THE THIRD Coming
A COLD DRIZZLE IS coming down on a late October afternoon while DJ Wagner and his father, Dajuan, are standing in front of a construction site on Park Boulevard in Camden, NJ. There’s a plethora of iron beams standing in front of them, as the new building’s facade begins to take shape. To the left of them is a cardboard rendering poster of what the final product will look like once it’s completed in September of 2021. They repeatedly glance over at the image and then turn their attention right back to the construction site.
The site was home to the century old Camden High School, whose classic castle tower structure was demolished a couple of years ago to make way for a state-of-the-art $133 million new facility that is expected to be ready for students next fall. In the meantime, students have been attending a neighboring school, although classes have since gone virtual due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
In the old building,
