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Ceremonial Digging
This was a ceremonial digging that took place on March 16, 1925. Ground was broken for a new school building on 168th Street and Gothic Drive. The building was 400 feet long, 250 feet deep and three stories and basement in height with a central tower extending fifty feet above the roof.
A few years later, the school was already the biggest school in New York, often described as an "absurdly large building" because most high schools in the area were packed into small lots. Jamaica was set on a 625,000 square-foot space and at this time, it accommodated 4, 613 students.
Ceremonial Digging
This was a ceremonial digging that took place on March 16, 1925. Ground was broken for a new school building on 168th Street and Gothic Drive. The building was 400 feet long, 250 feet deep and three stories and basement in height with a central tower extending fifty feet above the roof.
A few years later, the school was already the biggest school in New York, often described as an "absurdly large building" because most high schools in the area were packed into small lots. Jamaica was set on a 625,000 square-foot space and at this time, it accommodated 4, 613 students.