The Lawyers Road School was one of six new schools constructed in 1935. This photo from a news clippings shows the building in the final stages of construction.
Midwood Elementary School closed after the 1982-1983 school year. Concerned residents of Plaza-Midwood worked to find uses for the vacant building. In 1984 the Neighbors for an Improved Community Environment (NICE) solicited ideas from the…
By June 1983, Midwood School was no more. Residents worked to find a tenant for the empty campus. One such idea was for a neighborhood performing arts center.