I went to the school in 1991. I drove by today and was devastated by her badly in disrepair. Many of the doors were propped open although surrounded by broken glass. I went through and took a picture of the beautiful ballet studio, the old dining hall and things were just left, silverware, all of it. There weren’t any security guards this time. The library is full of books. I found an old dorm key on the floor and took it home. If I had $100 million I would put every effort into making this college thrive again. My fear is that it won’t be recoverable at some point
Back in 2019, after driving past this place a thousand times I decided to stop and take a peek. The security guard was extremely welcoming and gave me an inside tour lol.
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@@Bristol1304 yes, I saw that on the news early this morning. So much for our hopes of the place being revitalized. Five buildings on fire? Sure looks like arson.
I believe taxes are current (or at least current enough to keep the city from foreclosing). I personally don’t believe there was ever any real intentions to open a new college; I believe it was only bought as some sort of tax write off or maybe even a shell corporation. If they ever intended to open a college here post Covid, they would have made more of an effort to secure and maintain the campus. The estimates I have been hearing to bring the buildings back up to code far surpass the purchased amount for the college. It will never happen. The best hope is that the building are sold and converted to condos, apartments, perhaps with casino and commercial spaces on the lower floors. Even if that were to happen, newer buildings with less historical interest would be razed to expand parking. More realistically, the building will continue to deteriorate until they are finally either destroyed by fire or the roofs just collapse, or they are demolished; probably due to being a safety hazard rather than repurposing the acreage, since the campus is not located on high demand real estate. It is ashame, but the campus continues to have less and less going for it. The buildings were in bad shape 30 years ago, with only the bare minimum of restoration and preservation being done back then. The location isn’t great; definitely not a part of town I would want to wonder around in at night nor would I want to send my early adult child to live there. A lot has changed since the end of V-I’s ‘hay days’ of the 1950s and early 1960s.
So heartbreaking that it burned down. Such a beautiful historic building.
I'm a 1988 alumnus of VI, I like your you tube video, it was a beautiful in its hay day.
I went to the school in 1991. I drove by today and was devastated by her badly in disrepair. Many of the doors were propped open although surrounded by broken glass. I went through and took a picture of the beautiful ballet studio, the old dining hall and things were just left, silverware, all of it. There weren’t any security guards this time. The library is full of books. I found an old dorm key on the floor and took it home. If I had $100 million I would put every effort into making this college thrive again. My fear is that it won’t be recoverable at some point
I went to school there. So sad to see her looking like this. It was such a great school with such amazing architecture and history!
I would love just to be able to enter the library.....one more time.
I understand. This has to be so hard for all of those who went to school here. I can only imagine the pain and grief.
Nice video. I went to VI during 89-91. I played on the first men’s basketball team there. Yes that was the President’s House.
Back in 2019, after driving past this place a thousand times I decided to stop and take a peek. The security guard was extremely welcoming and gave me an inside tour lol.
I graduated from VIC this is so sad. It was an amazing experience for me.
Hey your bus driver Dan 😊 you used to drive my kids ti school . Hope your enjoying retirement 👍
@@RoyRogersMusicShop hey there. Yes! Enjoying retirement very much. Although, I think I am busier now than when I was working lol 😆. I loved driving a school bus. But it was time. I hope you'll check out some more of my content here, especially my country music covers. Thanks for commenting. I hope to hear from you again.
Also the one building where you said you saw someone head in the window was called Hodges dormitory. All male dorms.
Hodges Hall my home for two years, many great memories, class of 1981.
This is currently burning down. They’ve been fighting the fire all night. Sad
@@Bristol1304 yes, I saw that on the news early this morning. So much for our hopes of the place being revitalized. Five buildings on fire? Sure looks like arson.
Sadly burned down last night
@@TabithaSmith-bc6hp it's very sad. We had hopes of the property being revitalized, but not now. Thanks for commenting ❤.
I heard Chinese owns this now and behind on taxes. This could be a new collage or better yet affordable housing or just housing period
I believe taxes are current (or at least current enough to keep the city from foreclosing). I personally don’t believe there was ever any real intentions to open a new college; I believe it was only bought as some sort of tax write off or maybe even a shell corporation. If they ever intended to open a college here post Covid, they would have made more of an effort to secure and maintain the campus. The estimates I have been hearing to bring the buildings back up to code far surpass the purchased amount for the college. It will never happen. The best hope is that the building are sold and converted to condos, apartments, perhaps with casino and commercial spaces on the lower floors. Even if that were to happen, newer buildings with less historical interest would be razed to expand parking. More realistically, the building will continue to deteriorate until they are finally either destroyed by fire or the roofs just collapse, or they are demolished; probably due to being a safety hazard rather than repurposing the acreage, since the campus is not located on high demand real estate. It is ashame, but the campus continues to have less and less going for it. The buildings were in bad shape 30 years ago, with only the bare minimum of restoration and preservation being done back then. The location isn’t great; definitely not a part of town I would want to wonder around in at night nor would I want to send my early adult child to live there. A lot has changed since the end of V-I’s ‘hay days’ of the 1950s and early 1960s.