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-Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway, Jr., Executive Director
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$14M Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center project nears finish line: ‘All-star facility’
A historic project in West Baltimore is nearing completion. What was formerly the Henry Highland Garnet School will soon be the Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center at P.S. 103. The restoration project will be named after a Civil Rights icon who attended the school. “When the Supreme Court seems to be in the news every day, when rights seem to be challenged every day, we had the lawyer’s lawyer born in this community, who attended this [...]
West Baltimore is on the brink of opening a new multi-million dollar community space.
The plan is to restore the historical Public School 103 on Division Street, which served as Thurgood Marshall's elementary school. The building has sat vacant in the Upton community for decades. Come this summer, its new life will begin as the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center. "I have my historic consultants there," said Dr. Alvin Hathaway. Hathaway has given hundreds of tours of the old Public School 103. Read More
Thurgood Marshall’s old school in Baltimore to become national park site
In just three months, a historic building that has sat vacant in west Baltimore's Upton neighborhood will begin a massive makeover. PS 103 Henry Highland Garnett Community center was a school built in 1877, and at one point was attended by former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In June 2022, the building will be transformed into an amenity center and national park. It received $1 million in federal funds as part of the fiscal year omnibus [...]
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