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The Edward W. Bok Technical High School was a public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Irwin T. Catharine and named after literary figure Edward William Bok, editor of the Ladies' Home Journal.
6 de ene. de 2022 · Edward W. Bok Technical School. Built from 1935-1937 in a gorgeous Art Deco style, the Edward W. Bok School was named after a Dutch author and editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal, which was noted as being one of the most influential publications in American domestic architecture of its time.
27 de ago. de 2018 · It originally served as Bok Technical High School, a vocational school that taught young Philadelphians a wide variety of trades. The school’s layout represented a groundbreaking approach to vocational education.
17 de abr. de 2013 · On March 7, 2013, the state-charged School Reform Commission, citing massive budget shortfalls, voted to close 23 of Philadelphia’s public schools, shuttering about 10 percent of buildings within the district. Edward W. Bok Technical High School, at 8th and Mifflin Streets in South Philadelphia, is among the 23.
8 de jun. de 2018 · Titled “BOK: Racism Unleashed | Tension at a S. Philadelphia High School,” it covered discussing racial tensions at the Edward W. Bok Technical High School, which first opened in...
21 de jun. de 2013 · The Edward W. Bok Technical High School in South Philadelphia held its final graduation yesterday and today its doors will close for good, but the future of the 75-year-old building...
Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (October 9, 1863 – January 9, 1930) was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889–1919).
