ABOVE: Concord Park Elementary School
When Katherine Beasley went to Concord Park Elementary School what fascinated her was the tunnel. Students coming from the Country Club area of Orlando walked through an underpass or “The Tunnel”, as most called it, under Orange Blossom Trail to get to Concord Park School on Highway 50.
According to Orlando A Centennial History” an underpass on West Colonial Drive for the elementary children crossing the Orange Blossom Trail was completed in August [1950], lighted by the city.”
On August 31, 1964 Orange County Public Schools sold Concord Park Elementary School, 2.8 acres, to McNamara Pontiac for $250,000.
Listen to Katherine Beasley Bornstein’s memory of Orlando school history in this excerpt (1:20) from an interview at Dubsdread Country Club on June 27, 2012.
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Concord Elementary School
The school was located on the corner of Orange Blossom Trail and Colonial Drive in Orlando, FL.
When Katherine Beasley went to Concord Park School what fascinated her was The Tunnel. Students coming from the Country Club area of Orlando walked through an underpass or, "The Tunnel" as most called it, under Orange Blossom Trail to get to Concord Park School on Highway 50.
According to Orlando A Centennial History "an underpass on West Colonial Drive for the elementary children crossing the Orange Blossom Trail was completed in August [1950], lighted by the city."
On August 31, 1964 Orange County Public Schools sold Concord Elementary School, 2.8 acres, to McNamara Pontiac for $250,000.
Katherine Beasley Bornstein's shares her memory of Orlando school history in this excerpt from an interview at Dubsdread Country Club on June 27, 2012.
I attended Concord 1st , and 2nd grade 1st grade teacher was Ms.Rice …..1954
Greetings Mort! Thank you for visiting the Orlando Memory post on the tunnel under Orange Blossom Trail used by children attending Concord Park Elementary School! We hope you find other posts and share your memories of the good old days!