P.S. 135 (The Beekman Regent)
351 East 51st Street | also 931 1st Avenue | Turtle Bay | built 2000
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- 1892
P.S. 135 opens on the site of a Beekman family estate
Architect George W. Debevoise designed the Romanesque Revival school building at 931 First Avenue and East 51st Street, completed in 1892 on land that had once been part of James Beekman's Mount Pleasant estate. An addition followed in 1904.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1980
The former school is added to the National Register of Historic Places
The disused P.S. 135 building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 1980, recognizing its Romanesque Revival design after the building had already served as a community center, homeless shelter, and nursery school.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2000
Developers wrap a condo tower around the old school's facade
Architect Costas Kondylis built The Beekman Regent, a new condominium tower, inside the preserved brick walls of the 1892 schoolhouse in 2000, keeping its Romanesque Revival exterior while replacing everything behind it.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- P.S. 135Wikipedia
- Building facades spared from the wrecking ballEphemeral New York
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