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Fourth Street

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Icons For Sale: Which Will School District 304 Sell—Coultrap or Fourth Street?

The Coultrap and Fourth Street properties are being held back as the Board of Education debates their future.

Editor's note: This is the eighth of a multipart summer series by Tara Knott and Garrett Lance looking at the iconic Geneva buildings for sale or facing future moves, and what those moves mean for Geneva's long-term development. See the series intro here.   The "Back to School" displays at Target and Wal-Mart already are swarming with students on the hunt for the perfect Glee-themed notebook and confused moms trying to figure out exactly what O-Glue is.  And it seems this school supply rush gets earlier and earlier every year as District 304 continues to expand. Two new elementary schools—Williamsburg and Fabyan—have opened in the past three years.  But the district's massive growth has left two of its historic schools in the dust—namely …

Rudy

12:25 pm on Thursday, July 28, 2011

I believe fourth street closed in 1977 or so not 1994. I was in fourth grade and Mr. P. came to harrison from fourth street when it closed and then there is six street school which closed in the early to mid 70's as well.   more ›

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