Leonard Covello and Benjamin Franklin High School campaign for adequate housing in East Harlem, 1938-1946
Permanent ID:
9371
Date:
1933 – 1965
Image Description:
Photographs depict housing campaigns in East Harlem led by Covello and Benjamin Franklin High School as part of Covello's efforts to make Franklin a leading example of a community centered school. Events depicted include a parade and a guest lecture on housing by an architect to students. There are also photographs of a structure condemned to make way for a housing project, a building used as an example of adequate housing, and an area cleared for construction of housing.
Format:
Photographs