In other old school news, a developer is planning to transform the old Holmes Street School on the lower eastside into 41 efficiency-and-1-bedroom apartments.
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It's currently going through an OPRA (obsolete property rehabilitation act) certification stage to have the building declared "functionally obsolete" for tax purposes. The developer says it will have "high-end" finishes, which given the neighborhood is something I was surprised to hear. The renovation includes the total re-landscapping of the property, which was developed in 1923.