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Schenley High School & The Schenley Experiment

May 4, 2017 Lindsay

Next up in our series on historic buildings for Preservation Month is Schenley High School and the release of a new book about the school. I have been interested in learning more about the Schenley High School building for quite sometime. I have never been in the building, but it has been a place that have been wanting to learn more about. Beyond being a beautiful building, Schenley High school served as a model for integrated schools. I have friends who attended Schenley who incredibly fond of this building and their time spent inside. I know there was quite a… Read the rest

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #thisplacematters, preservation month, Schenley High School, The Schenley Experiment

Made Local: Jake Oresick & Book Release for The Schenley Experiment

May 3, 2017 Lindsay

After 156 years as a social incubator in a largely segregated city, the improbably successful Schenley High School was controversially closed in 2011. This spring, The Schenley Experiment (Amazon affiliate link) breathes life back into Schenley, telling the story of Pittsburgh and its public school district—of race, class, ethnicity, and collaboration—through the prism of its oldest and most dynamic high school. Schenley alumnus and attorney Jake Oresick tells this story through interviews, historical documents, and hundreds of first-person accounts drawn from a community indelibly tied to the school. Join four former Schenley teachers for a panel discussion of The Schenley… Read the rest

Tagged With: Free, Jake Oresick, Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, Schenley High School

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