Andrew Jackson wasn't a very nice guy. If you know your history, you know that he was instrumental in the mass removal and extermination of Native peoples in America. Similar to Columbus, we see him immortalized on our money and the naming of important buildings. This school, Andrew Jackson Intermediate School is a conundrum. Built in the late 1920's this school was created to educate the middle class White families whose homes surrounded it. As Whites fled Detroit after the race riots and movement of the automotive industry to the suburbs, this area became predominately black a population left behind by industry, economics and education.
Front of Building
Ravaged by scrappers and weather damage, this second floor hallway resembles more of a mine shaft than a school hallway. It is hard to imagine nearly one hundred years of children walking these halls.
The second floor couseling office reminds of how beautifully school buildings were once built. The gorgeous hard wood throughout all the rooms in this building remind us of what education once meant to our society.
A forgotten memory of the education once taught here.
The second floor gymnasium
A ball left to miss its player
Yet, even in all the devestation, art still takes hold.
Close up of the front with impressive architectural design
Andrew Jackson closed four years ago after steady decline in population. It now stands in an area nearly devoid of any neighborhood homes. It is scheduled to be demolished this year (2015).
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