This paper is part of a series for the Center of Applied Liberal Arts (CALA) at NYU SPS by students who took Kelly Carroll’s Behind the Scenes in New York: Preserving a City of Historic Neighborhoods in a previous semester. The course project looks at interesting buildings and other types of architecture in New York City, and elsewhere, that currently do not have landmark status. The authors in this series draw upon extensive research to share what is culturally and historically significant about each structure to make a case for why it is important to protect these sites from destruction and preserve them for future generations.
From student, Noa Atzom‘s paper:
“Kfar Sirkin was established in 1936, by a group of young immigrants from Germany, who bought the land from the Arab landlords.
The first and most important building needed to be built was the Water Tower. The tower and the water pump work together and provide clear drinking water to 300 households and farms to this very day. The Water Tower is located in the highest point of the village, it is 16 meters high/ 52.5 feet, it has 3 floors and one water pool where the water is kept.
Beside providing water the Tower had a few more functions. On the top of the tower was the main guard post, from where you can see the entire village and see if anyone is trying to reach it. Also, back in time in this small village they didn’t have any technical way to communicate, so from the top of the tower they communicated with the main city from east and the settlements on the mountains from west. They communicated using flags during the days and Morse Coding with a flashlight during the nights.”
For full paper click: Noa Atzmon Paper
Behind the Scenes in New York: Preserving a City of Historic Neighborhoods, taught by Kelly Carroll, is a continuing education course that any member of the public can register for and is also one of the required courses in the Certificate in Historic Preservation. To find out more about the certificate and other preservation courses, click here: Certificate in Historic Preservation
Fall 2021 Registration is now open and the courses below are being offered:
Understanding Traditional Architecture