Old School in Willsboro, NY Converted into New Homes

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • Jack LaDuke has the story of how a former Adirondack school in Willsboro, New York has been saved from the wrecking ball and given a new lease on life as an assisted senior living center. The project has created 30 new jobs. To learn more visit: www.stonebrookd...

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  • @ivyedan7183
    @ivyedan7183 3 роки тому +21

    My husband went to school where my mom lives..his 5th grade classroom is now my moms apartment... An awesome coincidence

  • @ms.inspired8458
    @ms.inspired8458 3 роки тому +56

    what an obviously great idea!!! Guess this is why no one else does it... common sense !

  • @sharronhewston631
    @sharronhewston631 7 років тому +85

    I just love that this young man was determined to save the 1929 Willisborough School then have it converted into a Assisted Living Building. It is beautiful! Seniors needing a little helping hand with daily living also provides 30 plus jobs for local residents. A win, win idea. Job well done and mission accomplished. Congratulations Eli Schwartzberg. (Y)

  • @azuldreamerforever3453
    @azuldreamerforever3453 3 роки тому +21

    They need to do that with all old schools.

  • @greenspiritarts
    @greenspiritarts Місяць тому

    I’m so great full that Eli kept to his vision and made this project a reality. My 94 Y.O. Mother lives there now and the whole operation is phenomenal. The people who work there are truly kind and caring. Eli continues to face the challenges of change with grace and optimism.

  • @russelldavis6405
    @russelldavis6405 3 роки тому +5

    Awesome job Eli!!!!! You not only saved a historic building, you created a nice place for the elderly to live.

  • @Sjms13
    @Sjms13 3 роки тому +8

    Great story. I'd much rather see this happen than to tear our old buildings down and something cheaper put up. Love historical preservation!

  • @magsmonroe6169
    @magsmonroe6169 3 роки тому +14

    Love Mr. Ladukes voice,

  • @mermaidgirl9232
    @mermaidgirl9232 3 роки тому +13

    This is so beautiful

  • @abrahama7921
    @abrahama7921 3 роки тому +85

    Let's get a old school and turn it into a homeless shelter for low income families 🤠

    • @bluscout-io8xs
      @bluscout-io8xs 3 роки тому +4

      For reals tho

    • @suzanneherpel1623
      @suzanneherpel1623 3 роки тому +6

      Totally agree. But this is nice.

    • @donnale3881
      @donnale3881 3 роки тому +9

      Malls are dying all over the country, they'd be good to convert too

    • @donnale3881
      @donnale3881 3 роки тому +1

      thorceltic ... don't be a dick! It's a great idea and a caring idea! People fall on hard times, for all kinds of reasons, and sometimes they just need some backing to get their feet back on the ground.

    • @juliaweber212
      @juliaweber212 3 роки тому +3

      It’s a good idea too

  • @misscleo378
    @misscleo378 3 роки тому +24

    I wonder if any of the current residents had attended the school when they were younger.

  • @nancygrissett6280
    @nancygrissett6280 3 роки тому +13

    Thats a nice home for older folk. This idea should be done with more older vacated buildings. Most get torn down or sit empty till they fall on their own. Its just a shame that with all the homeless and poor folk that more isn't done like this.

  • @MyHeart1955
    @MyHeart1955 3 роки тому +49

    So many homeless shelters could be available.

    • @seeleygirl6178
      @seeleygirl6178 3 роки тому +2

      Community centers, orphanages, seniors, homeless, so many in need, and now immigrants. Oh my!

    • @thediaryofadepressedmomsar6866
      @thediaryofadepressedmomsar6866 3 роки тому

      @@seeleygirl6178 none of that is needed in the USA

  • @tonirad9577
    @tonirad9577 3 роки тому +2

    He had a vision and stuck to it . I love it ! ❤️

  • @barbaraness4507
    @barbaraness4507 3 роки тому +3

    This is so great! I wish more old buildings and houses would be renovated and/or repurposed.
    This man should tour and give motivational seminars on the importance, and advantages of preserving buildings.

    • @estherstrategicadvisor749
      @estherstrategicadvisor749 3 роки тому +2

      EXCELLENT IDEA! Most older building have great brickwork & architecture that should be preserved

  • @melissasanford9652
    @melissasanford9652 5 років тому +27

    I would love to be able to do this.

  • @susanmatherne7508
    @susanmatherne7508 3 роки тому +1

    Good for you Elie. I’m so happy it’s saved.

  • @mazzaz7668
    @mazzaz7668 5 років тому +11

    Just shows never give up amazing how hard people work it's a lesson for me first I should put more effort in I should be strong

  • @ivyedan7183
    @ivyedan7183 3 роки тому +2

    My mom lives in an old school in NC and I love it.its called central school apartments in laurinberg nc

  • @tammysvlogs2293
    @tammysvlogs2293 3 роки тому +5

    I would love to do this!!

  • @msc7697
    @msc7697 6 років тому +5

    Brilliant young man

  • @teris8233
    @teris8233 3 роки тому +10

    Great job!!! Now please please let’s find a homeless solution as their is 78,000 homeless in NY city

    • @seeleygirl6178
      @seeleygirl6178 3 роки тому +1

      And that’s BEFORE BIDENS IMMIGRANT CRISIS.

  • @itismeIamher
    @itismeIamher 3 роки тому +1

    He sure wasn’t selling his great idea on the beginning. He stated all of the negative points first.... he should’ve had more pride in what he did! It really was great 👍🏽

  • @kaistockman6443
    @kaistockman6443 3 роки тому +1

    This is awesome! We have a building in my town that people want to save at least the outside but they’re tearing the whole thing down. It needs a lot of work but this shows that it can be done.

  • @elizabethn7024
    @elizabethn7024 3 роки тому +1

    What a great idea, they could allocate x amount of room for the homeless n low incime familys x

  • @KrustyKlown
    @KrustyKlown 3 місяці тому

    Imagine spending your final years back at your old School.

  • @divacsantiago7979
    @divacsantiago7979 Рік тому +1

    Every state should put some sort of rule saying if a school is no longer being used after X amount of years than it should be converted into apartments

  • @sharonbowers9929
    @sharonbowers9929 3 роки тому +1

    Outstanding! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @juliaweber212
    @juliaweber212 3 роки тому

    Assistant living awesome

  • @avagrego3195
    @avagrego3195 Рік тому

    Brilliant

  • @livinglife8333
    @livinglife8333 3 роки тому +1

    That’s fantastic!

  • @husbandmanmediator9406
    @husbandmanmediator9406 Рік тому

    Wow that’s really nice 👍

  • @juansimmons6214
    @juansimmons6214 Рік тому

    Could you imagine how haunted that places is???,god noooo😱😱😱😱😱

  • @CybulDot
    @CybulDot 7 місяців тому

    It's a senior community now

  • @Sasskitten
    @Sasskitten 3 роки тому

    Man where was he when my old high school just days before they finished putting the whatever kind of papers making something a historical building through they had already started tearing it down. I had always said that Libbey High school would have made a great senior center but now it will never happen.

  • @estherstrategicadvisor749
    @estherstrategicadvisor749 3 роки тому

    AWESOME!

  • @nancyhoward7005
    @nancyhoward7005 2 роки тому

    Awesomeness is here. Go solar

  • @jennagamesd8056
    @jennagamesd8056 8 років тому +9

    Rhonda Belzile is my friend's grandma lol

    • @jennagamesd8056
      @jennagamesd8056 8 років тому

      I live in Willsboro by the way

    • @Kathrynpreston67
      @Kathrynpreston67 Рік тому

      Rhonda Belzile was my second grade teacher, I loved her!!!

    • @Kathrynpreston67
      @Kathrynpreston67 Рік тому

      If anybody sees Rhonda Belzile, please tell her that KG Preston said hello, and she was a GREAT teacher!!!

  • @TheFiown
    @TheFiown Рік тому

    How many hundreds of thousands of amazing buildings have been torn down or left to rot in the US. Many great Southern estates gone, chateaux to rival Versailles gone, Golden Age mansions but the truck load, gone, incredible factory buildings gone, Detroit with it's architecture gone, gothic revival hospitals and asylums gone, Penn station gone, churches and temples and many many more.

  • @kathe.o.
    @kathe.o. 2 роки тому +1

    REUSE, REDUCE WASTE, RECYCLE ♻️. WISH MORE OLDER SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MALLS AROUND OUR GREAT COUNTRY WERE REPLANNED, REPLINISHED & USED FOR HOUSING.

  • @nieceypiecey100
    @nieceypiecey100 3 роки тому +1

    Old dude looks like Andy Rooney

  • @55ostaR
    @55ostaR 3 роки тому

    What about those who need a place to live

  • @amish_ape5701
    @amish_ape5701 7 років тому +8

    this dude sounds like Richard Nixon

  • @keisreeman
    @keisreeman 3 роки тому

    The story always has a spin as to why spending 10x too much money is a good idea.

  • @seeleygirl6178
    @seeleygirl6178 3 роки тому

    Probably still smells like a school.

  • @DrLesleyStevens
    @DrLesleyStevens 3 місяці тому

    Just àn idea

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    หลักไว้ทุกเท

  • @อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ

    ใครผ่านเงินหมด

  • @อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ

    แปปไลน์​