Playing Catch-Up – Gary Exploration Part 2
The Garython continues. I never thought I'd be able to span two posts with one day, but we visited a lot of places.
Following the small housing unit that we hit, we figured we'd take a trip to a large apartment complex across from a high school that I had been observing. Time hasn't treated it well and it's falling apart. The stairs that lead up to the higher floors are crumbling, flights stacked upon each other because they had become detached from the concrete walkways.
The rooms were all shaped the same, but looked completely different from each other:
Two Windows
White Room
Pink Room
Walls are gone
We left the crumbling building for a newer one - a recently closed high school. Jordan had been here before (shortly after it had closed), so he brought us through to a few interesting areas.
First off - the band room:
Empty Band Room + Trophy
We walked back through the empty hallway and found a storage room in which all of the extra instruments and band outfits were stored. As much as I wanted to have one of them for myself, I didn't want to take away the chance for others to see this crazy stuff:
The Band Storage Room
We made our way upstairs to the auditorium. I had one of those moments where I'm just struck by how such an incredible area can just be left to rot like it has. Since the first time Jordan had gone, some scrappers had managed to cut down a giant metal chandelier but apparently didn't have the smarts to figure out that they couldn't get it out of the door.
The Auditorium. Missing chandelier is on the floor near the entrance in the center.
Towards the stage.
On the Stage
Behind the stage was what seemed like an extra rec room, although I have no idea what its true purpose might be. I would have guessed that it might have been a computer lab, but the hardware seemed far too outdated for the time that the school closed. These macs were actually equipped with 5 inch floppy disc drives.
Computer Room
More to come, of course. I have a lot of catching up to do.
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