Older school buildings have a charm and a presence that new ones don’t even try to match. They look like factories, intentionally unendearing. Sure, there are tacked on cheerful-looking doodads here and there, but the basic structure and organization is ugly. Functional, but ugly. The left has long been at war with beauty in a classical sense. If they can’t destroy and replace it, they debauch it. Buildings, art, people. Same story across the board.
I attended elementary school in a building built in the early 1900's up until the 1920's. Had a basement, where the cafeteria was located, a massive auditorium with a balcony, and several elevated porches attached to classrooms. It was my home away from home. I often hung out on the school grounds during summer breaks even. A very formative element of my life.
At the start of my second grade year, we even had classes in the basement boiler room because of limited space (baby boomers coming of age.) It was wonderful.
I would have cried if it had burned down.
You are so right! The newer ones look so “institutional”. I mean if you look at it... is it a school, a small psych hospital, a hospice? They are “cold”. Older ones have “character” and the school I talked about had parents who went there... bring back THEIR kids for school. To me, that is wonderful. (((Hugs))) Mom