Exploring Detroit’s Largest Abandoned High School - Cooley High School - Documentary & Tour
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Today we are exploring and documenting the three-story, Mediterranean Revival-style facility also known as Cooley High School. It opened its doors in 1928. The school was named in honor of Thomas M. Cooley, a nineteenth-century jurist and former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Cooley was also a charter member, and first chairman, of the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
Due to budget constraints and declining enrollment, Cooley High School was closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year. On September 30, 2017, a fire severely damaged the auditorium and surrounding rooms. What's left is shocking.
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Imagine how nice that school was in its early days after being built with all the marble and architecture.
It was absolutely gorgeous especially our auditorium. I graduated from this school in 1984 when over 3000 kids attended. Some of the best times of my life took place in this school and we literally just had our 40th class reunion last weekend on July 13, 2024. It was an AWESOME weekend ♥️💃🏾💃🏾
I went to Cooley High school class of 1982. Great school beautiful memories no doubt.
I graduated from Cooley in 1957. It is sickening to see it now.
I think that's the year my mother graduated.
My mother attended this school (Class of 1964). Soon after she graduated, she moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas. I asked her why she chose to move so far from home and she said that even then it was obvious Detroit was on the downward trend. I'm not going to show this to her as I'm sure it would be extremely depressing. But, she will tell you Detroit was a great city in the 50's and early 60's. Thanks for posting.
My father graduated in 1972 after that he joined the military
Detroit’s STILL a great city.
@@AnthThom in some ways but nowhere near as good as it used to be.
not much of an alternative career choice, right? @@queenleo4457
I left and attended University of Texas Austin. Still love Detroit dearly
I am thankful I have my copies of the yearbook, the Cooley Castellan to remind me of the beautiful school and the wonderful friendships! It is so very sad to see the school destroyed! Proud 1958 graduate!
This school needs to be brought back to its glory! Graduated in59.
1984 Graduate! The biggest class in Cooley History! So many great memories in that school! Made me who I am today! Just celebrated our 40 year anniversary! ❤️🖤
Love Cooley high school!
This was interesting. From 1960 to 1964, when I was a toddler, my family lived a couple of blocks away from Cooley High School on Marlowe. I hadn't realized that back in the day it looked so impressive inside.
This is so interesting to me. I want to see Cooley HS in the days when it was new. I'll look for that video on UA-cam. I work at an Elementary school in Dallas Texas. I work in a very old school that was built in 1947 and opened in 1948. The kitchen is so tiny by today's standards. The dishwasher sinks are smaller than the cooking sheet pans of the more modern times. That's a very tricky way to wash them. It's interesting to do but I do it every Monday thru Friday. I do love my job. I'm glad I'm 95lbs and I can squeeze through tight spaces though my food cart doesn't fit in and out of the cafeterias very well. It's tricky and we can maneuver them with some creative wiggling of the carts. I'm trying to imagine how small people must have been in the 40s and 50s. The USA has an obesity problem since before I was born. Maybe the USA didn't have that problem in the 40s thru the 80s? I don't know. I wasn't born yet. I'm just guessing. 🤷🏻♀️ Note: I was once obese myself. No shame or hate will be tolerated.
Awesome video man.
Thanks man!
What a beautiful architect
Unbelievable story
But it's really nice vlogs thanks for uploading
Love from India.
Well done😇😇
@7:25 that's the media center the library is down the hall
There’s a few of us that have been in this place multiple times a year and there’s always something different! Just like the abandoned mansions and prisons we’ve been too
Class of 72 lot of memories
I went to that school for my freshman year
Awesome video John, great footage and jaw-dropping drone shots! (I gotta invest in a drone one of these days...)
Thank you!
My Grandfather went to school there he was a Marine in WW2 gwada canal a real stand up Guy grew up in Rosedale Park rest in heaven Grandpa Stout xo
Thanks for watching!
That is so cool and everything they had in the school for $750,000. That is a shame that they let go down hill
Been in there a few times, crazy to see the before and after photos, great upload!
are the doors unlocked or what how do you get in XD
@@doxius6760 there’s a window you get in only one way in and out and there’s security a lot but been there multiple times
Great tour through Motor City history. So sad to see the devastation and decline of Detroit, once the industrial capital of the world. Thanks for sharing.
Detroit is building ALOT right now so there’s that!!
Detroit continues to build and renovate. Did you not see that we just did the NFL DRAFT for the world 🌎 and pull it off with top notch reviews♥️💃🏾💯
@@dawnlaidler9070 I'll be in Detroit next week to see the beautifully restored Michigan Central Station which was my gateway to the "Promised Land" in 1954 when I was 9 years old.
My dad graduated in 1959 Go Cardinals!
I hope they catch who ever set the fire to the auditorium. Sad.
I believe it has been demolished now?
That was a good video!
It’s not I was just inside exploring today!
No it hasn’t. Many groups have been trying to buy it to renovate and make into an education/community center but DPSCD refuses to sell it anyone 🤷🏾♀️😏
@@dawnlaidler9070 thank god for that! The news showed a level ground and remaining bulldozers!.!
Every teen school movie could have been filmed here. It reminds me many of them. A beautiful building. Why no repurpose a building instead of letting it rot?
That was professionally well done
It's super surprising to see how scrappers took most of the metal from the seats in the auditorium of Cooley High School but they couldn't get all of the metal out. Maybe in the future they might get all the metal out.
Wasn't their a movie made with the title cool high
Yes it's was the Cooley High in Chicago. The movie Cooley High was filmed.
I actually live close to Cooley And I exploded that yesterday
I got kicked out by 2 guys who said they worked for DPS last week just seconds after I arrived, motion senser cameras obviously and last year I wasn't alone in here, probably the same ones looking for me.
Im so jealous of whoever vot to play in that gym 😓 as a flint native ive always been fascinated with how much treasue we comsider trash
Me and my bestfriend were up in the arch towers and have a pic to prove, he passed away not long after💔
12:49 I took Physical Education class in 2003-2004 school year and the Physical Education teacher was Ms. Smith. She took us to the gym on the south wing side. The PE teacher said, "You and the another student have to go upstairs on the track." I probably mind been too scared to go upstairs on the track. I didn't want to go upstairs to walk on the track.
8:07 I went to Cooley North for 6 years
I live right near it
In other videos, burned seats are still in the auditorium.
There wasn’t any there when we looked today
I went there from 91 until 96
A lot of Detroit Public Schools had walls for dividers so they could divide the pool and room at the same time so Boys were on one side and girls on the other side. Both sides had a deep end. Us boys had to swim naked so the girls would find peek holes in the wall.
Had to swim naked. That just sounds so perverted as what swim teacher would even allow that. Our teachers were very professional so stop telling lies.
@@dawnlaidler9070 it wasn’t the only school. Many area schools were like that. I still to this day don’t know why they had that policy. Weird. Makes me want to research why.
@@dawnlaidler9070 I don’t see why you have to resort to name calling. It’s something I distinctly remember. Not something you forget.
Is it easy access? I love this so much
That school is were my father had his first fight and that’s his highschool
What’s the opening song you used?
Moonline by Cushy, thank you for watching!
@@JohnCassity always man. Thanks for sharing the song!
got this confused with the MotownPhiley one.
Did you have to get permission to get in?
Lmao who uses permission to get in
Incredible place ! Haw sad .... 🏚