Portable indoor air conditioning : Air conditioner vacuum pump : Goodman central air conditioner.
Portable Indoor Air Conditioning
- A system for controlling the humidity, ventilation, and temperature in a building or vehicle, typically to maintain a cool atmosphere in warm conditions
- air conditioner: a system that keeps air cool and dry
- (Air-conditioned) buses fares cost a little over four times the fare of an ‘Ordinary’ route covering the same distance. Those buses have route numbers starting with A.
- An Original Equipment or Aftermarket accessory system that cools and dries the incoming passenger compartment air. Aka: a/c
air conditioning
- Able to be easily carried or moved, esp. because of being a lighter and smaller version than usual
- (of software) Able to be transferred from one machine or system to another
- a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat’s hull; “a portable outboard motor”
- easily or conveniently transported; “a portable television set”
portable
- within doors; “an indoor setting”
- (indoors) inside: within a building; “in winter we play inside”
- Situated, conducted, or used within a building or under cover
- Of or relating to sports played indoors
- indoor(a): located, suited for, or taking place within a building; “indoor activities for a rainy day”; “an indoor pool”
indoor
Public School 17
Summary
Located on City Island in the Bronx, Public School 102 (later Public School 17 — The City Island School) was constructed in 1897-98 and served as the community’s only school until 1931. The architect of the two-story (plus basement), Georgian Revival style red brick-clad building was C.B.J. Snyder, Superintendent of School Buildings for New York City from 1891 until 1923. This is one of Snyder’s few extant school designs in this mode, and represents a suburban typology appropriate to a larger
lot size, in contrast to the constricted building lots located on densely built up urban blocks of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where Snyder pioneered the use of the H-plan school buildings with exterior courtyards. As originally constructed, Public School 102 measured roughly 65 by 87 feet, but was expanded in 192930 to meet the needs of a growing population. Re-numbered Public School 17 in 1903 and designated as The City Island School in 1916, it was replaced in 1975 by P.S. 175. The original school building then began to be used by various community groups; the City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum still occupies a portion. In 2000, part of the original structure and the addition were converted into condominium apartments. Despite the painting of the red brick cladding, loss of the historic entrance and portico by fire in 2007 (since re-created), the removal of the original cupola, and the addition of side dormers, Public School 102 remains a rare example of Snyder’s use of the Georgian Revival style, is one of the few small community schools by Snyder that is extant, and is an important reminder of the period of this community’s consolidation into the City of New York. The designated Landmark consists of the original 1897-98 portion of the school building, as well as the adjacent western and eastern side yards and the northern front yard.
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
City Island
Located just south of Pelham Bay Park in Long Island Sound, New City Island received its name around 1761, when a syndicate intended to transform it into a commercial center that would rival New York, a project that failed to materialize. In 1818, 42 acres at the island’s southernmost tip came into the possession of George Horton, Supervisor of the Town of Pelham in Westchester County, who promoted the layout of streets, including Pilot, Pell, Schofield, and Main (now City Island Avenue), the public highway. In the first half of the 19th century, parts of the island were subdivided and changed hands many times, but this remained a largely rural community. The island’s first commercial enterprise, a solar salt works that produced salt from evaporated seawater, was established by E.C. Cooper in the 1820s. Around 1830, Orrin Fordham, a shipbuilder from Connecticut, established an oyster planting business on the island’s east side, a concept that revolutionized the American oyster business. Between 1847 and 1869, numerous settlers moved to City Island to take part in the oyster business, which became "the chief industry employing the bulk of the male population at City Island."
City Islanders also profited by servicing, supplying, and building ships, which supported the island’s economy throughout most of the 20th century. There were many small shipyards serving the oyster boats throughout the 19th century, but the first commercial one, D. Carll Shipyard, was established in 1862. After the Civil War, the Carll yard became known for the construction and rebuilding of large luxury yachts, and other commercial yards were soon established, resulting in the construction of numerous luxury and racing yachts including a number of America’s Cup winners. The federal government also commissioned vessels from City Island boatyards during both World Wars. After World War II, the leisure-boating industry rose to prominence.
City Island was part of the Town of Pelham, Westchester County, linked to the mainland by a toll bridge in 1873, until it became part of the eastern Bronx when it was annexed by New York City in 1895. The population around that time was about 1,400. Limited access to the island discouraged dense development, and as a result the island has retained its small-town atmosphere, with yacht clubs, marinas, and popular seafood restaurants continuing to play a role in the island’s economy.
The first school on the island, constructed by the Town of Pelham, opened in 1839 on Main Street (now City Island Avenue), and was enlarged in 1847. This was replaced in 1860 by a school at Main Street and Orchard (now Hawkins) Street. The City Island School (Grammar School No. 102) was one of nine former Westchester County schools that became part of the 24th Ward of the Annexed District of the Bronx. In 1895, the publication School reported that the City Island School was an "old frame structure… found in a dilapidated and unsanitary condition. It is on a l
