Posts by Michael Loewenberg
Alyea Street School
Address: 42 Alyea Street Opened: 1916 Closed: 1970s. Building is now Wilson Avenue School Early Childhood Annex.
Read MoreEast Side High School
Address: 238 Van Buren St. Opened: 1912 Remains open. Famous Alumni Walter D. Chambers (1948) Alma E. Flagg (1935) Randy Foye (2002) James Moody (1941-43) Richard Wesley (1963)
Read MoreArts High School
Address: 550 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Opened: 1931 Created from: School of Fine Arts (1882), Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts (1928) Opened in 1931 as the country’s first public high school for the fine arts. Famous Alumni Andy Bey (1957) Albert Boni Stephen Burrows (1961) Tisha Campbell-Martin (1986) Willie Cole (1972) Dolores…
Read MoreWebster Street School
Address: 63 Webster St. Opened: 1856 Previous name: Summer Avenue Later names: Webster Junior High (1948), Gladys-Hillman Jones and Barringer Prep.
Read MoreClinton Place Junior High (Middle)
Address: 55 Clinton Pl. Opened: 1957 Closed: Spring 1981 Building became University High School in Sept. 1981.
Read MoreAlexander Street School
Address: 43 Alexander St. Opened: 1905 Closed: c. 2013-14 school year, reopened as a charter school Original Name: Burnet Street School The school building opened in 1890, when Vailsburg was not part of Newark. (Originally part of colonial Newark, the Vailsburg area was part of Orange Township when that area broke away from Newark in 1806. From…
Read MoreAbington Avenue School
Address: 209 Abington Avenue Opened: 1900 Original name: Alexander Archibald School. Famous alumni Joseph (Joe) Frank Pesci
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