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Second Graders Complete Annual City Block Project

After much preparation -- through the study of architecture, geometry and city planning -- second grade students completed the construction of their model city blocks. 
Multiple field trips and neighborhood walks led to wonderful insights and observations that have been translated into the unique buildings that comprise each child's city block.

The actual construction process began after children decided which "needs" and "wants" would make up their neighborhood (e.g., shops and services).  After the construction was complete, students in the entire grade joined their blocks together to create one large city.

Parents of all second graders celebrated this wonderful city by visiting the display here at 91st Street and later at TD Bank on the corner of 85th Street and Third Avenue.
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