivola

Photos: Left, courtesy Carl Stein; right, Sean Hemmerle
1963 2002
C: PS 17-Henry David Thoreau School
28-37 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens
Freestanding graffito wall murals (only remaining mural is damaged and painted over), 1963
Architect: Richard Stein

Photos: Left, Richard Stein, courtesy Ruth Nivola; right, Sean Hemmerle
1957 2002
D: IS 33-Mark Hopkins School
70 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn
Cast-relief panels (intact), 1957
Architect: Frederick G. Frost Jr.

Photos: Left, courtesy Ruth Nivola; right, Sean Hemmerle
E: Olivetti Showroom
584 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan (building destroyed)
Cast-relief wall sculpture (relocated in 1973 to Harvard University), 1953
Architects: BBPR Milan

F: Children's Psychiatric Hospital
1000 Waters Place, Bronx
Cast-relief wall panel (intact), graffito mural (intact but painted over), cast-concrete animal sculptures (removed), 1968
Architect: Max Urbahn

G: New Family Criminal Court Building
900 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx
Two freestanding sculptures (intact), 1975
Architects: Harrison and Abramowitz

H: JHS 13-Jackie Robinson Complex
1573 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
Cast-relief panels (intact), 1958
Architect: Frederick G. Frost Jr.

I: 1025 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
Eight panels of cast-relief sculpture in lobby (intact), 1955
Architects: Raymond Loewy Associates

J: Fire Department Engine Company No. 39
153-157 East 67th Street, Manhattan
Small freestanding cast-bronze sculptures (intact), 1984
Architects: Stein Partnership

K: PS 46-Edward C. Blum School
100 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn
Graffito mural (painted over), bas-relief wall (intact), freestanding sculptures (removed), 1958
Architects: Katz, Waisman, Blumenkranz, Stein and Weber

L: JHS 113-Ronald Edmonds
300 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn
Cast-relief panels (intact but painted over), 1961
Architect: Attributed to Frederick G. Frost Jr.

M: PS 320-Jackie Robinson School
46 McKeever Place, Brooklyn
Freestanding sculpture (removed), 1967
Architects: Raymond & Rado Architects

N: PS 345-Patrolman Robert Bolden School
111 Berriman Street, Brooklyn
Relief (intact), 1966
Architect: Percival Goodman

O: William E. Grady High School
25 Brighton Fourth Road, Brooklyn
Bas-relief panel (intact), 1956
Architects: Katz, Waisman, Blumenkranz, Stein & Weber

P: PS 140-Beach Channel High School
100-00 Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Park, Queens
Three freestanding sculptures (intact), 1974
Architects: Rudolf, Rusell & Flourey

Q: PS 55-Henry M. Boehm School
54 Osborne Street, Staten Island
Freestanding playground sculptures (removed), 1967
Architect: Richard Stein


 

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