2. Pflueger was an architect who designed some of the most magnificent buildings in the Art Deco style Art Deco was a popular international design movement in the mid 1920’s to 1940 Roosevelt was designed by Timothy Pflueger in 1930
3. Pflueger’s Work left Old Stock Exchange, 1930 Left and above Paramount Theatre Oakland, CA 1931 Left Castro Theatre, SF, 1921 Pflueger’s Work
4. Details During the Great Depression, Pflueger was chosen to design several schools in San Francisco. Roosevelt was One of them.
5. Pflueger also designed these San Francisco schools: Above Washington High School Left Lincoln High School
6. FDR and the Public Works Projects Many Public Buildings, including schools, were funded by the government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, America went through its greatest economic crisis. Around 25% of people were out of work. Public works projects were started to give people jobs.
7. Artists were among the people who were given jobs. The murals at Coit Tower were some of the first works funded by public works projects.
8. Harvest ‘ Harvest’ by HORATIO NELSON POOLE, 1934 The Murals at Roosevelt were also funded by FDR’s Public Works Program
14. To address a question that you will probably ask…Why is there a naked woman in a school mural? One might guess that the artist was trying to connect the education one would receive at Roosevelt to the classical ideals of learning Celebrated by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Here is a statue from the Ancient Greeks. The image of the half-naked woman at Roosevelt was covered up for many years because some people deemed it inappropriate for students your age. What do you think?