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Residents, architects urge board to preserve Flint Central and Whittier during high school rebuild
Summary
Community speakers, an architect and a planner told the board that proposals for a modern replacement risk discarding irreplaceable historic fabric at Flint Central and Whittier; they urged rehabilitation rather than wrapping relics in new construction.
Multiple public commenters told the Flint Board of Education Committee of the Whole on Sept. 12 that plans for the city’s high school campus should preserve more of Flint Central and neighboring Whittier rather than limit preservation to isolated fragments.
Samantha Farrah, who identified herself as a third-generation graduate of Flint Central High School, urged the board to demand planning solutions that “protect 1 of the few standing institutions that represent the rich cultural heritage of our community.” She said…
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