Author and activist Eric K. Washington (far left), celebrates with New York City Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Council Member Eric Bottcher (far right) on a visit to former Colored School #4 in Chelsea on Tuesday, May 23, following its approval as an official city landmark. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Chelsea Bldg that Housed Last Segregated Elementary School Becomes a Landmark The last racially segregated school still standing, ‘Colored school No.4’ in Chelsea, finally reached landmark status and... News 26 May 2023 | 01:16
Two photos side-by-side, from 1940 and 2022, respectively, show the building on 17th Street which is Manhattan’s only known surviving example of a racially segregated school from the period between the Civil War through the post-Reconstruction era. Photo: Landmarks Preservation Commission. Chelsea building may win landmark status as last segregated school A building in Chelsea which was the last Manhattan school to be segregated may gain landmark status if local activists who... News 28 Apr 2023 | 08:57
