Originally the Home Economics Building, the Sarah Fleischmann building was constructed in 1956-57 and named for Sarah Hamilton Fleischmann, wife to food industry (Standard Brands) executive Max C.

Many millennials who took a home economics class in middle or high school considered it to be boring and a waste of time.

In 2025, they’d be lucky if they knew how to do their laundry. For decades, home economics was a staple in NYC public school education. Boomer-generation teenagers mastered the art of household ...