The architecture program at City College, originally a part of the School of Engineering, moved from Goethals Hall to a former garage at 3300 Broadway in the 1960s.

[1] After receiving NAAB accreditation in 1969, the school appointed its first dean, Bernard Spring, with cofounder Norval White as chair.

[5] In 1999 Rafael Viñoly was hired to design a new facility to house the school, which opened in 2009 at the south end of the City College campus in a former library building.

[8][9] Spitzer's undergraduate program enrolls nearly 400 students and leads to a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) degree.

[10] Notable instructors include Horst Berger, Marshall Berman, Hillary Brown, Richard Dattner, Jerrilynn Dodds, Jeremy Edmiston, M. Paul Friedberg, Gordon Gebert, George Ranalli, Michael Sorkin, Joseph Tanney, and June Williamson.