WOAH this abandoned falling apart building’s floor just fell apart who would have thought

The culture of copper and meth. Go develop a craft or find employment.

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Scary!

Lived on 92nd Street. They used to have the festival there every summer. Great times.

Are the developers not moving forward with building new apartments? I thought demolition was going to be done in June with construction starting this fall.

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That looked like it could've collapsed right under your feet. Abandoned school, had to be arson

As I step slowing down the stairs, hands trembling as I look down, I see wonderful glimpses of decorative tiles amongst mounds of sand as if a storm had tore through the building trying not to slip I wonder what I will find at the bottom.

I had a tuk tokker ask me to do a tik tok with him at the grave yard he wanted to use some app and needed help it was daytime so I went and found a man sitting in a car watching us they then tried to say I was crazy for visiting the grave yard helping this man. Set up or what ??? Now I can’t do anything like that these scenes are scary but often can help with writing and description. 👍not a place anyone wants to hangout though.🫤

“Pee pee boo boo” and “the boys”😂

Is the organ still in the building?

Damn shame what happened to that mall. Big and such beautiful architecture but people just seemed to get off on destroying it instead of respecting the beauty and the history

Thabks for playing along. It's sad to see all of these places of community lose their appeal.. and slowly die

It's really sad what's happened in the name of big corporate owned restaurants and losing mall life in the name of technology. The fun and the innocence of diners and malls are gone. Everyone knew everyone in small town diners. My first job was in a diner and I knew the owners really well, they really cared about you and all that's replaced by restaurants where you're really just a number

I remember going to baseball card shows in the 80's in the attached school to the south.

I'm pretty sure they had a Sunday evening service too in the 80's. Because if I'm not mistaken our family would end up here for mass then if we didn't have an opportunity to go prior to that on the weekends. Otherwise I'm thinking of Saturday evening service but I'm pretty sure it was Sunday or we would have gone to our own church Saturday evenings.

Use to sell cars there a couple years before he passed. It’s eerie seeing my old office as a pile of glass lol

The only time i remember using the choir loft was when the cardinal and the pope came to visit and held mass, its a shame it all closed down, such good times in the church and school.

I worked the bingo stand as a kid during festivals, they would "pay" me in icecream sandwiches.

Class of 2009 this is memories, i remember when it became MQS. Would love to see it in person once more, it was the first school that cared, Mrs Falke encourages my art talent im now a graphic designer and Mrs Z was so patient with mu adhd self.

Disgusting. I've seen it so many times out here in Wisconsin with abandoned buildings, barns, and homes, not to mention seeing that ridiculous tagging on the trains that go by my home. Out near where my grandparents used to live in Campbellsport, there was this really old abandoned home and it was so awesome to see that almost 150 plus year old home until it was tagged and destroyed by punks

I agree 100%, I've always been drawn to seeing ababandoned schools just to see the gym. All the excitement and so many kids that ran through there and now to see it barely hanging in there. Amazing place

Why was that so poetic

Yes, it is sad to see them this way, but we are thankful we could preserve it in this state.. now it is much much worse :/

It's sad to see the church and school this way. I attended CCD classes here and my mother taught her for a few years as a CCD class teacher.

I'm surprised that beautiful building didn't have a pipe organ

So very nice for them to give permission! Love that you were so respectful of everything. Great job of preserving it on flim

The Catholic church my husband attended and we got married in is now a mosque. The VFW we had our reception at was demolished for airport expansion. The Catholic church I attended is closed, don't know if it was sold. I also don't know if the church and school I attended as a child is still there. St Matthews in Milwaukee on 26th and Scott.

I remember going there once to a Friday night Youth Dance in the mid 60's. I got kicked out.

Used to play the catholic grade school basketball leagues in the 1970s. This school was part of it. Most of those schools are closed now.

I attended for 8 yrs and spent 7 days a week at Mass in the church. Class of 1966. Feeling Sad.

Would that happen to be in rockford, Illinois?

My wedding reception was held in Gonzaga Hall on the coldest day on record, -29F. I also cleaaned the hall after events back in the mid '70's.

We didn't either. But at that point, we hoped it was right

I don’t trust that sign.

I live just west of this church and school! I bet the students who when there are amazed of the condition of it now! I need to drive buy to see if it is still there! 2020 it closed. Covid year….

I had no idea that church was abandoned! That’s down the road from me. Will it be torn down? I need to drive buy.

You can feel the sacredness of that church. I almost expected to see a little old lady saying the rosary in one of the pews. You might want to check out the Courtney Woolen Mill in Appleton, Wisconsin. They had machines to process wool. They sold quilt batting. The place was opened in the late 1800s. When you go into the mill and the retail store, it’s like stepping back in time 150 years. It’s been in operation that long. They closed the shop on July 1, 2024 after 144 years in business. Google Courtney Woolen Mills for pics. The Post Crescent ran one last article on it.

When the boomer generation grew up.......Family sizes started to dwindle and MANY Catholic parishes lost members to attrition and an aging population across the entire Milwaukee Archdiocese. St. Als isnt the only victim to the dwindling needs of the Catholic population of grade school children. When many of these churches were built, they arose to serve specific enclaves of turn of the 20th Century immigrant groups and also for growing needs of workers in now shuttered industrial areas. Remember, back in the day, people were lucky to own ONE automobile. People walked to the closest nearby establishments. Including schools and churches. People shoped at a corner market for groceries. People got around by street car and public bus system. As the years moved on and generations changed lifestyles as modern living conveniences took over. The large families of yesteryear are no longer with us. Many are career minded and chose not to have kids. Many have only 2 or 3 compared with 5 or 6 or more of the baby boom. Some have left the faith or have interfaith marriage. With the creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s, people could move away from the urban areas and commute to work. The Electronic age and the computer chip forever changed the way people lived even 50 years ago. 100 + year old buildings became notorious budget holes for dwindling parish members to try and maintain. Combining several nearby parishes has been happening for some time now. This is not just in the Milwaukee metro either. The struggle is real. Its unfortunate that St. Aloysisus church and school buildings lost the battle. Thank you for documenting this.

I lived in West Allies until 1988. St. Alas was the "church school" kids who lived west of 92nd street went. It's east side rival was Holy Assumption. Huge rivalry in sports and band groups!

That house has served its purpose. The materials are going back to the earth.

Late 60’s early 70’s the gymnastic group I belonged to ,the Swiss Turners, used to hold their classes, exhibitions, and meets in the gym there. Great memories from long ago!

you went right before it got bad

if this is the one in milwaukee… there’s homeless people living in the rooms.

Back in the late 2000s, I used to attend a kind of summer day camp for disabled kids, which was, for the most part, held in the day care room you walked into at around the 2:00 mark. We used to go out and do a bunch of other activities in the surrounding community, but this room in particular is all I can really remember from those days.

I was there not too long ago with my cousin. When we were there we heard something metal being thrown down the hallway. Unreal experience

I hope a lot of it is salvaged ... beautiful pews, the blue glass, its all still in good shape.

Somehow,when I saw the outside through the windows, I knew it was stallis.

Yup, days LONG GONE! Those were good days!