You might just discover something new, if you don’t get caught first. Urban exploring can be an exciting experience as long as you stay safe. One of these days I would like to explore the buildings beyond the fences of the campus and see what the Willowbrook State School used to look like. I think it’s worth checking this area out, too. Willowbrook could be the most haunted area on Staten Island, but Islanders have also noticed flickering lights and ghosts throughout Historic Richmond Town. Seaview Hospital and the College of Staten Island both reside in the neighborhood of Willowbrook. I hear those buildings were once the site of gruesome events. Around the perimeter of the campus lies long brick buildings. Heck, there are even buildings at the College of Staten Island that are not in use (to my knowledge). For example, what once used to be Seaview Hospital is abandoned in the woods. I haven’t tried to urban explore, but from the looks of it, it sounds super fun, adventurous, and even dangerous.Īs a matter of fact, there are places on Staten Island that could be great to urban explore. Wonder says that there are four things to watch for to avoid getting caught in a subway tunnel: do not hit the third rail, do not get hit by a train, stay hidden, and watch for motion detectors. For example, one YouTuber named Andrew Wonder has explored a subway tunnel and the Williamsburg Bridge without getting caught. There are even places in New York City where many people have gone to urban explore. Many YouTubers have snuck in and explored the studio’s surroundings. Shows like “All That” and “Legends of the Hidden Temple” were filmed there. Many have successfully gained access to the island without getting caught, but others were caught and were unfortunately banned from Disney Parks.ĭid you know that Nickelodeon Studios used to be at Universal Studios located in Florida, but then was closed down in the early 2000s? It used to be a park that was open to the public, but years later the park was run down and eventually left abandoned. In Florida at Walt Disney World, there is a park called Discovery Island. For example, there are a few attractions that stand abandoned to this day. There are many YouTubers around the world that like to urban explore. You may also think this means exploring haunted places.Īccording to Urban Dictionary, the term urban exploration is defined as “the act of going places you’re not supposed to go.” When you hear the term urban exploring, what comes to mind? If you think about exploring ancient or abandoned buildings, you are correct. (For more photos of this site, see sets two and three.City-based urban explorers frequent abandoned subway tunnels.
Hairston or the school built in his honor - like so many surely-exceptional educators who toiled under segregation and so many beloved community schools that lacked the resources and political support to persist.
Today, it seems that not much information survives about Rev. Within a few years, however, it was abandoned. Hairston was smaller and had fewer resources than other elementary schools in the county, but most members of the surrounding community valued its “neighborhood” feel and small class sizes.Īfter years of political wrangling about the quality of education students were receiving at Hairston, the cost of asbestos remediation there, and the school district’s overall financial situation, the county closed the school in 1991 and sold it to a local church shortly thereafter for $20,000. Updated the domain to my new website Appreciate all the feedback I got, and as a reminder there. By the 1980s, it had transitioned to an elementary school. Hairston School was integrated in the 1960s and began to operate as a middle school. The school bearing his name opened in the 1950s, also as a school for black students. He was a teacher for 50 years, much of that time at Black Knob, a long-gone school for black students in the the county’s Iriswood District. But the diminutive school with the sickly air is named after a largely-forgotten local educator and is an important piece of community history that is quickly vanishing. Rain drops patter in large puddles throughout the building, carrying with them friable asbestos from the battered roof and walls. In the Horsepasture District of rural Henry County, Va., a little school has sat decaying for two decades.
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