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Grade School, Castle Point2 comments

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: I was actually impressed with the Castle Point neighborhood; it has stunning mature trees and overal … more →

Tags: St. Louis County, Abandoned Buildings, north county

Old Harrison Elementary School, Vinita Park

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: Now the home of Maranatha Ministries. … more →

Tags: St. Louis County, north county

Hancock Middle School Gymnasium, Revisited1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: I was out near Hancock Middle School, so I took some more pictures of the place. While the rest of t … more →

Tags: St. Louis County, Modernism, South County, Lemay

Deer Creek School

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: Much to our chagrin, the school in Deer Creek, Illinois, where my family had enjoyed a pancake break … more →

Tags: demolition, Illinois, Further afield, central illinois

School's in Session - New Investing in the Past at Magic City Post

Rebecca Dobrinski wrote 1 year ago: My latest installment of Investing in the Past has posted on Magic City Post.  The Historic Robinson … more →

Tags: History, Birmingham, Preservation, magic city post, Friends of Historic Robinson School, east lake, Investing in the Past, Robinson School

Barretts Elementary1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: Apparently there’s been a school at this location since 1895, but the current Barretts Element … more →

Tags: St. Louis County, west county

Arlington School

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: Renovations have commenced and are well under way at the Arlington School on King Dr. Located in the … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Redevelopment, Rehabilitation, Wells-Goodfellow

Pruitt School, Near North Side1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 1 year ago: As was pointed out recently, some of the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects still exists. Besides the powe … more →

Tags: deserted, North St. Louis, Modernism, Near North Side

Carr Elementary School

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: Carr School has been better documented on other websites, but I realized I had never really looked a … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Abandoned Buildings, Near North Side

Carr School Roof Further Collapse1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: I’m not sure, but the roof of the Carr School, just north of downtown, seems to have deteriora … more →

Tags: North St. Louis, Abandoned Buildings, Near North Riverfront

Hodgen Elementary Demolition Pending4 comments

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: Much of the Gate District, formerly the Compton Hill neighborhood, has been obliterated. But much to … more →

Tags: demolition, Italianate, Gate District, Commentary, Central St. Louis

Pleasantview School, Washington Township, Illinois

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: Rural America is not without its abandoned buildings, as can be seen in the abandoned school house n … more →

Tags: deserted, Abandoned Buildings, Illinois, Further afield

St. Peter Claver Catholic School

TheHeritageLibrarian wrote 2 years ago: Today I had the pleasure of discovering St. Peter Claver Catholic School in Tampa, FL.  The school h … more →

Meramec Highlands Abandoned School2 comments

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: This old school building served southwest Kirkwood for many years before being shuttered many years … more →

Tags: demolition, St. Louis County, Abandoned Buildings, Kirkwood, west county

Abandoned School

cnaffziger wrote 2 years ago: … more →

Tags: Abandoned Buildings, The Grove, Central St. Louis

Pleasantview Road, Washington Township and Sprawl1 comment

cnaffziger wrote 3 years ago: I drove back by Pleasantview Road to check on the status of the buildings I have been documenting fo … more →

Tags: Abandoned Buildings, Illinois, Sprawl, Further afield, historic barns

Now that clapping erasers has gone out of style, what to do with old school buildings?4 comments

Sabra Smith wrote 3 years ago: Here in the ‘burbs, my neighborhood has several former school buildings (Fort Washington Schoo … more →

Tags: Real Estate, innovating historic preservation, Historic Preservation, Architecture, Adaptive Reuse, Community, mcmenamins, school rehab, Tax Credits

Gone Forever

Renovate Ohio Schools wrote 3 years ago: These are only a few of the many schools that have been lost. This slideshow requires JavaScript. * … more →

Tags: Demolition, Ohio schools, school demolition

My School is a CVS2 comments

Anulfo wrote 3 years ago: Boston University No, I am not speaking for myself, or the fine university I attend here in Boston, … more →

Tags: Preservation, Architecture, historic, American architecture, demolition, High School, Model School Plan, Tim Cahill, State Treasurer


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