Looking for urban exploration (“UrbEx”) photography, I came across this cool interactive map of Cass Tech — the original building, that is, which was closed in 2005 and demolished in the summer of 2011. This was the Detroit magnet high school attended by so many jazz musicians, Geri Allen, Tommy Flanagan, Frank Rosolino, Donald Byrd, Regina Carter, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Wardell Gray, and Lucky Thompson among them. Diana Ross and Jack White went to Cass, too.
Wow, I bet they had some great pep bands!
Today Cass Tech is alive and thriving in a new location. Here’s hoping they keep on producing illustrious graduates!
