Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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1 Early in 1920 Dr. Albert I.. Colston and several teachers at Manual T ' ' . raining High School began an experiment in edueationg one that became so Huddgn popular, a new teehnieal high school became Snngw C' 1 necessary. After requisitioning P5200,000 worth of teehnieal equipment for the course, Dr. Colston and the BVN . 4. H . . oaicl ol I,ClllL.iUOI'l realized that there was not enough floor space in M anual to house the ma- chinery. A new location would have to be found. In an old factory building, which XV'lS taken o . .. . vel in january 1922, the equipment lor the new high school began to arrive. Slowly. Brooklyn Tech- nical High School began to take shape. liach story was a huge, bare loft. 100 by 200 leet. with only chalk rectangles drawn on the floor to indicate 'l ' ' ' XX ICIL Ptllfllltlllh YVCYC' to be placed later. XVithin these chalk line enclo sures. the machinery was set up, and in September 1922 tl 1 1.1 Flatbush Avenue Extension were opened lor H len W. C0681 the lirst time, introducing to the city ol' New York e chnical High School. IC doors ol' the Brooklyn 'lie The l'all term ol' 1922 was a hectic one. lfre- quently, classes were interrupted as a pneumatic drill J' ' t ' ' ' team brought its equipment into ll classroom and began cutting a hole through the floor to the room below. At one time, before permanent light- ' eny tiunderstorm had black- ened the sky leaving cl ing was installed, a h 2 ' ' 1 assrooms darkg that day school was dismissed for lack ol' illumination. From the very beginning the school ran with capacity enrollment. with 2000 students filling its classrooms. ii Philip J. Marti' s Mun Dr. Albert L. Colsion we'