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school #43. Built to accommodate 600 ethnic German children living in the area, the school had 49 classrooms, two gymnasiums, a cafeteria, and other features. In 1926, the number of students attending was 1,662. Recently, the school underwent a $ 56 million construction project; another building was constructed on the former parking lot and connected to the old one. PS 43 is now one of the
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Buffalo developed as an industrial city, Lovejoy became a destination for European immigrants and later, migrants from the rural South. In the 1830s, it was a primarily German neighborhood. With later demographic changes and immigration from southern and eastern Europe, it became a neighborhood of
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Lovejoy Street ran from the Buffalo/Cheektowaga border heading West to Emslie St. The street was split in two after the opening of the Buffalo Central Terminal in 1929. The Western end of Lovejoy St. from Memorial Dr. (formerly Lindburgh Dr.) to Emslie St. was renamed "Paderewski Dr."
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Lovejoy area, which many student-age children attend. It has architectural and significant history. Started in 1831 by Joseph Churchyard, the man who owned the land, the school created an annex on East Lovejoy and Benzinger streets. This is the current
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Catholic parish school operated in Lovejoy for about 100 years before its close in 2009. The diocese did not have the funds for needed upgrades. It opened in the 1800s.
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