School's in -- really in: New loft-style condos make their mark in Bellevue
Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 12:00PM | Share Article School's in -- really in: New loft-style condos make their mark in Bellevue
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 6, 2006
by Gretchen McKay
For the first 18 years of our lives, school evokes emotions ranging from excitement to dread, embarrassment to elation.
But few people spend much time thinking about their school as a building. And it's safe to say that not many pupils -- current or former -- think about actually living in a school, especially one in the suburbs.
That's what makes the Grant School Lofts in Bellevue so much fun.
The old Grant School at the corner of Grant and Jefferson avenues was designed by architect William J. Shaw and opened in September 1905. This grand three-story building once housed as many as 450 students in grades one to six. A large north wing was tacked on in 1933.
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