1,168 Comments for Salesian School

Love this pic. Great close-up.

I was a camper there in 1960 and 1961.Learned to be an altar boy in this chapel. I remember sitting on the altar while the priest gave the sermon on a hot August Sunday and looking out the back doors to the gardens outside and the sunshine..how sad.

I just want to say that I attended residential camp there in 1970-1972 and have nothing but fond memories of the place. I thought it was terrific, and so did most of those I went with.

Well it looks abandon ,dosen't mean we can't fix it. We should fix in stead of destroy.

Lets not forget that Salesian was a summer day camp until the summer of 1991. I attended from 1987 to 1991 and remember the building well

People in this country are too sue-happy. C'omon people, how about taking responsibility and stop blaming big corporations just because their pockets are deep. My first house I bought, I had sided and they just covered up the asbestos shingles with insulation and then the siding. I lived there a long time and never had a health issue. Are you telling me that asbestos seeps out through a covering and runs for the lungs? I agree that the abandonment should be avoided but if it can't then yes, tear down and rebuild. If I had the means I would gladly pay to rehab some of these places. We don't need a Wal-Mart on EVERY corner for God's sake!!

What a shame,,I cant believe that this is still the same chapel that we used to pray in. I was in the very last group of students to attend Salesian as a minor seminary..we left in December 1985..never to return. The school was closed sometime after. I was given a statue of St. Aloysius..my confirmation patron by Fr. Frank Kelley..was a great priest..I dont even know if he is still alive, but that statue is still with me and I will always remember the time I spent at Salesian!!

I was at Salesian in the mid 80's..it was a really beautiful place..not fun to keep up and we the students sort of resented being used as "slave labor"..looking back it wasnt such a bad place to be.

Ok so you cover up the asbestos and build/renovate around it. People live, work, or whatever in this new building for years and a few start dieing of cancer. They find out that the company just covered up the asbestos instead of removing it, welcome to a large lawsuit. Still think it's worth it for the company to just cover up the asbestos?

After a certain point a building is just not salvagable. It has rotted away for a long time and at this point it would not be worth the large amount of money it would take to reconstruct the building in a way that would be safe to those that would inhabit it.
It's sad yes, but it makes sense. For everyone that complains about companies choosing to go the less costly route of demolishing and replacing the building instead of renovating, are you willing to foot the bill? Are you wiling to pay the huge amount of money it would take to renovate the building in order to keep "the history alive" even if said renovations would result in a building that probably wouldn't be as functional for your purposes as a new purpose build building would be?

Yes it's sad to see old buildings be demolished but sometimes practicality has to come in play. Sometimes it's just not worth the extra cost (since no one is willing or able to pay that extra cost) just for the sake of history. Really it's the original abandoning that needs to be stopped. Find a way to keep these old buildings in use even just as a way to keep the buildings from rotting while someone figures out what to use them for. But if a company can't afford to keep their property going and no one wants to or can buy it what choices are there?

"here was a"

A what? Talk about a cliffhanger!

I don't understand all this crap about asbestos - I mean I understand breathing in the tiny little fibers MAY give you health problems, but geeze, how long was asbestos around BEFORE they realized that? And instead of costing millions of dollars to remove, can't they just cover it up with something? It all seems like we are getting overly paranoid about stuff and not caring about important things like history and preservation. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a healthy environment too but does asbestos really cause a problem or is it only if you're over exposed to a TON of it in a short time like lab rats? If that's the case, anything in that high quantity would be bad for your health.

wow. you guys must be on pcp or somthin because all i see are trees and leaves (not that uncommon to me)

Hello; Anne Frank could see the good inside everyone. I tried to see good in you and all I saw under your jacket is Arizona tea. The device you are will begin to compress your ribcage. If you cannot get it off in five minutes; the walls will be painted. The only key is in your stomach. Better find a way to get it out; the acid will dissolve it quickly. Your fixations and heart have crushed your family. Tonight they might just have their revenge. Live or die; make your choice.

This link posted on the last picture shows what used to be there pretty.

http://www.jim-howe.co...eminary%20Chapel.jpg

BEAUTIFUL! Love the colors in the trees surrounding the building.