tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post7395650056912160676..comments2023-11-02T04:46:12.286-07:00Comments on Denver's Tumbling Leaf: Denver's Crumbling History -- West Washington Park Neighborhood 's Abandoned Byers Junior High SchoolChrissy Richterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16400257558416441217noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-19373303162335000392021-05-27T12:38:22.295-07:002021-05-27T12:38:22.295-07:00Good read. Glad I found this. I went to Byers in 9...Good read. Glad I found this. I went to Byers in 9th grade, during the 1981-82 school year. I had no idea that was their last year.Scott Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151218850951802236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-85556643285605102152020-07-05T13:30:36.032-07:002020-07-05T13:30:36.032-07:00...I attended Lincoln Elementary...Byers Junior Hi......I attended Lincoln Elementary...Byers Junior High in '65...'66...'67...and South High School. West Washington Park was a wonderful place to grow up in those years...until liberal politics commenced destroying Denver in about 1970...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-41572168169479899562019-09-16T17:42:32.307-07:002019-09-16T17:42:32.307-07:00I am a current student at Byers and I am a Senior...I am a current student at Byers and I am a Senior. I stumbled on this post trying to find pictures of Byers (the interior) before the remodel. <br /><br />Thank you so much for this blog post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16771723410555370967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-22090151628680729952014-01-19T08:52:37.945-07:002014-01-19T08:52:37.945-07:00I realize I'm a couple years late to this post...I realize I'm a couple years late to this post. On that note, I've had an idea bouncing around my head for so long, but I doubt it will ever come to fruition. Now, this is romanticism at it's best, however, I would love to buy an old school and convert it to a party venue. My vision is that each section and room would be different themes for play. Parents could bring their kids or throw a birthday party, pay at the door or make a reservation, and release their children into the proverbial wild. Security would have to be considered of course. But, OH, it would be so cool! For instance, one large room converted into a cardboard maze. Another room built into a princess castle. A carnival room. A jungle. The possibilities are endless!! And to see the school still reverberating with children's laughter instead of tearing down to build another ugly apartment building would be the icing on the cake. Sigh. However, since I've seen schools being sold for millions of dollars, this dream will be always be just that. There's no way it would be fiscally possible. Sad face.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070448263437043325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-24629428840471264272013-05-12T19:33:24.929-07:002013-05-12T19:33:24.929-07:00If you read this, please contact me about a histor...If you read this, please contact me about a historic pictorial book I am compiling on Wash Park & environs and would love to chat and try to contact the alums who posted. Thanks --Sarah<br />fairhillso@msn.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-32624914884565963232013-05-07T16:56:51.253-07:002013-05-07T16:56:51.253-07:00Are you still writing this blog? I grew up in Wash...Are you still writing this blog? I grew up in Washington Park area and attended Byers Jr High. It was a fantastic place and I have many great memories. Sorry to see it has gone down hill. This all started with the great society busing in the 60s,which produced the white flight to the suburbs. Lots of people don't want to hear that, but I was there as a kid and lived it. South Denver High has suffered a similar reduction, with the "new" wing boarded up and abandoned due to reduced enrollment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-20797563686598597792011-08-21T19:16:19.686-07:002011-08-21T19:16:19.686-07:00Wow. Thank you so much I have lived in this neighb...Wow. Thank you so much I have lived in this neighborhood for 7 years now and always wondered the history of the "old school" as my kid and I have come to call it. Thank you so much if the conclusion to Byers is condo's I would definitely Become a resident. <br /> Thanks again chrissy. <br /> Jeremy.JeremyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282218911073494515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-57475767159362400522011-07-01T05:59:43.580-07:002011-07-01T05:59:43.580-07:00Hey thanks so much for the info. Whats the exact a...Hey thanks so much for the info. Whats the exact adress so I can visit it for myself? Also is there easy access to inside the school?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454499912196701392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-63389245329309345242011-02-18T12:16:19.620-07:002011-02-18T12:16:19.620-07:00I just moved a block away from the school. I was ...I just moved a block away from the school. I was wondering what the school's history was and what the plan was for it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540289749837373567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-89658242902972145072011-02-10T21:35:32.195-07:002011-02-10T21:35:32.195-07:00Chrissy, Thank you so much for this post! I gradua...Chrissy, Thank you so much for this post! I graduated from Byers Junior High in 1954 and still have my last copy of the Byers Junior Newsweekly, containing class pictures of all eight sections of 9A. It was a thriving neighborhood school. I walked from our apartment at 130 Washington. I'm just now finding time to look for the history of various schools I attended (Peter Pan, Mountair, Edgewater, Teller, Stevens, Sherman, Byers, and East High). Your post was a great find! Jean Gibson Woolley, Ripon, WIJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544943869979633390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-66523399649025262392011-02-10T10:26:08.424-07:002011-02-10T10:26:08.424-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544943869979633390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499663268916711820.post-84102579245450291632010-05-03T22:23:11.844-07:002010-05-03T22:23:11.844-07:00condos...definitely condoscondos...definitely condosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com