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Abraham Lincoln HS, Brooklyn, NY-left mural
Abraham Lincoln High School, 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn was built in 1929. Henry Varnum Poor's murals are still in place on either side of the auditorium stage. Poor's "Central Park" mural at Mt. Sinai Hospital impressed Dr. Gabriel Mason, Principal of Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954. Dr. Mason was determined to have the school’s auditorium decorated after the removal of its pipe organ, to make room for electronic sound equipment, left unsightly gaps at either side of the stage. Since the twenty by twelve-foot gaps had to remain more or less open in order for sound to be projected from the new equipment, Poor proposed covering the holes with wire mesh on which he could place cut-out, heroic-sized figures composed of ceramic tiles joined and braced by metal strips. On the left of the stage is the god Mercury in Roman Armor. In his right hand, however, he holds thunderbolts. Poor, with the new sound equipment in mind, decided to extend the god’s protectorates to electricity. More information about HVP's architectural ceramics can be found on my blog at tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/01/architectural-ceramic....
Abraham Lincoln HS, Brooklyn, NY-left mural
Abraham Lincoln High School, 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn was built in 1929. Henry Varnum Poor's murals are still in place on either side of the auditorium stage. Poor's "Central Park" mural at Mt. Sinai Hospital impressed Dr. Gabriel Mason, Principal of Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954. Dr. Mason was determined to have the school’s auditorium decorated after the removal of its pipe organ, to make room for electronic sound equipment, left unsightly gaps at either side of the stage. Since the twenty by twelve-foot gaps had to remain more or less open in order for sound to be projected from the new equipment, Poor proposed covering the holes with wire mesh on which he could place cut-out, heroic-sized figures composed of ceramic tiles joined and braced by metal strips. On the left of the stage is the god Mercury in Roman Armor. In his right hand, however, he holds thunderbolts. Poor, with the new sound equipment in mind, decided to extend the god’s protectorates to electricity. More information about HVP's architectural ceramics can be found on my blog at tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/01/architectural-ceramic....