I didn't know Al Pacino attended the High School of Performing Arts (La Guardia).
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In 1936, New York City Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia started the High School of Music & Art at 443-465 West 135th Street – an event he described as “the most hopeful accomplishment” of his administration.
Come 1947, the High School of Performing Arts at 120 West 46th Street was created by educator and creative thinker Franklin J. Keller. This was the setting for the 1980 film Fame. While the actual school building wasn’t used in the movie, it depicts the life and hardships of students attending the school which is now known as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, as the two schools merged in 1961. They kept separate campuses before moving to LaGuardia’s current location at 100 Amsterdam Avenue, between 64th and 65th Streets.
Next time you walk by, look out, because you might just be passing the next big star: this institution has turned out countless. Or maybe if you’re enrolled, you could be passing notes with the next EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards winner) or skipping school with the next first of its kind. A revolutionary … a visionary … or a word we haven’t even come up with yet; beyond definition. If those walls could talk … right?
Well, let me tell you, here are some of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School’s most famous alumni.
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