In 1962, Wilson moved to New York to study architecture at the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn.

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He escaped to New York to study chemical engineering at the Pratt Institute, vowing never to go back.

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Inspired, he left Moser for the Pratt Institute to study industrial design.

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The structure was built in 1887 and is one of 36 buildings constructed between 1885 and 1936 that compose the Pratt Institute Historic District.

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The Pratt Institute is another of New York's big design names.

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In a statement, Pratt Institute's administrators said the six-story building's roof and its sixth floor "were gutted, " and the fifth floor was badly damaged as well.

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