That would be the way down, but we’re not going there just yet. Practising the letter F. The blinds are shut. Another dark room with a maze. The ceiling in this room was higher and the windows were different. I suspect, that this has been the assembly hall of the school before the gym wasContinue reading “Caught In Crossfire Part IV”
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Caught In Crossfire Part III
A fireplace up front and a toilet to the left. This has definitely been an apartment back in the days when teachers still lived in schools. Since then it has been something else. Those look like clothes dryers. “Wash hands when you come in the morning”. That’s pretty good advice for schoolkids All kinds ofContinue reading “Caught In Crossfire Part III”
Caught In Crossfire Part II
The corridor between the old and new wings was fairly primitive. You can’t call the new part beautiful from the insides either, but the use of natural light was nice. Even the toilet has been a shooting range. This looks like the school library. It looks as small and cozy as the entire school. They’veContinue reading “Caught In Crossfire Part II”
Caught In Crossfire Part I
Back at yet another familiar location. This old elementary school for Swedish speaking kids had stood empty since 2014 waiting for demolition and replacement with a kindergarten. I’ve been looking for a way in twice in 2011 and once in 2022. This is already my fourth attempt. For some strange reason there was a carContinue reading “Caught In Crossfire Part I”
Status Unchanged
And yet another check up on a familiar location. This here is the 1920’s built teacher apartment building featured earlier here. A year has passed, but the building seems as closed as it was the previous year, when I found it. So let’s just go around and photograph it. Nothing new to discover here, itContinue reading “Status Unchanged”
Looks Like They Started
Once again my ferocious Googling revealed a location, which soon would be gone. The former elementary school of Finland’s smallest town, Kaskinen, built in 1978, had been abandoned for years because of moisture damage. It was set to be demolished. There it is, and it looks like at least some preparations have started. Although theContinue reading “Looks Like They Started”
Seeing The Birches Grow
Continuing my yearly check ups on places I’ve visited the previous summer, here’s the village school I randomly discovered back in 2022. Back then I encountered a neighbour, who told me, that somebody had transformed it into a home, but nobody lived there. First he encouraged me to buy it, then he encouraged me toContinue reading “Seeing The Birches Grow”
Some Towns Are More Effective Than Others
I told you earlier about finding the list of property strategies of municipalities and towns and using them to find abandoned properties destined for demolition. Well, I had again encountered the list of a small regional town, which was losing people fast. I could determine, that some of the buildings had already been demolished, butContinue reading “Some Towns Are More Effective Than Others”
Too Guarded For Me
And here we have the first glimpses of what I really was looking for when entering the transformation station. This here is a former school of some kind. Back in the days when I first visited the place, I had no clue what it was. I’ve since figured it out, though. But figuring out orContinue reading “Too Guarded For Me”
It’s An Epidemic
For years now I’ve been complaining about old, 1930’s to 1950’s built school buildings being demolished around the country. Well, I’m going to keep on complaining, because here we go again. This is the former elementary school of Peipohja in Kokemäki, the very village, where I bought my dear summer car Alice. It was builtContinue reading “It’s An Epidemic”