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Schenley High School, located in the North Oakland neighborhood at the edge of the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a historic building opened in 1916 that was a part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools. The Schenley High School building was closed in June 2008 in a 5–4 vote by the school district due to issues with asbestos.
Schenley High School, located at Bigelow Boulevard and Centre Avenue, was designed by architect Ed Stotz. The school opened for students on October 2, 1916, and was the first school built in the United States that cost over $1 million to construct.
May 4, 2017 · The Schenley Experiment is more than the story of one school. It’s also a window into the educational history of Pittsburgh as it adapted to waves of industrialization, immigration, civil...
The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh’s first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly—even improbably—successful throughout its 156-year existence.
Jun 23, 2013 · The school, which opened in 1916 as the most expensively built high school in the country, boasts alumni such as pop artist Andy Warhol and Nobel laureate Clifford G. Shull. The school...
Aug 28, 2022 · August 28, 2022. THE CLASS OF 1972! FROM SCHENLEY HIGH SCHOOL! THE 50-YEAR REUNION OCCURRED AT PNC PARK ON THE NORTH SHORE, AUG. 5. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) THE ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE. JUDGE WRENNA WATSON. MARLENE TAYLOR, ERNEST RUFFIN.
Pittsburgh Central High School (known as “Central”)—recast as Schenley High School in 1916—was at different times the subject of innovative investment and destructive neglect, providing a case study in both the best and worst urban public education practices.
