515 Comments Posted by Darlene

I wonder how many teenagers hung out inside of those cold chambers. Teens do the dumbest things.

Motts, you are one savvy guy sneaking your way into these safely guarded edifices of decay!

So lovely and enchanting....oh the possibilities this place has in coming back to life again! Thanks for sharing the photos.

And how do you change the light bulbs if it's a chandelier?

Another enjoyable tour - like walking down memory lane for me. Thank you, Motts!

School's out for summer! No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks!

I looked up the term bond pattern in brick work (since my husband is a mason) and learned there are different bond patterns. The pattern on the facade of this school is called flemish bond. http://www.bricksandbr...ages/walls/bonds.gif

The city of Cleveland tore down my old high school which was beautiful, and are now replacing it with something ugly and without character. This is the way it goes in this country. Ugly architecture rules the day.

It seems that chair/desk were left behind just for you, Motts. ;-) The chairs were separate from the desks where I attended elementary school.

I recall having to put the gum I was chewing (no no in class back then) on my nose and hold it up to one of those blackboards. Ah...the good old days. We went from blackboard, to greenboards, to white boards for magic markers. Soon, there will be no boards at all.

And to add to Binky's list: No auditorium and no piano or organ. Usually these kind of places have this sort of thing.

Ugly florescent lighting.

Time for a bath!

Hey, the door knobs are still intact. Hope no one was left behind.

From creepy and dingy downstairs to antiseptic and orderly upstairs.