[PRCo] Re: P-r-w, housing, cities, etc.

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Gray, George wrote:

> One can also look at the age of schools.  Brookline School opened in
> 1908.  (I suppose it had a centennial this year.)  It had a major
> expansion about 10-15 years later.

Bedford School predates 1900. It was slated to be demolished, according to 
the P-G, in 1959 but survives as housing. Blocks away is South Side High 
School, a.d. mcmxxiii as the frieze read earlier today. Was the South Side 
still growing? Possibly a little. But really I'd guess more kids were 
staying in school that long, meaning crowding. The housing in the area is 
typically as old or older, in some cases much older. It's harder to tell 
in some situations because the modifications are so old as to mask the 
original age, or new but so invasive as to hide some of the signs.