Charles Snyder

The $37 million Early Childhood Center 361 is one of the first schools in New York City to be built pursuant to the School Construction Authority's Green Schools Guide and Rating System; the first, P.S. 59 at 212 East 61st Street, opened its doors this past fall. Designed by Gran Kriegel Associates, the 48,000-square-foot ECC 361 will eventually house pre-K through third graders from neighboring P.S. 94, a century-old school that was designed by Charles Snyder, who served as the architect for all of New York City's schools that were built between 1895 and 1922. Green features at ECC 361 will include natural daylighting, efficient landscape irrigation, 10 percent post-consumer recycled-content and locally sourced building materials, low-VOC paints and sealants, and mold-resistant sheetrock.