High School of Economics and Finance

100 Trinity Place | also 96 Trinity Place | Financial District | built 1958

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1993

    Leadership and Public Service High School shares three floors at 100 Trinity Place for its first year

    When the Board of Education leased 90 Trinity Place from NYU for the new Leadership and Public Service High School, that building was not ready. During the 1993-94 school year Leadership squeezed into three floors of the next-door school at 100 Trinity Place, the High School of Economics and Finance, until renovations next door were done.

    “…share 3 floors next door with its neighbors, the High School of Economics and Finance (100 Trinity Place), during the 1993–94 school year…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1993

    The building at 100 Trinity Place, once NYU's graduate business school, becomes a public high school

    The building at 100 Trinity Place housed New York University's graduate business school before the High School of Economics and Finance opened there in 1993. The new public school teaches corporate business and finance, and offers college-level accounting classes to all of its students.

    “The building was formerly the home of New York University's graduate business school.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1993

    The city and Citigroup found the High School of Economics and Finance

    The New York City Department of Education teams up with Citigroup to found the High School of Economics and Finance in a Financial District building that once housed New York University's graduate business school. The curriculum centers on corporate business and finance, and the school offers college-level accounting classes to every student. It later builds internship ties with other firms, including Deutsche Bank.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2001

    September 11

    Economics and Finance and its neighbor school evacuate after the second plane hits the World Trade Center

    On September 11, 2001, the High School of Economics and Finance stood beside Leadership and Public Service High School, about one block from the World Trade Center site. Staff and students of both schools had to evacuate after the second plane struck. In the aftermath, Leadership's building next door was later turned into one of the morgue sites.

    “…along with its neighbor school (Economics and Finance) found it necessary to evacuate after the second plane hit…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2001

    September 11

    After the September 11 attacks, the school shares space with Norman Thomas High School

    The High School of Economics and Finance stands one block from the World Trade Center, the closest high school in New York City to the site. Its students are deeply affected by the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the aftermath, the school shares facilities with Norman Thomas High School in Murray Hill.

    Source: Wikipedia

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