An investment of $14 million will soon transform an 80,000 square foot abandoned school at 43rd and Tracy into 29 units of housing and over 6,000 square feet of community space, all wrapped in a LEED Platinum repurposing of a century-old building.
The Bancroft School Redevelopment Team includes the neighborhood association The Green Impact Zone, Mid-America Regional Council, Neighborhood Housing Services, Truman Medical Center, J.E. Dunn, US Bank, and Dalmark Development Group. BNIM received a national SEED (social, economical and environmental design) award for Excellence in Public Interest Design for its work on this project.
The Bancroft School is a incredible community renewal project. It reminds me of what the Greater Vine City Opportunities Program, Inc. in Atlanta, GA wishes to do to revitailize the former English Avenue Elemnetary School building http://englishavenuecampus.net/homepage/.
I used the English Avenue Elementary school building as the site for my graduate thesis project.... "Technology and Low-Income Communities: An Interior Design Model that Fosters and Integrated Environment for Education, Community, and Technology."
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| Bancroft Redevelopment Rendering |
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| Bancroft Redevelopment Rendering Campus Plan |
