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The arrow is pointing to the list on the right. I assume that list is the 12 steps.

Seems like it is an unfinished art work, the outlines not yet filled in with features.

face image in peeled paint on the 3rd riser.

look at the first door on the right. It has a patch like Tom Silva might have done. I expect this door had a broken out lock like that one Deadbolts

IDK about other people but they did nothing but harm to my brother. It was all drugs and neglect

It has definitely got nothing to do with the 12 steps.

Thanks Motts. One of my brothers was in here many times over several years and no one would ever tell me where it was or fill me in on any details.

Now that you mention WWII and scrap metal You've made me wonder if Kurt Vonnegut went to school there. Then I checked and He's from Indianapolis where his family were brewers. and so it goes......
I misremembered :)

They re-use buildings in Ca all the time. Even with retrofitting them for quakes it is often cheaper than building new.

Eldo, air flow/movement was the name of the game in building climate control before the new more efficient systems came into being. This is why there are transoms, high ceilings and lots of windows.

It was a set up attack the substitute teacher was involved. She held me and my attacker back at the end of class. Then sat there with a smirk on her face until I asked what she held us back for then she got up and walked out. The boy attacked me yada yada yada got me in a headlock under his left arm and dropped to the floor. After that I couldn't move. We were in the county children's shelter together. I think most there was 6 or 7 of us from the shelter in that class. It was 1st grade. He had been recruited to do this to "toughen" me up. The reason is the people doing this assumed I was being too fearful of fighting not recognizing that I was being defiant in refusing to do anything they wanted me to. It was the only way I could resist/fight back against the abuse I dealt with 24/7.
Turns out I recovered movement.

The Historic picture really shows how nice this place was. I like the little fence along the property line.

Such a nice looking building.

Makes me want to run down it.

When I was a kid in Jersey I noticed that Sumac was always the first plant to pop up on any newly cleared spot. We called it poison sumac. It was only as an adult that I learned there are edible forms of the plant that are used for food and many other things.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac
Some species formerly recognized in Rhus, such as poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans, syn.Rhus toxicodendron), poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum, syn. Rhus diversiloba) and poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix, syn. Rhus vernix), have the allergen urushiol and can cause severe allergic reactions. Poison sumac may be identified by its white drupes, which are quite different from the red drupes of true Rhus species.