A Life Built in New York
1966East New York, Brooklyn, New YorkEducation

P.S. 345 / The Liberty School

P.S. 345, known as the Liberty School, was designed by Percival Goodman and Wang Chiu-Hwa in 1966–67.

From Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Liberty Atkins School — 1966

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity
Verified
Kelly connection
Family source
Masonry scope
Probable

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Liberty Atkins School — 1966

Transcription: Liberty Atkins School — 1966

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-049

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Liberty Atkins School — 1966”

M+ dates the Goodman/Wang project to 1966–67 and preserves exterior photographs, plans and wall sections.

Why it matters

P.S. 345 is unusually vivid because the surviving architectural archive includes the actual wall sections and masonry details. Designed by Wang Chiu-Hwa in 1966–67, the school brought a disciplined modern design to a Brooklyn neighborhood site. Rita's line can be connected not just to a finished building but to drawings that show how its walls were assembled—a rare chance to move from family memory to construction detail.

Verification notes

Research pass v1.4 — Verified. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-049_PS345_Mplus.jpg

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: most likely CMU/concrete-block classroom, corridor, service and fire-rated walls, with exterior brick/block wall systems where the school/library used masonry cladding.

This scope is recorded as probable, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.

03Who built it

The construction team

  1. 01Architect

    Percival Goodman and Wang Chiu-Hwa

04What happened

What happened to it

Still standing

On the map

111 Berriman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11208

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What this record rests on
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    mplus.org.hk

    archival material public school 345 19661967 brooklyn new york usa ca39 1 4

  2. 02
    mplus.org.hk

    project file public school 345 19661967 brooklyn new york usa ca39 1 4 1

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