Old Cass Tech High School - Part 1

[@blkbass1958]

I was in Chem-Bio at Cass Tech in the 70's. You cannot imagine how impressive that school was back in the day. It brings back so many memories. I would ride two city buses every weekday to and from school, but it was worth it.

[@ellenjones578]

Thank you for the memories! How true! Class of 1975!

[@creating1_c1999]

It's always bittersweet to see the ruins but the memories are preserved forever. Class of '87, Commercial Art. The 6th floor was my home!

[@13moles]

From a visual art graduate of 1965... many thanks! Room 622, before which you briefly stopped, was my home for 2 years. Its reigning art teacher, Mr. Leonard Johnson baptized me in the waters of art and visual culture Thank you for making this final tour on my behalf! A.T.

[@ncford1]

My Dad (1923 - 1984) went to Cass Tech. He was a fine arts major. Ended up being a principal in various Detroit elementary schools; in the late 1960s he worked in the W. Bloomfield School District. Thanks so much for posting. I love the 6th floor tour; kept imaging my Dad walking through the halls.

[@gabbysprenger7178]

What a walk down memory lane. Class of 1970 No school like Cass anywhere

[@thewordkeeper]

I only went to Cass Tech for one semester from 1969 to 70 then transferred to Northern High where I graduated in 1972. I remember at least once or twice a week my friend and I would sneak out of class, walk aside the John C Lodge side street and go to White Castle. I remember the Black Panthers used to have gatherings on the football field. But joining never interested me. I was in the Junior ROTC as well. One time I remember the principal called me to his office and excoriated me about my low grades (I ended up going to summer school to make them up - had to. He gave me an ultimatum. Either pass them all or get expelled. I passed all of them but left anyway) then something came up about my ROTC uniform and I said to him "I ain't got no dye." That ticked them off because he repeated what I said the same way I said it; ebonics and all. Guess he said it like that to say 'how in the world did I get into Cast Tech?' We had a pretty nice basketball team. The only players name I remember was one of the guards whose name was Larry Scott. Seems like every highschool team had a player named either Larry Scott or Joe Johnson or Jackson on their team. Can't remember the other guard's name. He was a fairly light-skinned fella about 5 10' or 11.' Nowadays they talk about how all basketball players need to know how to shoot the floater as if Tony Parker invented it; but this guy shot almost nothing but floaters about 10-15 feet from the basket. I remember once we had to draw the inside of the engineering shop. I remember guys were walking around with paper and pencil looking up at the walls, the floor and the ceiling with red pipes going across it and drawing. I remember thinking "what in the heck are they doing?" Obviously I flunked that course. I didn't know what I was doing then and still wouldn't know how to do it today. The shop teacher's name was Mister Weiss. I know this is rather long but this is just some of my experiences at Cass Tech. "Stop look and listen we're Mighty Technicians!"

[@alawrence4302]

My classmate Alex guiding the tour! CT '81

[@jaroslawmrszlk]

He is so correct What a wonderful high school experience!!!!

[@AtrumMixer]

Last class was in 2005? Wtf?! What kind of building goes to hell that quickly?

[@bumbaluv]

me-- P.A. class of 1983 --thanks for the clip!

[@AtrumMixer]

I live in a castle that stood abandoned for 40 years in the middle of a city. It barely needed any attention when I moved in. What kind of people would do such a thing to a nice school like that.

[@pepsidrink19]

Even though I don't live in Detroit or USA, it still sucks to see it go.

[@jules_az_mi2636]

Thank you! Didn't hear what year you graduated, or your name. I was from the class of '83, but moved to Arizona, Science and Arts. So good to see the old halls and classrooms, even in its final form.

[@alawrence4302]

Alex.. Class of 1981...my classmate!

[@cryingzombie]

Class of 1991 here

[@johncox2912]

Tearing down the original Cass Tech building was a crime! CT was THE best high school ever.

[@ellenjones578]

Remember the old elevators with a woman who would operate them manually!

[@kalimbaayinde25]

Yes ❤❤

[@fluxedo76]

Do you know if the letterpress stuff was still in there?

[@bmanoogian]

why did they close it in the first place

[@alisham8232]

Building maintenance failing & lack of enrollment

[@bmanoogian]

why the hell did a city that is broke build a state of the art new cass tech if this one was just fine

[@BigBen866]

He’s from the Class of 1981. My sister’s classmate😉

[@suzukir123]

So wait... the ceiling on the earlier part of this video was two stories high??

[@gabrielleolivia948]

suzukir123 the building had 8 floors

[@BigBen866]

Yea, class of 1982 Architecture Civil Construction Technology (ACCT). I learned a lot about myself at Cass🤔 Ended up getting several General Studies, Liberal Arts, and Business degrees🤔 Had a Japanese Professor in college who was shocked that an African American man could be so serious about his studies. I got a 4.0 in his class🤔

[@LsBG07]

How did you guys get in?

[@bryan1282]

It needed updating in every mechanical category, roof windows doors; it needed to made energy efficient. It was 1920 energy efficient. Can you imagine trying to renovate that massive structure? And what else is hiding behind the walls? An electrician/ plumber would charge MORE to renovate that building then to plumb/rewire a new structure. That's why no one wanted to buy it after its a money pit. A shame it had to go sure, but financially it was doomed to the claw.

[@ls6-ss413]

Scumbag electricians I've seen it a thousand times. They aren't so high and mighty as they think

[@bmanoogian]

well people break in and steal things and make a mess

[@Mscookie3131]

C/o '02'!

[@jaroslawmrszlk]

Rock that '78

[@fit7113]

CT!

[@GildaSnowden]

the letter press stuff is still in there. The VANDERCOOK presses are still in there. Pity. Pity. Waste!

[@bmanoogian]

they built a new one calm down

[@kalimbaayinde25]

He did a HORRIBLE job with the camera.