ABANDONED School in Philadelphia filled with Graffiti

[@lisaheisey6168]

That was called The Bartram Freshman Center, when I went there. After the freshman year, we went onto John Bartram high school, on Elmwood Ave in southwest Philly. When I attended The Freshman Center and later Bartram high school, I lived right near the high school. My dad had also attended Bartram, in the early 1950's, before quitting to join the army, when the Korean War started.

[@williamroden8495]

Even though this was filmed months ago, it is so good to see you and Chris together again. As you posted this, I assume you and Chris are still doing well throughout this Corvid 19 time. Best wishes for continued good health and success to you both!

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks man!!! Yes we are doing great as we both hope you are too. We were just talking about future locations to hit up when this is all over. We do have a some more videos together coming out soon that we filmed in the winter.

[@abbimarie487]

I’m really loving the “I will not do graffiti,” lines on the board in that one classroom 😂

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks!!! Hope you're staying safe

[@Thaloveguy]

Not only did I go to this school. I lived across the street in the projects from the time I was 5 yrs old til the age of 21. We had a ball playing around this school as kids. R.I.P. Tuck, Mally, Troy, Lil D, John John, Dez. This neighborhood was our home 🥹

[@yahyaharon3692]

My aunt used to live right across the street from that school 1985 86

[@EthanFindsOut]

Wow...that's insane. The outcome of what used to be in working order is all tagged up. I hope, with all this craziness that things don't look like this everywhere. Hope you and your family is doing well. Stay safe.

[@journeywithjay]

yup we are doing well as i hope you guys are too. thanks for stopping by as always

[@scottlillis4849]

Cool video Jay. In a lot of older schools, the gym and the cafeteria are the same. Its good to see you posting again. Stay safe and hope you enjoyed you're cheese steak from Pats or Genos.

[@journeywithjay]

yeah the gym and cafeteria was very close to each other but unfortunately it was really dark down there and my light was dying and it didnt come out too good so i just left it out. but it was empty just like the classrooms

[@vvarietyshow]

Hell yeah dude glad to see you upload again... Can't wait to get out there so we can explore

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah hoping the flight tickets still stay cheap lol

[@agirlfromnewyork2074]

So awesome to see a video from you been away. Stay safe n healthy 😄😀😄😀

[@journeywithjay]

thanks!!! hope you're staying safe and well too. if you have instagram follow me there too i usually post pics on there before my video is up

[@moparmike340]

Good to see you back again posting videos!

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks hopefully I can start uploading once a week

[@robertfontell649]

I went to high school in this building for 9th grace when it was John Bartram HS Freshmen Center...the building next door was Pepper Middle School..

[@LaShaunHealer]

My too

[@kimberliethomas8666]

The middle school next door was Tilden, not Pepper

[@robertfontell649]

@@kimberliethomas8666 no this is one of the old Bartram Annexes, the Freshmen Center in Eastwick on 81st & Lyons...I attended the Freshmen Center here...the old Pepper Middle School building is next door...

[@SPCLPONY]

I went to this school at 81st & Lyons around 1977? It was called the 'Wolf' building when I was there... One of a few 'annex' buildings used by John Bartram schools during my time in the Philly school system between 1967 through 1977. I think the 'main' Bartram building was on 66th & Elmwood Ave which was the High School I went to. This main Bartram High School shared a yard with Tilden Middle School. Tilden had a playground on the roof, completely covered with a fence. I also went to Patterson on Buist Ave for a year while the new Thomas G. Morton school was being built after the original building burned down one winter night. My mom woke me up and I could see the fire from my upstairs window. I lived on the corner of 63rd & Dicks Ave next to the gas station. Then, I went to the new T. G. Morton after it opened. I never went to St. Baranabas behind my house. It was a private school back then.

[@clayn931]

Great video. The next you or you both are in PA come to Duncansville. I can take you to the graves of the lost children and some abandoned buildings. There is a lot of history in this area. Also there is a place to stay here for free or a place to camp. Keep up the good work!!!

[@journeywithjay]

awesome i actually live in PA. i will have to see how far duncansville is from me, but i also dont mind traveling. do you have an instagram or look for my facebook page journey with jay. and you can always message me there.

[@MommiDonni1]

What is the graves of the "lost" children?

[@clayn931]

Two brothers, Joseph and George Cox, went missing on April 24, 1856. Their parents and neighbors searched for them, but they were never found. Eight days later a man had a reoccurring "prophetic dream" about where the boys were. On May 7 the man told his brother-in-law, they followed his dream, and found the two missing brothers, who had probably succumbed to exposure. In 1906, for the 50th anniversary of the event, the community of Pavia took up donations for a Lost Children of the Alleghenies Monument to honor the Cox family. In 1910 they erected the monument at the spot where Joseph and George Cox were found over 50 years earlier.

[@LaShaunHealer]

I didn't know it closed. I went for 9th grade. When i went here it was only for Freshmans and it was called The 'Freshman Center'. My sister went when it became 'Communications'. Now that I think about it, my mom went there for 9th grade too.

[@stackgm4965]

What’s the address

[@SPCLPONY]

@@stackgm4965 The 'Wolf building' was at 81st & Lyons Ave. in Philadelphia, Pa. It was 'one' of a few 'buildings' that John Bartram schools used during my time living in Southwest Philly. I was also at what was called the 'main' Bartram school building on 66th & Elmwood Ave. I see a few posts saying they went to 'Wolf' for ninth grade. That's sounds right in my case as well, but it was around 1977ish.

[@stackgm4965]

@@SPCLPONY is it still there?

[@SPCLPONY]

@@stackgm4965 Yes, the building on 81st and Lyons Ave is still there according to the videos..... but it's abandoned.

[@RandomVideoCircus]

How did I miss this? YT must be playing tricks on my news feed. Another great find!!

[@journeywithjay]

It's all good bud. I know YT like to play mind games from time to time

[@MobileInstinct]

"Creamy Cleanser" haha Good times man.

[@StringerMedia]

A wanted to see what the notebook said :(

[@journeywithjay]

my bad i thought the camera was in focus at the time. it was actually school work in there no highschool drama or love notes lol

[@PaperbackWriter92]

I'm actually surprised the student didn't take it home with them unless he or she forgot it before the school shut down. It's just weird to me is all. When I was in high school (A Charter School graduate Class of 2011) we were supposed to clean out our lockers of books and everything that we owned at the end of the school year.

[@leslierochester7776]

It started as George Wolf Elementary in the 60’s. John Bartram then housed their Motivation, Freshmen Center and Communication programs throughout the years. The middle school was Pepper which was nearby.

[@nikkireeexplores407]

Another cool find! Keep it up Jay!I love the collaborative videos too! It is safer to explore these places with a friend or group.Keep safe and healthy out there my friend. Looking forward to your next adventure 😀

[@journeywithjay]

Aww thanks!!! Hope you're staying safe as well

[@nikkireeexplores407]

@@journeywithjay you're welcome and trying to stay safe and healthy

[@IntrepidsRus]

Great explore. It's always interesting to see abandoned places in other countries. Thanks for sharing.

[@Epicmango7]

Glad to see you making videos again

[@thedeadzone9236]

Amazing to see such a large school just rotting away, there's lots of these abandoned schools around Detroit too

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Wow I really enjoyed that. Such a shame to see the school like that. Thanks for taking me along I really enjoyed it. Please stay safe

[@journeywithjay]

You stay safe and healthy as well. I appreciate you watching and comment a lot.

[@RusticVentures]

Very cool explore! Yeah, that blood splatter is a bit creepy but hoping it was just for a photo shoot, lol! Some of the graffiti is nice, weird as I don't typically like it but it's not your typical spray-paint scribble.

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah I liked the graffiti too since it wasn't just dongs lol

[@forsakenlydeparted8616]

Nice to see you again Jay! I enjoy watching collaboration videos for I hear the same conversation but with two different POV's. The dried blood got me chills, especially with the bare footprints. Sex Education on the stairwell in an abandoned school! LOL. I had a photography class in college back in the early 1980's that had that revolving door. It was very stiff and would get hung up a bit trying to get through. Nice surprise to say the least, keep it up!

[@journeywithjay]

That's cool you got to take a photography class. That blood room was definitely creepy.thanks for stopping by bud. Stay safe and healthy.

[@everettenglish5297]

I GUESS YALL NEVER HEARED THE WORD ASBESTOS

[@supercooldude824]

9:25 it said "WYLD" a famous graffiti writer from philly who passed away recently

[@lordspacedust7021]

I still go check on this place every now and again i went to the middle school in 05 next door before it closed and this was the high school i would’ve went too if i didn’t move to another neighborhood

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

Ohh just saw this. Answered my own question. Keep it up bro.

[@journeywithjay]

Lol thanks bud!!!

[@jdexploresfan3628]

Dope explore. Thanks!!

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks for watching I appreciate it

[@MrYuck-ys4eh]

Nice to see you're still around.

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks yup still hanging in there. Gonna try and start uploading more often.

[@dollawood]

This wasn’t a middle school chief, this was my high school Bartram Communications class of ‘05

[@thefrequencychemist]

05! What’s up snoop!

[@dollawood]

@@thefrequencychemist What’s happenin Cap’n

[@herminioramirez911]

You still go to Philadelphia school that were built 1968 . Now is close. Its call fairhill school location is 6th & Somerset street. North Philadelphia

[@heathermoffa7982]

That's bartram communications I went to high school there in the 90s

[@isaaccedeno1]

Did yall ever find the gym?

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah but unfortunately my light was dying and it was too dark to make out but if you go to mobile instinct video he has it in his, and the cafeteria. Thanks for watching!!!

[@isaaccedeno1]

journey_with _jay That’s dope! I’ve been in there a few times but never made it to the gym always wondered where it was! Enjoyed seeing it in his video!

[@journeywithjay]

@@isaaccedeno1 yeah it's really small compared to some schools

[@LaShaunHealer]

I didn't even know Communications had a gym.

[@thefrequencychemist]

That’s my old high school. When I went it was Bartram Communications HS.

[@Moefurryfriends]

My old high school. Bartram communications high school a.k.a comm tech. Class of 2008. This was never a middle school I don’t know why he kept saying that. And the gym was the cafeteria.

[@hajoelmadani5640]

Facts class of 09

[@journeywithjay]

For some reason I thought the sign said middle school out front lol. My bad

[@jos414]

It was George Wolf elementary, than Bartram Freshman before becoming Bartram Communications.

[@stardefenderxgamer4232]

One Bright day in the middle of the night two dead boys got up to fight. Those are sum bars no cap. 1:36

[@brendakrieger7000]

Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other If you don't believe this tale is true Just ask the blind man, he saw it too🤣

[@JMExplorations]

😳😳😳. Omg... this whole video was amazing! Random underwear, creamy cleanser and that blood stain... well, that gave me chills. The auditorium and dark room were really cool along with all of that graffiti! Excellent job annnd now we know to add bees to our list of urbex hazards... lol! Thank you for bringing us along!

[@journeywithjay]

thanks for stopping by guys!!!

[@01vermonter]

Right near my home. So sad right?

[@Kozep]

Love how you show of the graffiti!

[@bryanreese4231]

That looks like bartrem old building out SWP not a middle school.

[@jimmySWphilly]

Its the freshmen center at 81st, Pepper was at 84th & Lyons

[@KenopsiaExplorers]

Cool find, think we are headed there soon

[@InfamousJBe]

I need to do this around my hood too. Dirty job but someone has to flick it, right. Thanks for that. I have a graff channel too but mostly book work. Keep up the good work. 🤘

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks I appreciate it

[@InfamousJBe]

@@journeywithjay yw mate 🍻

[@ExploringwithWade]

Just found your channel. Cool location. New subscriber 😀

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks for the sub!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Appreciate you sharing this location🏚 Enormous facility🙀

[@journeywithjay]

It was a big school. I think that's one of the reasons it shut down. There just wasn't enough kids to go here so they merged them with another school

[@BBOY4403]

0:47 - The second floor, I believe. And I also believe you went into the Graphic Design room

[@MyJoy2You]

Wow that was cool! 👍 full watch as always!😇

[@dwunnafambro1532]

How in the hell did my high school get like this😳😩… and pepper the same way next door😔

[@mlockwood3254]

Modern day explorers!!! Love it

[@DDExplores]

Awesome find !!!!

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks Kris!!!!

[@phillyking2159]

I went there years ago we would always get into fights with the kids who lived in those pj’s

[@jimmySWphilly]

😂 swp

[@Adamgarcia922]

Whts going on New To your channel I go on adventure and explore abandoned places just wanna show love I show love to your channel this is really cool

[@KIWIMATT-FCS]

Absolutely trashed man far out only in America wow that assembly hall(auditorium) is huge... That blood was freaky.... Cool a dark room 📸 great video man 👊

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah the auditorium was my favorite part

[@tyboogie__2153]

It was never a middle school it always been a high school the one across from it is a middle school pepper middle school

[@PaperbackWriter92]

Interesting. I didn't know there was an old high school across from Pepper, even though I've seen it before, I went to a Charter middle and high school with a uniform policy but I live roughly near the abandoned George Wharton Pepper Middle School. The Eastwick Free Library of Philadelphia is closer to my house though.

[@LaShaunHealer]

That was our lunchroom when Zi went. That's why i don't remember having a gym.

[@brandondi-r9n]

i have been there before live pretty close by it haha love to see other people explore it

[@journeywithjay]

That's cool, I wanna check out the pepper school too. But one day it's all sealed up and the next day it's open lol. But I live an hour and half away and would hate to make the trip down just to be sealed.

[@brandondi-r9n]

@@journeywithjay 🤣 ye i get it me and my freinds always open it up after it gets sealed its got sealed quite a few time because of homeless people accidentally almost burning the whole thing down

[@KitschyTravels]

Very cool! I wanna go there

[@journeywithjay]

If you're ever up in PA I will definitely show you around

[@fernandofloreshernandez5753]

Where you guys from

[@journeywithjay]

I'm from Pa

[@jaygentile5202]

Nice adventure it reminds me of the movie the principal lol interesting how a massive school goes to waste schools out forever!!!! HJ (xplorer llttf)

[@mckennabenner3564]

where is the entrance?

[@journeywithjay]

It was through a window in the back but it gets sealed up, then open again. Its always hit or miss

[@jenaytucker8145]

The entrance is on the Lyons Ave. side across from the projects .

[@BBOY4403]

There are two entrances: one where students go inside and scan their IDs and go through the metal detector each morning. And the other is on Lyons Avenue, and that entrance side is used at the end of each school day.

[@fr3dr02]

That's definitely a murder scene at 7:48 😮

[@jaycole3768]

Or someone gave birth. That would explain the gloves

[@Supremetaj]

Never was a middle school that’s my old high school you in get that shit right bro

[@jenaytucker8145]

That was an elementary school if you are talking about the Bartram Freshman Center at 81st and Lyons Ave. in Southwest Philly.That was my high school too.My father said “this is the old Wolf School”? …to my mother on the first parent teacher night of the year . I was there 1981 . I never heard of (The Wolf School) until my dad said it then maybe 2021 KZbin 😆😆Don’t be so mean we don’t know everything.The knowledge YOU have can educate some and clear up the memories of others.🙂

[@Ray254Adventures]

That’s crazy I was just thinking about going there today I went to the middle school right next to that building exploring if I knew y’all was down here I would’ve linked up with y’all in my city 🤟🏽😎#philly

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah next time I'm down that way I will message you.

[@Ray254Adventures]

journey_with _jay yeah I tried yesterday getting into the school but The whole building was locked up good Plus now they had a security parked up patrolling the area for the two abandoned schools there smh I was really trying to go in but Sometimes things happen for a reason I should’ve went in last time I was up there the building was open last and all the windows was Open and it was in a little better shape than it was now but still was cool checking it out again but yeah next time you down here just hit me up if I’m around I definitely be down to go got a couple cool spots in Philly that we can record 💪🏽❤️ and 🙏🏽☝🏽 my guy keep doing ur thing

[@journeywithjay]

@@Ray254Adventures I saw your video. That security guard was there too when we went. But he was focused more on watching the pepper school.

[@danielkabakjian6931]

@@journeywithjay hey man I live near Philly and I can't seem to find this place. I'm familiar with the pepper school but where is this one? If you have an address or anything that'd be awesome. Thanks man!!

[@JayDrone]

Gr8 video bro

[@journeywithjay]

Thanks bud!!!

[@welove2178]

This was never a middle school the middles school is across the lot Pepper Middle school

[@mrzcarolinedip5115]

Our school did used to be a elementary school before becoming a high school

[@moniey22]

It wasn't a Middle School... its a High school John Bartram Communications Academy

[@BBOY4403]

My alma matter, where I found romance, friendships and success turn into this.

[@dripking2839]

What’s the location

[@journeywithjay]

It's next to the George pepper school

[@yahyaharon3692]

84th Street off of Lindbergh Boulevard

[@jimmySWphilly]

​@yahyaharon3692 this building is on 81st & Lyons

[@phillyguy7220]

The old neighborhood 😢

[@welove2178]

This is my old high school. Communication Technology High this makes me sad to see😭😭

[@buttahwrld17]

Looks like bartam highschool main building

[@journeywithjay]

Yup!!!

[@buttahwrld17]

@@journeywithjay that's my old highschool 💯💯

[@Moefurryfriends]

@philly_leo no that’s bartram communications next to pepper across street from the projects. That’s not main building. I use to go here.

[@buttahwrld17]

@@Moefurryfriends true

[@kimberliethomas8666]

It definitely was the main building at some point. I graduated from there in 1987. This building is at 67th & Elmwood.

[@Shekhar.chhetri]

Can we still go there buddy ?

[@journeywithjay]

its hit or miss you just gotta keep checking it. the boards get ripped off and you can get in and then the next week someone seals it up again.

[@lordspacedust7021]

I actually just went here again like 2 weeks ago and pepper (the school next to it) i went there as a kid but yes the door in the back is usually opened

[@gamer_kid2154]

@@lordspacedust7021 where’s this place at

[@jenaytucker8145]

I’ve never even seen white - boards in an abandoned school only black boards .🧐This must be pretty new as far as closing.You said it was a middle school then a(communications )school. Now I know why that looks familiar from outside🧐🧐😕☹️😫😩😢because I went there in 1981 for 9th grade only then to the main building. it was the John Bartram Freshman Center ,before that it was the Wolf Middle School (before my time).John Bartram was a BIG high school back when I attended 1981-1985 4or5 buildings but now it has sadly declined in quality,size, and safety like so many of our public schools in Philly(Philadelphia) Thanks 🙋🏾‍♀️😔. Oh yeah Pepper Middle School is 1 to 2 blocks away to the right towards the back of the school,sorry I don’t know the address but you are at 81st and Lyons ave,Philadelphia,Pa.19153.Pepper Middle School was beautiful and it looks like an abandoned hospital if you go there.

[@SPCLPONY]

Hi Janay, You are correct in this being one of a few 'John Bartram' school building's. I was here at the 'Wolf Building' at 81'st and Lyons Ave. around 1976 or 77. I would have been 14 years old. I remember Mr. Kupsov was my math teacher. I also went to the John Bartram on Elmwood Ave which was closer to my house at the corner of 63rd and Dicks Ave. (Next to the gas station). I walked to the Elmwood Ave school, but had to ride a bus to 81st and Lyons. On a side note, I attended the original Thomas G. Morton Elementary school that burned down one winter night. Then attended the newly rebuilt T.G. Morton a year and a half later. Then, I went to Patterson before Bartram.

[@jenaytucker8145]

@@SPCLPONY Wow! What a history lesson about Morton,later I had kids that attended Morton when I moved to 66th & Dicks but I’m lost🤷🏽‍♀️ on the Bartram building at 63rd & Dicks. I wheat to Mitchell elementary school then to Tilden. I also had to ride the “G” bus that dropped us off at the Freshman center and I took the “Activity “ bus (a school bus provided free)to the Main building for Gymnastics or In door track or to the track field for Out door track or Cross country .Man,those were fun days 🙋🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️💪🏾😉😃😃 O- about Morton,that’s why it looked so much better than Mitchell. Mitchell had been falling apart for years ,🏚🏚🏚I don’t know about now all of my kids are grown now and they attended there to ,before we moved.

[@jenaytucker8145]

@@SPCLPONY Yeah☹️😞😞😢😢

[@jenaytucker8145]

@@SPCLPONY Hey SPCLPONY, I was curious about where you said you lived 6311 Dick’S Ave. 🤔🤔💭💭hmm. that big beautiful three story twin on the right? I was so curious I drove by it ,didn’t remember the exact address but you said it’s next to the gas station. I looked across the street 6314 then on this side 6313 ok that has to be 6311 wow that’s it , when I got home I checked your comment for the address. I’ve wondered about that house and it’s history.Sorry to say it’s abandoned 🏚🛠🪚🔨🫤🪜and has been at least since I’ve been in the neighborhood December 2007.

[@SPCLPONY]

@@jenaytucker8145 Yes, 6311. The 3 story duplex. We lived on the side next to Mike's Gulf service station back then. It was abandoned by the mid 90's when my brother and I reunited with some childhood friends and visited our old neighborhood. It was a great childhood growing up there from around 1967 through 78. We could see the stadium complex and tops of the Naval ships from our 3rd floor windows. I heard it changed ownership several times. Hoped someone would do something good with it.

[@ExploringWithBonnie13]

Amazing explore

[@gersoncastro1159]

where is this at? @my_name_gerson on insta if you know where this place is it please thank you!

[@anthonylawrence2918]

It's next door to the old Pepper Middle School in Southwest Philly... I wanna say 84th and Lindbergh?

[@LaShaunHealer]

84th & Llyons.

[@kimberliethomas8666]

This was John Bertram High School located at 67th & Elmwood Avenue in Phila.

[@jos414]

This Bartram annex is at 81st & Lyons Ave next to Pepper Middle which is on 84th

[@sylviadyerra]

I hated that damn school!!! Nut ass communications 👎🏾

[@dannywire6385]

I was in this building it’s pretty cool

[@journeywithjay]

Yeah it was cool but our original plan was to check out the pepper school next to it, but at that time it was sealed

[@Artsells980]

That definitely looked like blood

[@tyboogie__2153]

John Bartram

[@theslothII]

Pats and Ginos? The worst cheese steaks in the city.

[@justinwinter4908]

Why dont you ever show the good colorful graffiti? Awesome graffiti

[@AceHardy]

✍️

[@tyboogie__2153]

My old high school

[@SteelMan9108]

How was it like back in the day

[@johnglow7845]

Bad some of the kids were caught back in the day dealing drugs with one of my neighbors ATF came in and ended that mess.

[@tyboogie__2153]

It don’t have a gym

[@jenaytucker8145]

Someone said it did have a gym,now someone says the cafeteria was the gym😆 we didn’t have but 13min. to gobble down a Susie-Q, Twinky, a bag of Dipsy Doodles or what ever was on the snack cart that came around to each class😆😆😆.We didn’t have access to the whole building as 9th graders and I always wondered what else was there but you’d BETTER not go where you had no business going!! I came from Tilden and we were buck-wild, now at the Freshman Center we had to grow up they didn’t that there.🤨🤨

[@journeywithjay]

There was a gym but it was very small and really dark, I don't think it would've showed up on camera. So I didn't film it. Thanks for watching

[@tyboogie__2153]

Where we eat lunch was the gym 🤣

[@natashao0517]

There was no gym, just the lunch room in the basement

[@darealtiz2190]

Naw it’s definitely a gym it on the bottom level n the basement. This is my high school😩 I miss these days great memories

[@italjahcorntrashroller]

These are everywhere churches 2, kensington is as bad as a third world country.

[@italjahcorntrashroller]

I forgot abandoned cornerstores.

[@arthurmorgan9559]

🤪👍🍺

[@susanmandeville693]

There is nothing nice about graffiti or destruction. If it weren't for the poor teachers, I'd say open the school up and let the kids back in to study. See how they like that.

[@zeynosproductions2088]

this school is called George wolf school

[@Supremetaj]

That’s comm tech