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Keeping the Demolition Derby Alive…

The latest victim of 2009. Princess Anne School.

Built in the former town of Riverside, Princess Anne was built in 1956 and designed by local architects Johnson & McWhinnie.

Another one bites the dust… Maybe not the most important school building, but more local history lost, this time a piece of the history of Riverside.

Andrew

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  • David_II-- Like the school, have nothing against any Fords, but distain self promoting charlatans.

  • A bit of nastiness here. My comments are no part of any "battle" I'm waging--nor were they a meant as an offense to your children. It is worth noting, as others have, that I never sat in an air conditioned classroom until I got to University--and I was sitting in schools relatively recently--as recently as the 1990s--so I can appreciate the discomfort of sitting in a hot classroom...been there/done that. Of course thare are examples where climate-control was simply added to an exisiting building--as opposed to a tear-down/rebuild.

  • The only point I'm trying to make is that all progress is not necessarily a bad thing. I think there is a danger for those who are truly interested in the history of this city if you bemoan every demolition that happens. You become like the boy that cried wolf. After a while no one listens. Replacing this school is a good thing. Let it be.

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