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April 1, 2021

‘Cool but weird' — Macy's store transformed into school

  • The building underwent a $3.5 million retrofit that added partial walls for classrooms while keeping some Macy's remnants.
    • By LISA RATHKE
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Charles Krupa [enlarge]
    Students who once shopped at a downtown mall are now attending high school in the mall’s former Macy’s department store, taking escalators to and from classes. The existing Burlington High School was closed last August after PCBs were found in the building.

    BURLINGTON, Vt. — Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in the former Macy's department store, with gleaming white tile floors and escalators whisking them to and from classes.


     
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