Exploring the Abandoned Highland Park School | Detroit, Michigan

Today we explore (urbex) the abandoned Highland Park High School and Junior College in Highland Park, Michigan, which is located inside the borders of Detroit. In 1915, Highland park high school was built. Due to the opening of the Ford Factory, the population of Detroit and Highland Park were exploding and so was enrollment at the school. With so many new students coming in, another building was added on 2 years later, an all girls high school and junior college. A few years later the 2 high school programs merged together. In 1927 a trade school building with an automotive repair lab opened up. In 1975 a fire broke out in the gym. Someone set wrestling mats on fire as a joke, a joke that ended up costing over $600,000. (over $3,000,000 in today's money). In 1995 funding for the college was taken away and subsequently the college portion of the school shut down. For lack of a better word, many students got screwed, some being very close to graduation. In 2009 The school board shut down the career academy with no notice, and 36 teachers were laid off. Later that year the school closed for good. Join me as we explore this building and check out out the gym, the cafeteria, a robotics room, and many other areas. This...is Highland Park High School and Junior College.

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Music Used:
   • Spacewave / Synthwave Playlist - Zero Grav...  
   • Background Music - we cannot defend you  

Sources Used:
https://www.detroiturbex.com/content/...
https://corporate.ford.com/articles/h...

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0:00 Intro/History
1:50 Chemistry Lab
2:14 Gym
2:37 Pool
3:00 Office
3:55 Classrooms
4:52 Heart Attack
6:02 Cafeteria
6:44 Kitchen
7:33 Stage
7:50 Robotics Room
8:49 Outro