Inside the 10 Detroit schools being demolished

[Ray1936]

Fantastic coverage by you, Detroiturbex...many thanks. Might I just suggest any future postings include the street location of the schools? Just a suggestion.

[detroiturbex]

Fantastic coverage by you, Detroiturbex...many thanks. Might I just suggest any future postings include the street location of the schools? Just a suggestion.

You got it.

Breitmeyer Intermediate / Foreign Language Immersion & Cultural Studies School - 1917-2005

Built in 1917, Breitmeyer Intermediate was named after a prominent florist whose son served as mayor of Detroit. It was one of the first Foreign Language Immersion schools in the country, a highly successful program for at-risk students that continues today. Breitmeyer closed in 2006.



1916



The school in the summer of 2009.











Unfortunately, student records were not removed from the school when it closed, and could be often found on the lawn and in nearby trees.

As of the first week of May, the school was being cleaned out, but major demolition work had not started.