08/26/2026
📓New York Public Schools in the 90s were something special. Whenever I see this artfully crafted door k**b, it always transports me back in time. To composition notebooks, trapper keepers, transforming pencil cases, the Oregon Trail, the list goes on….
Installed mostly between 1896 and the 1920s, these oval-shaped, highly detailed k**bs were a famous symbol of the city’s Progressive Era commitment to public education and grand civic architecture.
The Product of a NYC Public School Heavyweight Zip Hoodie pays homage to those details we grew up around without ever thinking twice about them. These small pieces of architecture became part of the visual language and experience of a New York education.
A little piece of public school history you can wear.