Cass Tech High School (old) - Photos
Cass Tech High School (old)
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The massive machinery that drove Cass Tech's elevators.
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The cafeteria in the 1980s addition
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Nearly every classroom in the school was left filled with desks, supplies and equipment.
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The original swimming pool, which was closed after the addition was added in the 1980s.
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Classrooms were left full of desks when the school district abandoned the landmark.
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Cass Tech was abandoned by the school districts with tons of school supplies, computers, musical instruments and more left behind.
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The venerable Second Avenue facade of Cass Tech High School
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Cass Tech was a proud educational landmark in downtown Detroit.
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The classrooms were left full of desks and other supplies when the district abandoned the building.
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The swimming pool in the 1980s addition was supposed to be Olympic-size - but contractors used English measurement instead of metric.
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A chemistry lab
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Looking north up Grand River on April 17, 2009, at Cass Tech and its 1980s addition.
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An aerial view of Cass Tech on April 17, 2009.
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The proud Cass Technical High School
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Old Cass Tech and Michigan Central Station