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New Union City school to use remnants from old building

New Union City school to use remnants from old building


August 11, 2010
This article first appeared in the 201001 issue of BD+C.
Columbus Elementary School #3

With 35 classrooms, a media center, science labs, and music rooms, Columbus Elementary School #3 in Union City, N.J., is being built on a confined site, so designer RSC Architects, in conjunction with HOK, will implement underground parking and a rooftop playground. RSC Architects also salvaged classical porticos from a former school at the site; they will be reused to create dramatic entryways in the new auditorium. The $25-million K-5 school should open for students in August 2011.

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