Presenting P.S. 199 Students' Stunning Storefront Model!

P.S. 199 First Grade Model

LANDMARK WEST! is excited to announce the exhibition of a detailed and colorful neighborhood model created by 1st graders at P.S. 199 (270 West 70th Street) in collaboration with LW’s youth education program, Keeping the Past for the Future. The model is currently on display in the front window of Council Member Gale Brewer’s district office, located at 563 Columbus Avenue (at 87th Street).

As part of the Keeping the Past for the Future curriculum, students explored their immediate neighborhood and environment with LW! Director of Education Debi Germann, learning about the various building types and architectural elements that form theremarkable Upper West Side community.

Be sure to stop by the storefront at Columbus Avenue and 87th Street to see this beautiful student model firsthand! Please let Council Member Brewer and her staff know how much the Upper West Side appreciates her hosting the exhibition and for her continued support for Keeping the Past for the Future.


	Keeping the Past for the Future (now in its 12th year!) is designed to foster within our city’s young people, primarily in grades 1 to 5, a strong sense of engagement, ownership, and responsibility toward their community through learning about the built environment and its history. During the 2008-2009 school year, KPF reached 1,200 students in 53 classrooms and 11 schools on the Upper West Side—and at no cost to public schools. If you would like Keeping the Past for the Future to be a part of your child’s education, contact your school principal or parent coordinator!	First grade students from PS 334, The Anderson School, sketched the 86th Street façade of West-Park Presbyterian.