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West Baltimore’s Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center to Revitalize Historic District and Bridge Economic Divide
One year ago, construction began on a community center in West Baltimore that will revitalize the historic district and transform the fire-damaged Public School (PS) 103 into the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center. The center will offer educational, health, and career resources in one place, bridging the economic divide that affects underserved communities. During a recent site event, Ty Oliver Taborn, the executive vice president and general counsel at Career Communications Group, represented STEM City USA, and [...]
$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
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