Items from Detroit's recently closed Southwestern High School may soon be "going, going, gone" after an upcoming auction hoped to save the school district thousands.
Detroit Public Schools will be holding an auction to liquidate the building's contents on the website Biddergy.com Thursday, Oct. 18, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The pilot program is expected to save up to $85,000 in costs associated with moving items to a warehouse. In the past, when schools closed, items were brought to one location, sorted and auctioned later.
In addition to run-of-the-mill school desks and furniture, the auction will also feature petri dishes, a Snapple refrigerator, pole vaulting pads, a powermatic lathe, a hot dog steamer, an electric "Rascal" chair and a trampoline. Looking to start a restaurant? There's also plenty of commercial kitchen equipment.
The decision to close the school earlier this year, along with many others, was not without controversy. State Rep. Rashida Tlaib and about 30 other community members blocked traffic on Fort street in front of the building this May in an attempt to keep it open.
DPS has resorted to creative ways to raise funds from closed schools. At the end of last school year, they sought to drum up developers' interest in vacated school sites, touting historic architecture at the real estate conference "Old Schools, New Uses."
Items from the Southwestern High auction can be bid on and viewed online. Those wishing to catch a first-hand glimpse of the goods can swing by the school at 6921 W. Fort Street in Detroit on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Purchasers will need to pick up their items on Friday.
Samuel C. Mumford High School
Demolition of Samuel C. Mumford High School, built in northwest Detroit in the late '40s, began in July 2012. Construction is underway on a new building.
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Lewis Cass Technical High School
The Lewis Cass Technical High School building on Second Avenue at the Fisher Freeway was built in 1922 and was demolished in 2011.
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Duane Doty School
Duane Doty near Boston-Edison is reopening as <a href="http://hfaes.hfli.org/news/pressrelease-henryfordacademyelementaryschoolwelcomesfoundingprincipal" target="_hplink">charter elementary school Henry Ford Academy</a> for September 2012. The site is in the National Registry of Historic Places.
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David Mackenzie High School
Built in 1928, Mackenzie High School on the city's west side is in the process of being demolished as of summer 2012 as part of the Detroit Public Schools Capital Improvement Program.
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S. James Herman School
S. James Hermans School was built at a Herman Gardens, a razed public housing complex on the west side in 1944.
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Luther Burbank School
On Detroit's east side, Burbank, constructed in 1931, features gryphons carved above the entrance by architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci.
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Elizabeth Cleveland Intermediate School
Cleveland Intermediate School was built in the 1920s at the edge of Hamtramck.
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Thomas M. Cooley High School
Cooley High was built in the 1920s on the northwest side. Now closed, it was one of the properties Detroit Public Schools <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/detroit-public-schools-real-estate_n_1537420.html" target="_hplink">listed for sale</a> at their Real Estate Conference.
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Arthur Vandenberg Elementary School
The Vandenberg School in northwest Detroit was built in the 50s and shut several years ago. WINGS (Women in Need of Guidance and Skills) since located there.
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John Lynch Elementary School
The John Lynch Elementary School, <a href="http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/lynch/index.html" target="_hplink">built in 1914</a>, closed several years ago. It is located near the Coleman A. Young International Airport.
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Zina Pitcher School
Located on Pembrook St. in northwest Detroit, Pitcher was named after former Detroit Mayor Zina Pitcher.
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Redford High School
Redford was built in 1921, with the Art Deco facade added later. The spot in the northwest <a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/18850732/2012/06/21/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-old-redford-high-school-in-hot-conditions" target="_hplink">may be developed by Meijer</a>, who would raze the building. The old high school caught fire in June.
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