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10 mar 2005 · The Liquid Carbonic factory turned Washburne Trade School has been demolished, following more than a decade of vacancy. Prior to demolition, there was political turmoil regarding the use of the Washburne site.
Named after Illinois congressman Elihu Benjamin Washburne, the Washburne Trade and Continuance School served as an elementary school prior to its switch to vocational training in 1919. While in operation, Washburne offered training to high school students in various industries, such as electricity and carpentry, with programming supported by ...
2 mar 2022 · Along with the growth of public schools came the establishment of technical schools that could teach a trade to a student that was looking to enter the workforce rather than go off to college. One of those schools was Washburne Technical.
Washburne Trade School 31st & Kedzie Built in 1910 as the Liquid Carbonic Company factory, it served as a vocational school, run jointly by Chicago Public Schools and a number of trade unions, from the 1930s until 1996. It has stood abandoned since, and is now being demolished.
Abstract. Three vocational high schools provide illustrative and contrasting histories in terms of African-American education and economic opportunity. Washburne Trade School reinforced trade union exclusion of African-Americans, and since integration in the 1960s has been abandoned by most of the powerful unions.
The Chicago Board of Education chose a new site for Lane which opened in 1934. Once Lane moved from the location, The building then housed Washburne Vocational High School (which later became known as Washburne Trade School).
24 kwi 2021 · It’s the site of the old Washburne Trade School, which she said created secure, well-paying jobs for people in the community. But now, the neighborhood is at the mercy of an unstable gig economy.
