| Schools out for Summer! April 29 2004 |
| *** Attention *** --- I want to preface this with the fact that this story was our first trip to the school, On our second the Danvers Police politely asked us to leave by saying "Get the hell out of here before you get yourselves killed" So be forwarned --- The location of our last exploration wasn't abandoned, really. It was in the middle of renovation, turning the historical 20’s era building into a more contemporary institution of learning. We entered the building without any trouble, mostly due to the giant holes smashed into the sides of the building for construction equipment to enter. The sounds of a baseball game in the crowded park next to the building faded as we went deeper into the school. We walked up a flight of stairs to discover deserted |
| Can I sue the Northville guys if I break my neck? |
| hallways covered with a thin coating of concrete dust. What fun! Locker doors with construction paper name tags swung open as we passed them. We ventured in and out of old classrooms, our footprints leaving a winding path in the residue. We noticed some floors were still somewhat intact while others were completely ripped apart, with no evidence of where classrooms once stood. These floors were usually roped off with caution tape, because only one board separated you from falling through to the next level. The gym provided us with not one, not two but three rope swings, which made us think of our friends at Northville Tunnels. We wandered through different floors and hallways, stopping in random |
| This really is the best graffiti we could find |
| It was tempting but we didn't mess with any of the machines |
| rooms to look out the window or to comment on the random things left behind. We finally found the ladder to the roof, which was in a room painted an obnoxious shade of pink. The roof had an excellent view of the town and the traffic that was speeding by below us, not bothering to notice two people spending their Saturday afternoon relaxing four stories above them. After taking in the view, we went back in to the building for one last walk around. We'll have to do a live infiltration when the construction is done to see how it all came out. |
