What’s Next For the Powder House Community School?

[barry-rafkind.livejournal.com]

 
WHY :       The City is moving ahead with plans to rezone and sell the Powder House School property.

WHAT :    Join your neighbors to learn about the City’s planning process, discuss how redevelopment might impact the neighborhood, and find out how we can ensure that this property between Davis and Teele Squares will be reused to benefit our neighborhood and City.

WHEN :    Wednesday March 31st, 2010,  7:00 – 8:00 PM

WHERE : Tufts Administration Bldg (TAB), 167 Holland Street

Presented By Your Neighbors:

Rachel Heller (Elmwood Street)        Lou Ann David (Clarendon Hill Towers)

Barry Rafkind (Ossipee Road)          Joyce and Richard Shortt (Packard Ave)

Alba and Costa Chitouras (Packard Ave)

RSVP : Rachel Heller (617) 299-1697 or RachelinSomerville@gmail.com

The TAB building is an accessible location.

Click here to get this flyer in PDF format.

For more background, check out my Jan 18th post City Releases Powder House School Real Estate Analysis; Mayor Seeks Property Sale This Year

 

Comments

[micbain07.livejournal.com]

I agree with tt02144, although Curtatone was not Mayor when the West Somerville School was being built. This issue concerning the Powder School brings a quote to mind, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
When the old Western junior High was closed about thirty years ago it was sold to Tufts and became the TAB. The City which was starved for office space soon after began leasing office space at the TAB originally at a discount rate and later at market rate. The administration which sold that Building, Brune(?), was chastised for many years for not keeping it. I believe the value of the Powderhouse School will reap its benefits in the years to come as a Recreation/Community center. It is unwise to sell it off to now.