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Anthony Overton Elementary School, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, opened in 1963 and was closed in 2013 by Chicago Public Schools. Designed by Perkins + Will, the striking campus contains classroom towers connected with glass corridors. Here, it is photographed Aug. 26, 2013, with an iPhone and the Instagram filter Brannan, on what would have been the first day of school.
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Anthony Overton Elementary School, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, opened in 1963 and was closed in 2013 by Chicago Public Schools. Designed by Perkins + Will, the striking campus contains classroom towers connected with glass corridors. Here, it is photographed Aug. 26, 2013, with an iPhone and the Instagram filter Brannan, on what would have been the first day of school.

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Chicago rapper G Herbo has bought Anthony Overton Elementary School, which he attended. Overton was documented by Tribune staff photographer Brian Cassella as part of a school closing series in 2013.

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