Posted March 25, 201213 yr What I would have expected to happen far in the future when the sun finally went super nova. Nope, just more refreshing of the Dayton landscape. Taken from a sidewalk on Enterprise Avenue and the track field. The site is sealed with chain link fence. What happens with the site? Is anything planned? Bonus pictures: as it was (taken in 2000)
March 25, 201213 yr I wonder what the "new" Belmont is going to look like. Hopefully better... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 25, 201213 yr ^ The images from 2000 that I had of Belmont had file names like "Belmont-Soviet-Entrance#1.jpg" and the like. Some of those old east side schools like Cleveland Elementary look like a politburu designed them. The new Belmont on Wayne Avenue is now in operation. Both the old school and the new school are absolutely "of their times". Dayton had lots of the square red brick school buildings, and this one was obviously planned in the 1950s. The new one looks school-y in a post 2001 way. The facade with the blue arched canopy is similar to the newer schools that have been built in Warren County (Mason and Lebanon) in the last five years.
March 25, 201213 yr Yeah, I can see that now. Well, it's slightly better. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 3, 201213 yr Moar destruction "goodness": The following one was taken close to the start of demo around March 17th by a friend: The following were taken March 31. All of the building is now down.
April 5, 201213 yr where are the students going to school in the meantime? The new Belmont High is already in operation: http://www.dps.k12.oh.us/schools/high-school/belmont.html Found this also: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/belmont-high-school-to-hold-grand-opening-ceremony-1293523.html Belmont High School to hold grand opening ceremony By Margo Rutledge Kissell, Staff Writer 9:18 PM Friday, December 2, 2011 Dayton Public Schools will hold a grand opening ceremony for the new Belmont High School, 2615 Wayne Ave., from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited to the dedication ceremony. Students in grades 7-12 moved into the new building earlier this week.
April 5, 201213 yr ^ The new Belmont on Wayne Avenue is now in operation. Often the new school is complete before the old one is torn down. In some cases, the new one is built right next to the old one, and for a moment there are two schools. Was that school designed by Steed, Hammond, and Paul, architects? It looks similar to other SHP schools.
April 5, 201213 yr Was the wholesale destruction of a building built in 1956 really needed? Sure, the old building had few redeeming qualities from an aesthetic perspective but it just seems wasteful. Were there asbestos issues? Was the replacement of the HVAC system so expensive as to make it too costly to not build new? Was it impossible to wire the building for new technology? These are the only reasons I can envision that would justify tearing down a building that appeared to be in pretty good shape?
April 5, 201213 yr ^ I don't have a clue what the answers to these questions are. IMO much of the reason may be psychological aspiration - Belmont had been a very rough school with severe academic problems and high crime rates for many years. So perhaps the thinking is that by blowing away the old school you can change attitudes. That's just a guess. Dayton as a city can ill-afford to waste taxpayer's money like this, but then, I don't live there any more. Personally I completely agree with you. Dayton is a city that over the decades has repudiated its history very aggressively. It has a strong bias toward erasing the past and creating blandness. In the immediate area, probably only Springfield is worse at preservation.
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