Confucius Plaza and P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
37 Bowery | also 39 Bowery, 43 Bowery, 41 Bowery | Chinatown | built 1978
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- 1854
The school here is named for Yung Wing, who in 1854 becomes the first Chinese graduate of an American university
P.S. 124, at 40 Division Street, is named for Yung Wing (1828-1912). Yale College, an American university, graduated him in 1854, making him the first Chinese student to do so. Later he brought Chinese students to the United States through the Chinese Educational Mission. Although he became a naturalized American citizen, the Chinese Exclusion Act later led to his status being revoked.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1974
Protesters halt work at Confucius Plaza over the hiring of Asian construction workers
On May 16, 1974, about 250 activists from Asian Americans for Equal Employment walked onto the Confucius Plaza construction site and forced a work stoppage. They charged that the contractor, the DeMatteis Corporation, refused to hire Asian workers on the Chinatown apartment complex. The New York Times called such a public protest something new to Chinatown. Several weeks later DeMatteis agreed to hire 27 minority workers, and the group that organized the action later became Asian Americans for Equality.
Source: Internet Archive
- 1975
Confucius Plaza opens as the first major publicly funded housing built for Chinese Americans
Confucius Plaza, a Mitchell-Lama cooperative designed by Horowitz & Chun, opened in December 1975. Its 44-story brown brick tower holds 762 apartments and cost $38.4 million. Wikipedia calls it the first major publicly funded housing project built almost exclusively for Chinese Americans. Below the apartments are shops, community space, a daycare center and the Yung Wing public school, P.S. 124.
Source: Wikipedia
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