New York City has 8,250,000 people and 975,000 buildings.
It also has the only high school program in the country for hands-on masonry preservation, building conservation and green sustainable construction.
This blog offers a glimpse into that program.


The textbook developed from the curriculum and lessons: "Masonry History Integrity An Urban
Conservation Primer" is a free download at this web site:


http://ncptt.nps.gov/blog/masonry-history-integrity-an-urban-conservation-primer-2011-08/


The recent entries are in the LinkedIn Group: Masonry History Integrity & Urban Conservation.


Field Trips

Greenest House in NYC
  Harlem
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/green-living/third-annual-good-housekeeping-green-house












International Masonry Institute (IMI)
Training Facility
Queens, NY 










Williamson Free School of 
Mechanical Trades
Media, PA