The Former "New" Englewood High School
The old Englewood High School was a brick Beaux Arts edifice nicknamed "The Castle".
It, along with the 63rd/Halsted shopping district, was the anchor of this community, and a quick glance through the back of Englewood's 1936 yearbook shows sponsor ads from businesses lined up along 63rd St. from Wentworth all the way to Halsted. And this was during the Great Depression!
On the driver's Ed Course out back by the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks was one of the places I learned to drive (unofficially, though -- my cousin Diane was an instructor, and she was teaching my 53-year-old mom to drive). Long story short -- mom learned well enough to drive for the next 28 years until she decided to turn in her license after a blood clot in her leg.
It was deemed outdated and dilapidated by the late 1970's, and was torn down to build this low brown-brick fortress. Eventually, even it closed as Englewood High School, and now, as Englewood Campus, it now houses the Urban Academy for Young Men, Englewood Campus, and TEAM Englewood High School.
And I can tell you from experience, it's a most unfriendly place to visit if you're not a student or staff.
The Former "New" Englewood High School
The old Englewood High School was a brick Beaux Arts edifice nicknamed "The Castle".
It, along with the 63rd/Halsted shopping district, was the anchor of this community, and a quick glance through the back of Englewood's 1936 yearbook shows sponsor ads from businesses lined up along 63rd St. from Wentworth all the way to Halsted. And this was during the Great Depression!
On the driver's Ed Course out back by the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks was one of the places I learned to drive (unofficially, though -- my cousin Diane was an instructor, and she was teaching my 53-year-old mom to drive). Long story short -- mom learned well enough to drive for the next 28 years until she decided to turn in her license after a blood clot in her leg.
It was deemed outdated and dilapidated by the late 1970's, and was torn down to build this low brown-brick fortress. Eventually, even it closed as Englewood High School, and now, as Englewood Campus, it now houses the Urban Academy for Young Men, Englewood Campus, and TEAM Englewood High School.
And I can tell you from experience, it's a most unfriendly place to visit if you're not a student or staff.