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Located in North Philadelphia (don’t want to give too much away,) this school is sadly not the only one that’s been left abandoned by the city. Full of some amazing works of graffiti and stocked with a surprising amount of supplies (books, desks, an oven, etc.,) the space looks like it was closed one day without warning and left to rot.
More photos below, and on the feeds of a few of my Instagram buddies: @austinxc04, @rachelhara, @dday521 and @medlowminus…
I got that one too! http://www.katrinaohstrom.com/spring-garden-school-no1/
What a beautiful session.
Great sesh.
love this. always wanted to get in that cage.
Wow these are so tragically beautiful and so telling of what’s going on with the Philadelphia school session right now. Also…is that a greenhouse??
Agreed… No, it’s their roof gym/play yard.
…that is a richard allen stash house. ya’s lucky no one was home. awesome shots!
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An amazing collection of photo’s from StreetsDept in Philadelphia
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I attended a Philadelphia school that had no gym around 1959. We were bused to this school to play basketball on the roof (it was a spectacular view then) and to swim in a pool on a lower floor one summer. I wish you included the name of this school, since I can’t remember it now. The Philadelphia school system has been in financial crisis and the students suffer.
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