Ruins of Jacksonville: Annie Lytle Public School

[jbroadglide]

Somebody actually took the time to calculate this???  Boy I am wa-a-a-a-ay out of touch.

[Cliffs_Daughter]

I only knew it from a few friends of mine who always took April 20th off work/school/whatever, and they explained it to me.

But yeah, I could totally see this becoming a venue of sorts.

[jbroadglide]

Okay rub it in...I can take a hint..

[Ocklawaha]

Stephen never had a clue that my camera had a self portrait timers on it!

Boy did this thread go up in smoke!

OCKLAWAHA

[heights unknown]

Lots of work will need to be done even if someone buys it and turns it into........

How about a massive social agency for the entire first coast metro that addresses medical care, counseling, food, clothing, shelter, and employment for those that are homeless and needy; helping them to clean themselves up (if they choose) and returning them to society as useful and viable citizens!?

Heights Unknown

[buckethead]

I always suspected that the inside was as stunningly beautiful as the outside. It is well suted to practically any purpose. It really isn't so far gone that refurbishing would not be feasable. A roof and window coverings would cetainly go a long way in presrving the beauty that still exists. A million clams? Bargain.

It needs mor ein repairs than the purchase cost. Any idea regarding potiental conditioned square footage?

[DavidWilliams]

Proximity to the 10-95  interchange (what? 100 feet or so) the damn flyover, at least from a distance looks as though it runs through the structure. That has to be a concern for any investor(s). I know it has been done in other cities before. But, as we all know, we ain't other cities. 

[DavidWilliams]

Welcome stoners. Never knew what the 4:20 reference meant. Damn the things I learn on here. Are the stoner tendencies and ad nauseum rail talk inter-related? Inquiring minds want to know. 

[vicupstate]

I've seen references to 420, but not 4:20.

Is that just me?

[A-Finnius]

This building is incredible inside.  I have forever wondered about what evil is lurking in the dark corners and long hallways of this ominously spooky piece of architecture.  The way it sits beneath the interstate makes the building even more frightening; like a troll hiding beneath a bridge waiting to snatch a passerby's goat and eat it! 

Thanks for the great pictures and snapshot of the building's history.

[buckethead]

Proximity to the 10-95  interchange (what? 100 feet or so) the damn flyover, at least from a distance looks as though it runs through the structure. That has to be a concern for any investor(s). I know it has been done in other cities before. But, as we all know, we ain't other cities. 

You would have your own personal corridor to the river.

Fishing under cover of the Fuller-Warren. Dry RV storage as well! Hurricane protection... think of all the +'s!

[Ocklawaha]

Welcome stoners. Never knew what the 4:20 reference meant. Damn the things I learn on here. Are the stoner tendencies and ad nauseum rail talk inter-related? Inquiring minds want to know. 

No man! The railroad talk is both vocation and avocation forever. Though some people think it was the 4,367 acid trips I took with Tim Leary.

The other part is being a 60's early 70's Hippie, and still being honest and carefree. 90% of the folks my age went through the same thing, but somehow a giant vacuum came out of the mist and erased their minds. I know people from Police, to Executives, to Preachers, that rode that stoner bus. It was fun while it lasted and thank God I survived, but hey, it's part of me, and I'm not going to hide it in some self righteous play. In the old MET JAX site I once posted a OLD HIPPIE thread, and we had a lot of fun with it. Lot's of people knew all the answers to my 30+ question Hippie Quiz, but none had ever tried drugs or broken a single law. These hypocrites always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case they see a snake, which they also keep handy. Their motto: "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." So to all inquiring minds, if we meet someday, bring me a bottle of SOCO (that's really as good as it gets today) and I'll weave some wild tales.

So how did I become a railroad guy and family man? My kids all grew up knowing every detail of that era, and crazy dad, and not ONE wants to ever go near a drug! Drugs? Ha! Vietnam and the VA have seen to it that I don't run out, might as well enjoy it. The only down side is my kids are constantly yelling for me to PLEASE TURN DOWN THE MUSIC...Hee Hee See! Bet y'all didn't think I'd post this...


From the movie "Taking Woodstock", quite good and about as real as it gets... Should be on video soon

OCKLAWAHA

[Paradox]

Ock and I had quite the day of it when we took about a hundred pictures of the interior.  Its also quite beautiful as well as these scarier photos!

Bob, did any of the really beautiful upstairs vistas come out?  Or the interior courtyard where the roof has collapsed?

Where did you find this guy's photos?

I posted them to my Flickr page and they contacted me about running them. I was already a member of this site and was happy to have them posted here. I took them all around 3am which is why they have the creepy feel to them. Here is the complete set of photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/48912544@N00/sets/72157622300292267/

[deathstar]

Question.. with the overpass being as close to the school as it is now.. what happens (IF.. and I say IF.. *KNOCK ON WOOD*) a Semi rolls over on top of it?

[Keith-N-Jax]

It crashes.