PS 6 (Lillie D. Blake School)

45 East 81st Street | also 1075 Madison Avenue | Upper East Side | built 1952

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Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1. 1894

   PS 6 opens as a school named for reformer Lillie D. Blake, with her daughter Katherine as first principal

   PS 6 was founded in 1894, at a site three blocks north of the present building, at Madison Avenue and 85th Street. It was named for the feminist author and reformer Lillie D. Blake, and her daughter Katherine Blake served as principal for 34 years. In 1897 Katherine organized New York City's first evening high school for women.

   Source: ps6nyc.com

2. 1953

   The red-brick PS 6 building on Madison Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets goes up

   The current red-brick school stands on Madison Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets, and the school's own history page says it was constructed in 1953. The school's first home was three blocks to the north, so this building is a later one.

   Source: ps6nyc.com

3. 1978

   Filmmakers use PS 6 as a Manhattan location for Kramer vs. Kramer

   Production notes for Kramer vs. Kramer list P.S. 6 on the Upper East Side among the film's Manhattan locations. Principal photography began in New York on September 6, 1978 and finished in mid-December 1978. Other locations included the National Arts Club, Lenox Hill Hospital and the restaurant J.G. Melon.

   Source: catalog.afi.com

4. 1991

   Carmen Fariña becomes principal of PS 6 and replaces 80 percent of the staff

   Carmen Fariña served as principal from 1991 to 2001 and replaced 80 percent of the staff. The school climbed from 76th to fourth in the citywide reading-test rankings between 1988 and 1997. PS 6 also served as a model site for prospective principals, drawing more than 500 visitors a year. In 2001 she left to serve as community superintendent of Brooklyn's District 15, to which she had been elected.

   Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

• PS 6Wikipedia

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