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Entries from July 2007

The Ghost of New Rochelle High School

July 5th, 2007 · 22 Comments · Architecture, Diary

Referencing New Rochelle’s French heritage, New Rochelle High School was rendered in a French Gothic style infused with provincial chateau elements.
My first exposure to New Rochelle High School was a series of photographs in a 1932 article on school architecture written by James Betelle. While I had been pretty familiar with the traditional English [...]

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