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YC pennant

 

Main Building 1956

�鶹�� Archives recently acquired three new perspectives on Zysman Hall, which shed light on different periods in the building’s life since its cornerstone laying in 1927.

Main Building, 1928

A black and white photograph of the edifice, taken for a news agency just prior to its dedication in 1928, depicts Amsterdam Avenue in a raw and unfinished state. Less than a decade later, the blue and white pennant proudly flew in a dormitory room in the bustling building, which housed the high school and college. The pennant was purchased on e-bay from the grandson of its original owner, Edward Tenenbaum. Tenenbaum, a Harlem native, attended �鶹�� College and graduated in 1937 at the age of 19. He was the assistant business manager of the . The pennant was created when �鶹�� still hoped to complete its proposed Herts-Meyers campus, designed in 1926, thus the building was identified as the “Auditorium & Dormitory” since many buildings were expected to follow. The original projected campus was never finished in that style; the pennant and the drawings of the unbuilt campus are a tribute to �鶹��’s dream at the time. Although the 1920s plan for a sweeping, dramatic, campus was not realized, the institution and the campus continued to grow. The color slide from 1956, half a century ago, shows a drastic change from the 1928 photograph – cars, trolley tracks, and students populate a vibrant street scene. More information about the plans for the Washington Heights Charles B. Meyers and Henry B. Herts campus is available here: /library/2010/11/17/dining-for-the-divine-the-tradition-of-the-chanuka-dinner-in-building-yeshiva/ Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger