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26-504: The historic school building was designed by Irwin T. Catharine and built in 1924–1925. It is a three-story, brick and limestone in the Late Gothic Revival -style. It features a projecting center two-story bay, projecting building ends with decorative brick panels, compound arched entrance, and a brick parapet . The roof of the school includes a garden that is used by the local community. The original Federal Street School

52-425: A museum . Streamline Moderne appeared most often in buildings related to transportation and movement, such as bus and train stations, airport terminals, roadside cafes, and port buildings. It had characteristics common with modern architecture , including a horizontal orientation, rounded corners, the use of glass brick walls or porthole windows, flat roofs, chrome-plated hardware, and horizontal grooves or lines in

78-562: A concept first conceived by industrial designers who stripped Art Deco design of its ornament in favor of the aerodynamic pure-line concept of motion and speed developed from scientific thinking. The cylindrical forms and long horizontal windowing in architecture may also have been influenced by constructivism , and by the New Objectivity artists, a movement connected to the German Werkbund . Examples of this style include

104-515: A series of terraces modelled after the decks of an ocean liner. The Flagey Building was built on the Place Flagey in Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium, in 1938, in the paquebot style, and has been nicknamed "Packet Boat" or "paquebot". It was designed by Joseph Diongre  [ fr ] , and selected as the winning design in an architectural competition to create a building to house

130-576: Is Hollywood, California 's Julian Medical Building , which has been described as a "landmark", "an architectural masterpiece", and "one of the crowning achievements of Streamline Moderne." The building's distinctive features include a rounded Moderne corner, windswept tower, and pylon-separated horizontally-reinforced windows. Although Streamline Moderne houses are less common than streamline commercial buildings, residences do exist. The Lydecker House in Los Angeles , built by Howard Lydecker ,

156-535: Is an example of Streamline Moderne design in residential architecture. In tract development, elements of the style were sometimes used as a variation in postwar row housing in San Francisco's Sunset District . In France, the style was called Paquebot , meaning ocean liner . The French version was inspired by the launch of the ocean liner Normandie in 1935, which featured an Art Deco dining room with columns of Lalique crystal. Buildings using variants of

182-524: The L'Atlantique (1930), and the Normandie (1935). Patout's building on Avenue Victor lacked the curving lines of the American version of the style, but it had a narrow "bow" at one end, where the site was narrow, long balconies like the decks of a ship, and a row of projections like smokestacks on the roof. Another 1935 Paris apartment building at 1 Avenue Paul Doumer in the 16th arrondissement had

208-422: The 1923 Mossehaus , the reconstruction of the corner of a Berlin office building in 1923 by Erich Mendelsohn and Richard Neutra . The Streamline Moderne was sometimes a reflection of austere economic times; sharp angles were replaced with simple, aerodynamic curves, and ornament was replaced with smooth concrete and glass . The style was the first to incorporate electric light into architectural structure. In

234-649: The 2015 Escalante-Gradillas Prize for Best in Education . That year, real estate agents promoted residences within the Jackson attendance zone, using the school as a selling point. The school received its current name in 2021. All of the members of the school board decided to rename the school. After the renaming, Coppin State University made a deal in which graduates of Coppin School may get free tuition at

260-496: The Passyunk Square Civic education committee and other neighborhood activists. In 2013 the school district passed a severe budget cut which would eliminate the nurse, security monitors, counselors, aides, and secretaries; as well as eliminating funding for the school's rock band and school supplies. Stumm stated that there was still the possibility that "an 11th-hour solution" could prohibit the layoffs. Kaplan won

286-628: The U.S. National Register of Historic Places . Catharine's works (all in Philadelphia) include the following. If Catharine has notable works outside of Philadelphia, none are listed on the National Register. Streamline Moderne Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design, it

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312-536: The appearance of newness and sleekness. Other later examples include the 1950 Nash Ambassador "Airflyte" sedan with its distinctive low fender lines, as well as Hudson 's postwar cars, such as the Commodore , that "were distinctive streamliners—ponderous, massive automobiles with a style all their own". Streamlining became a widespread design practice for aircraft, railroad locomotives, and ships. Streamline style can be contrasted with functionalism , which

338-518: The case of Simon Gratz High School , to Streamline Moderne , as in his last project, Joseph H. Brown Elementary School . He died in Philadelphia in 1944. Catharine succeeded Henry deCoursey Richards as the main school designer in Philadelphia. From 1918 to 1937, his work added 104 new buildings (replacing 37 existing ones), added wings to 26 other schools, and otherwise improved at least 50 other schools. A number of his works are listed on

364-523: The first-class dining room of the SS Normandie , fitted out 1933–35, twelve tall pillars of Lalique glass, and 38 columns lit from within illuminated the room. The Strand Palace Hotel foyer (1930), preserved from demolition by the Victoria and Albert Museum during 1969, was one of the first uses of internally lit architectural glass, and coincidentally was the first Moderne interior preserved in

390-588: The former headquarters of the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (INR/NIR). The building was extensively renovated, and in 2002, it reopened as a cultural centre known as Le Flagey. The defining event for streamline moderne design in the United States was the 1933–34 Chicago World's Fair , which introduced the style to the general public. The new automobiles adapted the smooth lines of ocean liners and airships, giving

416-414: The impression of efficiency, dynamism, and speed. The grills and windshields tilted backwards, cars sat lower and wider, and they featured smooth curves and horizontal speed lines. Examples include the 1934 Chrysler Airflow and the 1934 Studebaker Land Cruiser . The cars also featured new materials, including bakelite plastic, formica , Vitrolight opaque glass, stainless steel , and enamel , which gave

442-650: The original decoration and detail, including murals by artist and color theoretician Hilaire Hiler . The architects were William Mooser Jr. and William Mooser III. It is now the administrative center of Aquatic Park Historic District. The Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico , which opened during 1942, is built in the stylized shape of the ocean liner SS Normandie , and displays the ship's original sign. The Sterling Streamliner Diners in New England were diners designed like streamlined trains. Another example

468-470: The school had a "tough reputation", a previously smaller student body, and constant interaction with the police; it improved after Lisa Ciaranca Kaplan became the principal. In 2013 Albert Stumm of the Passyunk Post stated that by that year the school had "made great progress" due to actions from the principal, who was highly regarded by the parents; in addition, improvement came from the efforts of

494-408: The students spoke 14 languages. By 2015 the student body had increased to 530, 30% of whom spoke English as a second language , and 94% of whom lived below the poverty line. As of that year 33% of the students were Hispanic; many Mexicans had immigrated to the area where the school resides. As of 2016 there are 17 languages and 24 countries of origin represented in the student body. That year 85% of

520-487: The students were other than non-Hispanic white. The school's music program has a rock band, "Home," consisting of pupils. As of 2013, it was known in the local area. The 2013 funding crisis caused the district to eliminate the budget for the band. In 2015 the Wawa Foundation, the charity of Wawa Inc. , donated $ 2,500 to the music program. As of 2011 the school has a summer school program that admits children from

546-704: The style appeared in Belgium and in Paris, notably in a building at 3 boulevard Victor in the 15th arrondissement , by the architect Pierre Patout . He was one of the founders of the Art Deco style. He designed the entrance to the Pavilion of a Collector at the 1925 Exposition of Decorative Arts, the birthplace of the style. He was also the designer of the interiors of three ocean liners, the Ile-de-France (1926),

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572-490: The surrounding area. Graham stated that it had "robust" attendance. Neighborhoods assigned to Jackson are also assigned to Furness High School . Irwin T. Catharine Irwin Thornton Catharine (October 22, 1883 – March 3, 1944) was the chief architect of Philadelphia public schools from 1920 until his retirement in 1937. Buildings built during Catharine's tenure ranged from Gothic Revival , as in

598-592: The university. The removal of Jackson's name was due to the Trail of Tears and his possession of slaves, and there was a petition asking to remove the name. Mallory Falk of WHYY-FM states that Andrew Jackson lacked a "significant connection to Philadelphia." In 2022, Coppin K-8 had about 500 students. Circa 2009 Jackson had 230 students. As of 2013 the school had 410 students, with almost all of them qualifying for free or reduced lunch, an indicator of poverty. As of that year,

624-656: The walls. They were frequently white or in subdued pastel colors. An example of this style is the Aquatic Park Bathhouse in the Aquatic Park Historic District , in San Francisco. Built beginning in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration , it features the distinctive horizontal lines, classic rounded corners railing and windows of the style, resembling the elements of ship. The interior preserves much of

650-558: Was renamed the Jackson School in 1848. It had two property deeds, February 28, 1838 and January 1, 1842. The current school building, designed by B. Fennimore and Irwin T. Catharine, opened in 1924. It uses a Late Gothic Revival style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, in the register as the "Federal Street School". Kristen Graham of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that circa 2009

676-483: Was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, buses, appliances, and other devices to give the impression of sleekness and modernity. In France, it was called the style paquebot , or "ocean liner style", and was influenced by the design of the luxury ocean liner SS Normandie , launched in 1932. As the Great Depression of the 1930s progressed, Americans saw a new aspect of Art Deco , i.e., streamlining,

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