Encounter With An Unexpected Visitor While Exploring the Abandoned Cooley High School In Detroit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- Everyone knows that abandoned high schools are among my favorite to explore. Thomas M. Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan did not disappoint. The school has such a rich history and some of the parts I was able to explore included the basketball gym, pool area (including the locker rooms), classrooms, and above all the burned-up auditorium. It was truly a sight to see. And I had a run-in with an unexpected visitor. I think you'll love it.
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In the 1920s, Detroit’s public school system was growing at an unprecedented rate. While downtown had a long history of higher education, starting with Cass Technical High School, options in the suburban parts of the city were more limited. On the northwest side of the city, Burns Elementary School served as a partial high school, with 350 students enrolled in 9th and 10th-grade studies in 1926. To relieve overcrowding, and to provide 11th and 12th grades locally, the board of education began planning for a three-story high school at the corner of Fenkell and Hubbell Avenues.
Even as the school was under construction in 1927, the district realized that enrollment would far outstrip the designed capacity of 1,500 students, and additional units were planned. The first unit of Thomas M. Cooley High School was completed and opened in September of 1928 a cost of $753,270.
By the 1980s though, Detroit Public Schools was in the midst of a downward trend that would eventually lead to the state taking over on two different occasions. Cooley was one of the largest high schools in the State of Michigan, with over 3,400 students in 1983. In 1989, that number had fallen to 2,500, and by 1997 it was 1,400. The closure of nearby Redford High School in 2007, which sent some students to Cooley briefly slowed declining enrollment, but by 2010 it was expected that enrollment would drop below 1,000 students.
Though the school was losing students, the district was investing money into the increasingly empty building. The auditorium was renovated in 2004, the towers restored in 2006, and the roof was replaced as part of $12.8 million dollars in improvements. A health clinic was added, and the vocational wing was converted into a special needs school.
In 2010, DPS announced that it would be closing 42 schools due to low enrollment and high maintenance costs. Cooley High School was on the list. Despite renovations just a few years prior, the 83-year old school had significant maintenance problems. Enrollment was barely 1,000 students in a building designed for 3,400. Over the protests of students and alumni, who offered to revamp the school, Cooley was closed in June of 2010.
Over the winter of 2016 and the summer of 2017, the building declined significantly. Vandalism became a serious problem, with graffiti appearing on the walls inside and out. Scrappers began to gut the classrooms. Despite the setbacks, the Cooley Reuse Project continues to push forward, raising money through crowdfunding and finally securing a purchase agreement. But in August of 2017, school officials told Pitts that the school was no longer for sale, and would be redeveloped by the district instead. The building was now fully open to trespass and was being scrapped on a daily basis.
On the morning of September 29th, 2017, the Detroit Fire Department was called to Cooley High for a reported fire. Arriving companies found the auditorium fully engulfed in flames, and quickly called for a second and then a third alarm. After several hours they brought the blaze under control, but the damage had been done: much of the auditorium had been destroyed by the fire, which had burned all of the seats down to their metal frames. Firefighters kept the fire from spreading to other parts of the building, limiting it to just the auditorium. Chilling photos posted on social media showed row after row of chairs going up in flames. - บันเทิง
16:44 Been in here before..."uh uh"... 17:10 "When I came here...I mean, well". -Daryl (the world's best personal tour guide who's never been in there before!) LOL!!!!
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i think he meant when he attended
He had to do a run through prior to filming.
Seems like he went there and now he's homeless and spends a lot of time there
One of my worst fears during an explore happened... running into someone while in an abandoned building. What would you do if you ran into someone you didn't expect to be there when you're not supposed to be there either? Do you think I handled it correctly? Let me know your thoughts and get at me on social media also! Thanks friends.
You definitely handled it well. Great Video.
You handled it right, making yourself sound like the bigger person is key. I’ve run into people before in St. Louis and East St. Louis, and have never had any problems.
kokonutfreaks I know other explorers who have ran when they spotted another person... most people get freaked out.
I probably would've ran lmao but you handled it perfectly.
Anton Daniels it happened to me once and it's definitely best yo just be chill about it and not freak out
I am not amazed at the sheer size of the school but the amazing programs it once had; schools simply do not invest in extracurricular and vocational programs like they use to which is no wonder why students are bored to death now. This is another major reason why schools are failing, the focus is only academic achievement and test preparation; not career and life preparation.
I agree... we need representatives that understand the future, not the past
you must remember the communist have taken over the schools.I was a custodian supervisor for 22 yrs they used to say if you want to know what is going on in the schools just ask the custodian.
Actually conservatives have cut the funding for public education. Nothing to do with communists.
@@smwrbd All of the politicians work for us and it doesn't matter what party they belong to. We need to fire the ones who aren't doing doing the job we hired them to do. As for this school - the people destroyed this beautiful school. Mr. Daniels opened the video stating the many millions of dollars that were invested in the school before it closed. He also mentioned the dwindling attendance of the school. I believe attendance is what is used to allocate spending for schools. This was a nicer than any school I ever attended.
Vocational Schools were ment for a society of student who couldn't attend college, and with four years of preperation, a student was well prepared to work in a working class world. The Vocational schools taught, Dress making, Cosmetology, Restaurant skills, Secretarial, and mostly anything that would put you over the top and help you succeed in life. Those programs were a GOD send to the working class. The crime rate shows the result of only teaching liberal art skills in working class environments, BIG mistake.
I would have freaked out when I heard someone. You were so calm. You got balls man
I’ve seen a lot in my lifetime... chalk it up to experience I gueas
Anton Daniels *guess. 👍😉
He's from the D what do you expect
Went to this high school my senior year. Sang in the choir in that choir room and made some pretty cool pottery in ceramics. Graduation was in the auditorium and I recall the class wanted to go downtown to graduate instead. ‘Cooley cardinals know how to fly’
I have metal detected cooley grounds and found many things. One was a weding ring . I also found a cooley cardnal foot ball pin.
So sorry Elli k that some jerk set the autotorium on 🔥 makes me angry😠
I graduated there in 2002 and can testify to that graduation story. Mr. Woodhouse said that he wanted the graduation in the auditorium and boy we were pissed!
Huge TH-camrs are doing these “exploring abandon places” and get millions of views but you do it 100x better!
Isn’t it crazy? Some of them have even contacted me and told me how I’m their favorite explorer. That’s just how it works though. More importantly, forget the views... I do it for people like you 😉 that’s all that matter to me!
Anton Daniels Yeah I love how you do it for the people who do stay with your channel but this doesn't look too easy to do, walking around in abandoned places taking the risk of yourself and legal troubles you should get something in return.
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Lone Badger Sometimes the bigger the channel the less substance you find in their videos
@@AntonDaniels I thoroughly enjoyed this one although, because you were by yourself it hindered just how much interaction you could have had until you ran into your guest.
After you met up with him it instantly took the video to the next level which is why whenever you can, if it is at all possible to collaborate with other explorers, do so.
You'll start bouncing jokes back and forth and share knowledge and better camera work and higher production with multiple angles.
I spent 4 years in Cooley, Class of "83" I have such fond memories of my time there. It was a beautiful school. Seeing this video has really saddened me. I can't believe my alumi ended like this. This is so messed up. Over half my family graduated from this school. I'll always be a Red Cardinal, that will never change. I loved and admired Cooley and I want to remember it as it use to be.
So much history
Anton Daniels Yes indeed. I'll always cherish the memories. That can never be destroyed.
Hey!!, lexdee523 I graduated from Cooley class of '83 myself.
in the 60s we had a kick ass foot ball team. We played brigs stadiun many times. Today tiger stadium.
Yesssss Cardinal all day .
I had gone to Cooley and yes it really breaks my heart to see it look so lifeless and alone.. I was on the track and swim teams. I ran on the elevated track just above the gym floor and swam in the Olympic size pool you just finished viewing. Thank you for the tour down memory lane brother. Class of 83' 👍
No problem
Virgil Gambrell I was class of '85!
Why anyone would light that gorgeous auditorium on fire is beyond comprehension.
It’s so crazy what people do
People burn shit up for fun in the D so many abandos they do it for fun plus it gets all the junkies out
People deez days man
Most likely due to stripping wire
you dont know Detroit today.
Luckily the guy you ran into was really nice. Damn shame what happened to that place. My heart sank when I saw that theater.
I graduated from Cooley, Class of 94. So many great memories all destroyed. This school offered so much. Remember running on the track in the gym for track practice. Early mornings on the range with St. Maj Matthews and Sgt. Wright located on 3rd floor for ROTC. This building should have been protected and preserved.
Angelic Chambers the city went through a transition and dark period. It’s unfortunate what happened to the school, but you can’t save them all.
Great video, Anton. I remember these places from a long time ago. My mother graduated from Cooley in 1936. I spent a good portion of my younger years living a few blocks from there. I used to swim in the Cooley High School pool in the mid 50s. It was state of the art in every way.. It was built in a way that allowed boys swimming and girls swimming at the same time or open swimming as in male and female together. There were dividing walls that came up from the bottom and down from above...hydraulically, I presume... that allowed the creation of two separate pools in two separate spaces. For competitive swimming or open swimming, the walls were lowered allowing use of the full pool. We also used to play baseball on the diamond nearest the school. In the fall, we'd hop over the short fence and play football on the practice field on the northeast corner of Chalfonte and Coyle. I went to Robert Burns Elementary School on the corner of Terry and Lyndon. We moved before high school came along so I didn't attend Cooley. But Cooley high School was a work of art in terms of architecture, design and in every other way. In the post WWII years, Detroit was an incredibly cosmopolitan city. It's fate is an American tragedy.
Wow... thanks for the feedback and insight
I also attended burns elementary.
Pisses me off that someone burned the auditorium like that, you can tell it was so beautiful back in its prime. Great video as always!
Thank you Paige. It pisses me off also
Paige Bogans -Yes. Such a waste of beautiful architecture.
It was.They have some pix online,of what it use to look like.Beautiful red interior..Maybe the best in Detroit.
There's a picture of the fire too.
I about cried when I saw the auditorium. School was absolutely beautiful when it was in use. Two gyms that were off the chain, it had a nice pool and lots of classes they don't offer now. Kids had nothing better to do than burn it up and destroy it. Not sure if kids or crack heads but they should be ashamed of themselves.
Kids that weren’t from here did it
The school principal, even liked me. Always hugged me. Awwww, I miss this school!!! Still tons of memories. I hvn't even scratched the surface. It was my soap opera, place.
Even burnt, that auditorium is beautiful! I would have loved to have seen it before it was set on fire.
It was gorgeous
manofsteel33 You went to school with Solluminati?
It was real nice
manofsteel33 you.
you shouldve saw it after the first restore
This is the first of your videos that I'm watching, and not the last....I love your curiosity for those abandoned places, the history you're trying to learn from them and especially the respect you're showing for these places. We need more people like you!!! We could save so much from our history!!!
Thanks for the support and love
This broke my heart!! I attended Cooley, and it was a BEAUTIFUL school. The auditorium was amazing.. I’ve still never seen anything like it to this day. I lived right there on Hubbell and Chalfonte, my uncle still lives there.
Khrystall Singleton Were u directly across from the school? Was yr mom dark-skinned & had a 4 door blue & grey car?
Ive seen pictures of this school on Instagram and wondered what happened. I can see why the alumni wanted to save Cooley high....beautiful school destroyed.
I’m probably gonna switch it up and head to Ohio soon
Where in ohio?
school not = beautifull
@@AntonDaniels there isn't much in Ohio. Gary, Indiana is a great place. Shoot me a PM and I can help.
You handled yourself just fine.. nice to find other well intentioned folks. Nice you offered to share a meal with him. Shows you have a good heart and soul. Thanks for your video. The abandoned school is just amazing.. what a huge auditorium.
That school is the size of the town I live in! Whenever I see something like this, I think of the tragic waste of resources, work and time put into it so lovingly. Abandoned places have souls...or something...
I think they do also
I absolutely love how you give a little history for these lost buildings, and always pay mad respect to them.
You can tell that the auditorium was gorgeous before it was set on fire. It looks like a old fashion theater.
I heard it was phenomenal
It was built in the 20s
That school was absolutely beautiful... sad it wasn’t turned into a community center or something for kids.
I love how respectful you were in this video to the public property and other people. Its the way urban exploring should be. I wish i went to this high school its amazing and its a shame they closed it down.
Unfortunately, most people have no regard for anyone other then themselves.
even under the decay i see the beauty. that was so nice of you to offer to buy him a meal. thank you for all you do.
ANTON, that was my school,i graduated from there in 1981. when you first went in there, that was the new wing built back in 1973 when i was ten years old. i should have been there with you to guide you through the building. great job!!!!!!!
That auditorium is a master piece and I see it used to be beautiful and then again it is a shame that large buildings sits abandoned.
It was an awesome auditorium from what I can see
This was very nostalgic! I graduated in that auditorium and in the small room with the mural. Cooley students painted that mural and the one in Northland mall! Wow thanks for the flash back!
Very cool!
Just found your channel and I'm already addicted, you handled meeting Darryl very well and you are a great person for offering to buy him food.
Thanks Mike... I appreciate that
Great video Anton as always ... attended Guest elementary then Ivan Luddington Middle School,
I was supposed to have attended Cooley High, we moved in early 1972. The auditorium must have been beautiful somewhat majestic in nature from the looks of the remnants. Daryl was a bonus giving some great background on this explore.....
The auditorium was phenomenal. I looked up photos later and to see it in the condition it’s in now is crazy
Cool guy. Loved that he just showed you around. Need more people with his soul in this world
I graduated from Cooley in 1967,and my dad did in 1943.
Just sad to see what's happened to it over the years.
Thanks however, for the video tour!
Your welcome
This is just a sad situation, cannot believe the story you found out about what happened. The decline of Detroit as people left you read about - but nothing hits you as hard as seeing what you are showing. Thanks for doing this, I can only imagine how much time you spent on site (I am sure it was far more than the 23:12).
I was there for a few hours for sure
I’m in total awe of that auditorium 😍😍😍 even in its burnt state! It’s enormous and has/ had beautiful structure and detail. They really put time and money into building these old high schools ( just watched the video you did on Southwestern). The schools they’ve built in the last 30-40 years don’t have anything on these older buildings even with all the technology and modern updates 🙅🏾♀️. My cousin and I graduated from high school in 98, he graduated from Cooley and I graduated from Cody.
It used to be a beautiful place
So much money, time, and resources wasted. That's why I watch all of your videos and others videos to recognize all the stuff wasted. That's a big brick masterpiece wasted. Especially if you went there, now you see your school abandoned and in this condition, it must be heartbreaking. Also great video brother!
Thanks for the feedback friend. I hunk we’ve truly embraced wasting resources as a society now.
Anton Daniels yes yes yes.
I’m in awe of this high school. Especially the auditorium.
Cass Tech was (and is better) 😉
Great building. Reminds me of my high school, Redford. It was abandoned too, but now it's gone. a walmart is there now. Sad. That Gym was just like mine, with the running track and everything. Nice work Anton.
Thanks friend
That building is stunning... Detroit architecture is stunning, especially the older buildings. It hurts to see these buildings just rotting
You’re pretty cool man! Love how you expressed your views during this tour, and you actually handled encountering a stranger-turn-friend better than most would’ve. Out of all, I agree with you on disagreeing with disrespectful people who destroy our landmarks. That’s our history, and even though we’re at the weakest point since the pre 1900’s, those our are landmarks that cannot be rebuilt in the same manner and obviously cannot be preserved, as the government won’t do it. Stay safe man!
Thanks so much my friend. I agree wholeheartedly that people don’t respect our landmarks and history. Hopefully things change!
I hope too!
Hey, Anton... Very insightful and well documented video. Cooley High School is certainly one of my favourites in regards to abandoned buildings in the Detroit area, as the architecture is phenomenal.
Thank you for the upload.
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I’m not from Detroit north that I go to any Detroit schools but I have to say that is one of the most beautiful school buildings I’ve ever seen !the architecture is amazing. I really wish they could restore it back to its former glory.🙏🏻
I love exploring abandoned buildings too. Especially in Detroit and Flint. I'm really sad to see the unnecessary destruction.. Keep up the good work and the videos 👍
As a 02 Alumni I can happily say there were great times at that place. Sad that it closed but the memories will still live on!
Love how ya just keep bootin thru doors to open them without a care in the world of whats on the other side haha balls of steel mate! Glad the bloke ya ran into in there was a decent guy and helped you around! Keep up the videos mate, they are great and your commentary is always good too!!
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I'm with you man...vandals tick me off, including (especially) ones who set fires and punch holes in walls. If you want to check out the buildings (at your own risk) fine but don't destroy property. Great footage. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much, I appreciate it
Wow, this is monumental so sad they had to set it on fire.. damn shame.. it's historical for our youth coming behind us.. glad this video was made nice work!!! To both of y'all!! Cannot express the love no clearer 🙏💕💯
Thank you 🙏🏾
@@AntonDaniels many, many thanks to you my brother, glad you had/have the love, desire, & motivation to preserve & research things.. Not too many left that are like minded as you & me but just enough to keep legacies relevant much love, peace , & blessings keep up the great work looking foward to see more work from ya
Btw: I just wanted to drop a jewel to give ya something to think about.. you & many others may not believe me I'm cool with that... but I was just watching the movie Cooley high & your documentary at the same time on my mom.. peace.
Really cool video! I especially like the attention to detail you take by researching and including the schools history in description. Keep it up!
Thanks so much. I appreciate the feedback.
The only other Detroit school that comes close with an auditorium like that is Denby and Pershing. I remember seeing Cooley back when it was open. Such a shame
Cass Tech auditorium was pretty epic
Anton Daniels Oh yeah. I actually attend Cass. Auditorium is pretty dope as well but this is on a whole another level. Cooley's Auditorium reminds me of Mackenzie and Redford.
I remember when we won the PSL from Denby than off to Brigs for the good fellows game. We would get our ass kicked by St Amrrose. The 60s were great.
@@AntonDaniels The old cass or new cass tech
@@maximus4680 im confused Mackenzie , Redford , Denby & Pershing have a similar look to Cooley's
I've never understood how some can get satisfaction in punching holes in walls, shattering windows, sinks & toilets, setting fires....I sorta get tagging, I sorta get stripping electric boxes & plumbing, but pure destruction for no reason other than to simply destroy....that I don't get and never will.
This was a wonderful video, and I gotta admit I held my breath a few times lol. I'd need a LOT more lights. Great job.
I'm not a Detroiter, nor a Michigander, but cities all across the country are losing their schools. I was fortunate to be given 'the golden master key' & FULL photographic access to our local HS the Easter before they started to tear it down that summer, and was able to document the last days in a video.
This was a good one! The detail in the auditorium was crazy especially just for a school! The ones today aren’t anywhere near as nice as this one
It was like being at a phenomenal theatre. The craftsmanship was incredible
Amazing, but also so sad to see such a beautiful place completely abandoned
It is sad... when I’m walking in I know what to expect, but it still shocks me
Anton please consider wearing a hard hat in these buildings. All it takes is one time for something to fall. This building looks to still be structurally sound even after the fire and the vandalism. A lot of money could be saved in renovation if Detroit needed a bigger school
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Haha, he would also appear ‘official’
May need to grab a clip board while your at it ;)
And a respirator!!
Yep less than 50 bucks at your local Harbor Freight and you'll look like you're supposed to be there.
A reflective vest, hard hat, respirator, some gloves, maybe even some boots and a clipboard with a collared shirt, and some ink pens. 😂
Heartbreaking, but amazing. Thank you for your work!
Thank you friend
New subbie here, from Idaho. I'm a middle school janitor and, yes they still use those pencil sharpeners, but they fall apart easily and the kids are very rough on EVERYTHING!!! Alot of teachers bring in the electric ones. I would have hated to have to clean that school! It's huge! I bet it was a beautiful building in its day though! Thanks for the video.
Thanks and welcome to the channel. It is a huuuuuge school.
That auditorium just wow .... that would of kept me busy for a couple of hours worth of stills. Explore to your right - never heard this tip. I usually just pick apart section by section then again I rarely encounter anything this size. Good stuff.... looking forward to more. Children's Zoo is what I want to explore if I ever make it up that way. There is a blog called "Sweet Juniper" that has some amazing photos of it. Maybe you could put it on your list of explores. --- Stay safe
Thanks for feedback and recommendation. I appreciate it friend!
Such a shame to see it look so bad when it's only been abandoned since 2010! Great video
Thanks for the feedback. It’s unfortunate... between being stripped for valuables and suburban kids setting fires to it, this is the result
Love your videos. I'm a couple hours away in Grand Rapids. I love how you are truly fascinated with the history. Should have millions of views.
I agree
Anton Daniels I also checked out your website. Keep at it, I can see you making it big. Good luck in the future.
Thanks friend
Not millions but zillions.
I can put so many stories on here! I rember the new school wing, was added-on. I had child-care in the new wing. Man I loved my high school days. Whoo-whoo. My kids gdmthr & I shared, a locker. Near front entrance. Never fails...Everytime we opened-up our locker, all the students wld stop & stare😨 Our locker was decorated beautifully!! Oh God I hve tons of memories.
YOU, my friend, have to be the bravest soul I’ve seen on TH-cam! I wouldn’t be able to step foot into any rooms without having a full on panic attack😂
😂😂😂 do you get anxious watching my videos?
Of course! Not knowing what you might run into next is the worst thing to imagine when traveling in an old building, or anything, alone.. I have so much respect for you on how calm and brave you acted through the whole video!
Another fantastic exploration Anton, will always continue to watch you, my fav explorer on TH-cam. Really liked the way you handled running into another person in an abandoned building as you. Can't wait for the next one!
Thanks friend. I’m looking for something really unique for the next one
Seeing the Auditorium brought me to tears. I graduated from Cooley in "77". This whole tour is heartbreaking 💔😢
I love your videos! Thanks for sharing. I’ve been very intrigued by some of the places you’ve visited.
Thanks love, I appreciate the love and support
That was absolutely wonderful. Thank you so very much.
You’re welcome
I enjoy watching your abandoned videos. Keep up the good work bro.
Thank you Tony, I am pushing forward my friend
Thanks for the awesome video. You've got some balls of steel to go in there alone my friend.
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12:00 is the same motto the students recited in the movie "Cooley High" so awesome! This school is huge!
Absolutely massive
Darryl was super nice! I enjoyed him when he joined in. This school was GORGEOUS. I hope they’re able to renovate it and bring it back to life some day.
Depressing to see such beautiful historical architecture destroyed.. i’d love to see pictures of this place before it was abandoned from the early years of the school..
It’s really sad
Watching this video again and can’t get enough of it
I’m glad you love it
My mother graduated from this high school in 1964. At the time, the student body was over 90% Caucasian due to segregational districting. Upon graduating, she moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas (her other alma mater in addition to Cooley High School 🤘🏻) . I asked her why she made such a significant relocation and she said she had been in Detroit for most of her life and wanted to live someplace else for a while with a warmer climate. She has been in Texas ever since but has nostalgia for Detroit from the 1950’s and early 60’s. She says it was a great city at the time. I am not going to show this video to her because it will make her sad. She went up to Detroit for her class’s 50th reunion and it was bittersweet. The school had already closed but she saw many old friends, some of whom she hadn’t seen in decades. Thanks for uploading this.
You’re welcome. Seems as though she’s lived a full life.
John Peters I feel you on the moving south.. once you move south it’s hard to come back to Detroit cause of the climate. I’m from the D and moved to North Carolina then South Carolina. Now I’m back in North Carolina. I miss Detroit but the cold weather bothers me. I want to visit during the warm months. But it’s no real reason. I don’t talk to family and friends. When you move it’s like ppl forget you.
That school is huge! And that auditorium was unreal
Crazy, right 😉
Great explore! Uncharted Travel here on YT filmed this location just two months before the auditorium got burnt. Unbelievable that some people feel the need to destroy these places.
You're so brave. If I explored an abandoned building, I'd only explore the places inside where there is an excess of light and stay away from poorly lit or dark areas inside the building.
That must’ve been an absolutely amazing school back in the day. And to think they had all that for students years ago is nuts. It would be great to see what the the present day version would look like and what it would offer. Unfortunately most kids these days would be happier on Facebook and their cell phone instead of all the diff activities a school of this size could offer.
It was an awesome school
Because these schools were built for white folks 🙄 don't forget that. When they went to the suburbs it was all ours and it was good for the most part. Northwestern alumni 81 we had some real sports rivalry back then!
We throw our pencils in the ceiling tiles at my school lol
😂😂😂 never heard of that one. That’s pretty funny
Lol we used to do the same shit.
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My children thought I was crazy for doing this while I was in Highschool! It's really funny that others do this as well! 😂
Thought we were the only ones to do that
Man that high school is way bigger than mine. Great video. you're lucky he was a friendly dude.
Or perhaps he was lucky
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Anton Daniels lol yeah
just found your channel, great video! that school look crazy even though its in ruins. I like how you give some info on the building as well.
I try my friend. Thanks for the feedback!
Anton Daniels forsure! if you ever come to ohio i live right by the abandon Walmart, Ive never been there but id like to go one day
Brother Daniels,
Good video, yeah Darryl seems like a nice man. but yes , it would be scary running into someone when you're exploring. Blessings to you for offering to buy Darryl lunch
Thanks for the feedback friend. I wound up just giving him $10 😉
Man these buildings can be saved. I wish I was there, too tour with you.
I was class of 07 at Cooley I loved the school and the teachers that were there they really wanted the students to succeed 🙂
I heard it was a good school
This is dope, thanks for laying the blueprint. 🏁🦾
I started school there as a freshman when i was 14. I was the only Spanish kid in that school and i had the hardest time there. Being the only Spanish kid speaking Spanish sucked. I can remember taking a typing class back then there lol. How times have changed. The school itself was beautiful. Sad the kids i was in school with never respected it until its to late and now it looks like this
It’s crazy how things change
@@AntonDaniels it was hard there in 1992. One of the toughest schools i had ever been in. Feel free to message me about the school and old times lynn Tillson Mendoza
I graduated from Cooley High School in January 1965. The school was in pristine shape while I was there and for several years after. When I saw what was left of the beautiful auditorium, nicknamed the "Little Fox", it sickened me. The gymnasium that I played basketball in for Cooley, the swimming pool and the classrooms that I remember studying in, all in horrible shape because it was never secured. This beautiful piece of architecture ruined because of some idiot's idea of fun.
Isn’t it crazy what people do to things so beautiful?!
Doc you must remember back then teachers were respected and the police and parents were on one track. The law was the law. Not so today. It was our generation that fucked this country up. The sixties that did it.
doctorofenglish I graduated in, 1985!
@@AntonDaniels: I never thanked you for this video. Although it was difficult to see what had happened to my beautiful high school, it brought back wonderful memories of my days at Cooley. I believe there was 3400 students then and there was a respect for the school and its staff. Unfortunately, there are people who have no respect for beautiful architecture, just knuckleheads who somehow find pleasure in destroying its beauty.
@@deborahanderson6546: Congratulations, you attended a great high school. I lived on Mark Twain just off of Fenkell. I have great memories of my neighborhood and I loved and still love Cooley.
Seen a doc that included a detailed view of the auditorium.. really amazing how things were built back then
That doc you are probably referring to licensed some on my footage 😂
another awesome tour Anton,you should explore crockett and Finney
I’ll have to look into those
Inside the building now. Started 3am EDT. On the roof as I type. Tons of pics. Eventually upload videos. Epic stuff. Rough part of city. Constant police sirens. Good thing can see my car. Tip is to drive as close to location without anyone noticing to toss your gear into safe hidden spot. Park in regular area. Then try to sneakily walk in. I wear athletic clothing and will purposely look like I'm exercising by power walking lol. Thanks to this channel for inspiration! Just started mine so appreciate the support.
Good video, you did a good job of filming and showing what's left of this school, it's a shame that it all fell apart.
It needs to be torn down
Being a former michigan person i appreciate your videos Brother keep up the great work
Thanks friend
Ill probably watch your video again.. very interesting. People said this was a beautiful highschool back in the day ❤️
Big shout out to the tour guide! Great video bro. You know I always check out your content
I appreciate you
Anton Daniels no doubt bro. Great content from a great man. Keep doing your thing
Wowww such a shame how in disrepair this place has gone. Me and a friend came to explore back in 2012 and it still looked really nice, even the power was still on which shocked me with it being abandoned. That auditorium was the most memorable and we went up to the top of that stage where the stage lights would be. Also I don't think you got to it but there was this huge library on the first floor that still had books on the shelves. Unfortunately that was the last area we got to see cos police had come in and arrested us thinking we were scrappers. We spent like an hour in jail before they let us go. Apparently there were still working cameras on the outside that caught us going in and alerting police. Still the best explore I've ever done. But I'm glad you showed most of the place and I'm getting to see the areas we didn't get to like the gym and pool. What a shame though cos I remember thinking back then how they must have had plans to make it into something else. That auditorium alone could've been used as a community theater had it not been burned up. Love your videos man especially as a fellow Detroiter.
It’s not in great shape anymore 🤷🏾♂️
I used to go here it had some really nice architecture especially the auditorium what a waste smh
It’s unfortunate
I remember playing my first high school basketball game in that gym.🤦🏾♂️ The nervousness watching the game seeing all the fans on that track over the court. The cheerleaders saying C-oo-ley u know The rest if you attended that school. Also the most intimidating thing is the fact that they had a mascot i was like 🤭 I thought every high school we played would have one but not so. They were just a different breed of school and I do want to note that I am born and raise from the east side. I remember always riding past that area seeing the school and it’s magnificent beauty, my family also attended This school. If I could’ve picked any other school to a chain or play for it definitely would have been cool the first Redford second Central Cody and the last is a tossed up between Henry Ford or Milford I just always like the architects an structural look to the schools. I Attended Denby before but they also can be in that category
This tour brings back so many memories of my school. Class of 010 last class to graduate 🦅. I got a few videos on my TH-cam page if you want to see
Gotcha
Anton I think Hollywood made a movie there.. Cooley High,.,.maybe around mid 70's .. coulda checked.. OOps..I did a search.. It was about a school in Chicago.. made in 75.. Oh well.
I must say I cried looking at what that school use to look like and what it has become now. Sad that we let schools just go down like that.
It is what it is I guess
@@AntonDaniels
I agree. Btw your video you did on private vs public school was amazing bruh. It mirrored my own experience which was out of this world except I live in florida
Detroit is #1 on my list of cities to explore, hopefully I make it there one day
Detroit has so many beautiful buildings.
I agree
Unbelievable location. Amazing that you found a personal tour guide XD I dream of explores like this! Well done man, thanks for sharing
Thanks friend