I grew up in the neighborhood that backs up against the rancho south campus. The poor farm was much larger than the rancho south campus is now. You can see it in the historical maps before 1950. The neighborhoods were built out in 1952-53. The curbs had the dates stamped on them with the builders name. Friends and I used to ride our bikes all over the property. The Downey rose float assoc has a building on the property where they build out the float.
Yeah... I'm guessing they haven't demo'd the other due to environmental issues. I fear it's one of those things where it will continue to sit and rot. I'm sure the right $$$ will come along soon enough and pay to bulldoze it and build a bunch of overpriced condos that no one in Downy can afford.
Oh damn they demolished everything I remember going in 2019 there was a bunch of buildings it looked like a call of duty zombie map like if I was walking in a ghost town … there was so much racoons,skunk, coyotes I even seen a deer lmao me and my friends walked past security like nothing lol in the day time also ! Definitely was a cool experience I just wish I would’ve explored inside the buildings more my friends were acting pussy 💯😂🤣
I grew up in the neighborhood that backs up against the rancho south campus. The poor farm was much larger than the rancho south campus is now. You can see it in the historical maps before 1950. The neighborhoods were built out in 1952-53. The curbs had the dates stamped on them with the builders name. Friends and I used to ride our bikes all over the property. The Downey rose float assoc has a building on the property where they build out the float.
I was born in Downey in 1963, moved around a bit then came back for High Skool(Downey). I h had never heard of this place. 😳
Right! Researching it was fascinating.
You can see what remains of the building on Google Earth...@@GPCalifornia
The drone shots in the video are from a few weeks ago!
Wow, only three buildings left.
Yeah... I'm guessing they haven't demo'd the other due to environmental issues. I fear it's one of those things where it will continue to sit and rot. I'm sure the right $$$ will come along soon enough and pay to bulldoze it and build a bunch of overpriced condos that no one in Downy can afford.
Oh damn they demolished everything I remember going in 2019 there was a bunch of buildings it looked like a call of duty zombie map like if I was walking in a ghost town … there was so much racoons,skunk, coyotes I even seen a deer lmao me and my friends walked past security like nothing lol in the day time also ! Definitely was a cool experience I just wish I would’ve explored inside the buildings more my friends were acting pussy 💯😂🤣