2021 Halloween Post: School's Out Forever
Going through my Urbex backlog, I didn't find a new site big enough to merit a full Halloween post, so instead I'm trying something new this time. It'll be a theme this time, exploring three different schools. The first two- Philly's Pepper Middle School and Glen Mills' Sleighton Farm School- are rather famous within the Urbex community. The last one, Philly's Parkgate Manor, is a fairly unknown one I only discovered through a local history site that I believe should be more famous as the building is drop-dead (spooky pun intended) gorgeous. GW Pepper Middle School, Eastwick, Philadelphia, PA It was 1968 and Philly's controversial redevelopment of the Eastwick neighborhood was in full swing when the Eastwick Educational Complex was proposed. Previously, Eastwick was a semi-developed neighborhood that had a lot of agricultural business. Due to its proximity to the airport, the city government targeted it for expansion. Aside from a few lucky rowhomes (which ...