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Michigan's Forgotten Ghetto: Pontiac, Michigan 4K.

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In this video, I go all in on exploring Pontiac. Pontiac is the seat of Oakland County, Michigan, one of the wealthiest counties in the USA with a population of more than 1 million residents.
Pontiac, like many Michigan cities, has historically relied on the manufacturing industry. Once those jobs went away, you have many buildings and neighborhoods left to decay.
Below is a timetable of the places that I explore:
Abandoned Franklin Elementary School: 2:18
The Village at Bloomfield 4:17
Pontiac's nice neighborhood 6:49
Abandoned Washington Middle School 7:21
Pontiac General Hospital: 9:04
Abandoned Webster Elementary School 9:27
Abandoned Lincoln Jr. High School 12:06
GM Complex 15:21
Abandoned Le Baron Elementary School 15:35
Site of the 2nd ever Kmart store, and the abandoned Glenwood Shopping Center 18:10
Former Pontiac Silverdome Site 20:42
Old Silverdome Footage from 2017: 21:05
United Shore Headquarters 22:32
Abandoned Longfellow School 23:50
Abandoned Perdue Academy 24:46
Downtown Pontiac 26:10
Abandoned Pontiac Central High School 29:00
Abandoned Summit Place Mall 31:07
Oakland County Government Center 31:55
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@ChrisHarden 4 года назад

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@roberthernandez782 3 года назад

The beginning ofe video it was a Farmer Jack's and I remember a Payless shoe store was over there for a while. And also used to be a haunted house for a few years. In that Farmer Jack's a women cashier gave me a Goonies poster to promote the movie.

@zachstewart2996 3 года назад

You forgot Emerson elementary. It’s on Emerson street off of Perry

@pamelatep2723 3 года назад

I went to Crowfoot elementary, Jefferson Junior high, Washington Junior high, Pontiac central.

@techguy9023 3 года назад

Owen Elementary on Columbia is boarded up now too

@erichenderson5968 Год назад

We have three hospitals General, St.Joseph an McLaren sir.

@pengyang4352 2 года назад

Lived on Summit Street next to Lincoln Middle School for 8 years. From 6th grade to college. Our house cost 40,000 dollars. My parents made it on minimum wage raising 9 kids. They even bought each of us cars. Never forget where I come from. It didn't seem scary at all.

@delancebeane5465 2 года назад

Pontiac Michigan Born and raised. Columbus Ohio is home now. Love Pontiac! And the Monster Burger 🍔

@daveshank1921 2 месяца назад

Monster Burger and Monster Pizza were the best.

@Darelgilman Месяц назад

Wtf you doin in Ohio bro? We got beef with them 😂😂

@gregbowen9546 Месяц назад

The old rocket on Baldwin Rd was a old hang out.I ate many of monster burgers back in the day.

@8bit_L3g3nd 3 года назад

Technically summit place is Waterford but many ppl from pontiac shopped there when it was open, including myself. Who remembers Montgomery Ward? Lol

@christelk4272 3 года назад

Mom always called it Monky Wards. Loved that place. I was very young 4 or 5

@barrystephensjr 3 года назад

Originally it was supposed to be Pontiac taxed but Pontiac didn't want to pay for the sewer system if I remember right

@nadirashukri5261 2 года назад

Who remembers the pretzel spot in summit place? Hot Sam’s

@Dallas_K 2 года назад

Summit Place was originally the Pontiac Mall when built in 1962.

@dougsaint4394 2 года назад

My first job was at montgomery Wards best job I've ever had was there 12 year's...

@mimic7848 4 года назад

I spent a good part of my childhood in Pontiac, Mom took us to the mall there, and we had a lot of friends there. It’s so sad now! My father in law worked at Pontiac motors, plant 3 for 33 years. My first job was at the Silver dome. I’ll always love Pontiac! I was born there and so was my daughter and her father.

@sickboysikotic 2 года назад

My dad worked at the silverdome for long time since way back when the pistons played there

@billybongthornton4285 Год назад

I'm sorry you spent your childhood here 😂

@johnsiner6502 7 месяцев назад

Pontiac was worse than this video could ever imagine. Especially for blacks.

@JOSEPHWINTERS-fi7zn Месяц назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SHARING YOUR HEART ❤️. PONTIAC WAS MY MOMS CAR .YEARS AGO. MOM AND DAD ARE GONE NOW . I AM ANOINTED BORN AGAIN SPIRITUAL JEW, JESUS CHRIST YESHUA HAMASHIACH WILL BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU 😊 🙏 I WANT TO GO TO ISRAEL 🇮🇱 AND BACK TO VISIT DEXHEIM GERMANY 🇩🇪 75-77 12COMBAT ENGINEER VETERAN NEXT TO B5-1 MISSEL BASE WITH GROUND TO AIR HERCULES MISSELS. IT IS NOT NO ⛔️ MORE GOD BLESS 🙌 ISRAEL 🇮🇱 ✡️ 🇮🇱 JOSEPH

@JOSEPHWINTERS-fi7zn Месяц назад

AMEN

@aj-yi6os Год назад

Pontiac mall originally. The first mall locally. We loved it.

@jroeglin0729 3 года назад

We currently own a cafe in downtown Pontiac called Alley Cat Cafe, right on Saginaw Street. Downtown is coming back! Of course the pandemic didn't help but we will get there one day. :)

@ChrisHarden 3 года назад

I’ve responded to a few other comments on the matter, but I believe that Pontiac can absolutely comeback. It’s surrounded by wealth, and the downtown has potential to be an attractive district. Population loss has already drastically slowed down.

@guomei7642 2 года назад

I have been to your cafe! It’s so cool!

@MarijuanaCanada 2 года назад

We just tried to go to your cafe 2 days ago before a show and it was completely closed! Seems like the entire downtown area is abandoned besides the concert venues! We had to uber eats food from outside the city to our parking lot.

@psilocybemusashi 2 года назад

good luck Jen.

@reggiecash1703 Год назад

@@neilpuckett359 why so it can end up like the appalachian people. White people can’t stop looking at they sibling for some loving.

@lesleighisblessed6678 3 года назад

Born and raised here. Regardless of everything, I love my city.

@delancebeane5465 2 года назад

Me to

@josephbreaux2668 2 года назад

Born at pontiac general, went to bagley, herrington, weaver, madison, Kennedy and graduated from pontiac northern. Worked at the silverdoom. Swam and rode horses at bald mountain. Hung out at the mall. Took my first date to the bluesky drive in. 😊

@josephbreaux2668 Год назад

@@tablettmobile4270 ha

@cletusbeauregard1972 2 года назад

That shopping center behind you at the beginning is being torn down now. There are 3 hospitals within the city limits; you forgot St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, which is the largest of the three.

@user-sl7ug1ee6x Год назад

Which shopping center?..

@cletusbeauregard1972 11 месяцев назад

@@user-sl7ug1ee6x I think it's called Greenwood Plaza; he's in front of the old Farmer Jack's grocery store that I used to work at.

@helpingkarma 2 года назад

I can't believe they are tearing down the Palace of Auburn Hill! It was beautiful. I saw so many sporting events there.

@ChrisHarden 2 года назад

It’s been torn down completely for a little over a year now.

@TheBizziniss 2 года назад

Every pistons game I ever saw live was at the Palace. I remember my Dad one time when we were watching the Bulls play saying “remember seeing him at the Palace!?!” And it was Dennis Rodman. By that time he had the blond hair and lots of piercings and I honestly did not remember seeing him at the palace, probably because he didn’t look like that back then.

@russmode Год назад

Worked there with wife for 1 year as we got married. She was executive pastry chef for palace restaurant management group, I worked in the restaurants! 1996-97, good times. Vipers won championship that year. It used to have 4 sports teams playing out of there! Soccer, WNBA, Hockey and Pistons.

@christopherball7937 Год назад

The Pontiac school board robbed the district blind. At one time Pontiac had over 40 schools. They closed 27 of them. It was so bad the state of Michigan brought in a city manager

@stevenwalker6504 2 года назад

Wow that's my home town. I relocated to Illinois over 33 yrs ago. You took me back down memory lane. It's a shame all those schools are now boarded up or demolished. My high school was Pontiac Central High call of 84.

@danielsibley9291 4 года назад

Here's a fact about the shopping centers,located in Pontiac Michigan. Back in the 50s,the ONLY place that people could shop for ALL of their clothing,home furniture and appliances,school supplies,hardware,lawn mowers etc,was in downtown Pontiac. Later,out on Telegraph road,local investors built,the very FIRST strip mall in America,Miracle Mile. Later,in the early 60s,investors built the very FIRST, INSIDE shopping mall,the Pontiac Mall,in America.

@1L6E6VHF 4 года назад

Uh... Southdale in Edina, MN opened in 1956.

@markusallport1276 3 года назад

You are incorrect. The actual facts are these: The "Park and Shop," was the first strip mall in America, in Washington D.C. circa 1930. And again wrong about the first indoor shopping mall, that was Southdale, it opened in 1956 in Edina, Minnesota. The first Michigan indoor shopping mall was Northland Mall in Southfield opened in 1954. Pontiac Mall, ( later named Summit Place Mall), isn't even in Pontiac, it's in Waterford, it was a conglomerate group who financed and built the Mall. And the "Miracle Mile" was a drive In Theater on Telegraph. The Miracle Mile you are speaking of is located on Telegraph Rd. in Bloomfield Hills, again not Pontiac. You might want to research and read a little more for accuracy, before labeling your words as fact.

@alaskaruss1 11 месяцев назад

Thank you as always Chris! Enjoyed watching!!!

@tomm.227 Год назад

Hi Tom here from Orlando lived in Pontiac in the 60's Great place! Enjoy vid. But sounded like a blinker was on all the time..click click

@Rgross27 4 месяца назад

I am a Pontiac Central Chief class of 84 For LIFE.. LOVE my City. I went down memory lane watching this vlog....

@Dealio09 2 года назад

9:30 Monroe street! Where I lived! Yup, that's Webster elementary. Crazy how its been closed that long. I know that red SUV on the left at 9:32 haha! There used to be a green bridge on Huron Street right in front of Webster. I used to walk it listening to headphones and thinking about things going on in my life while I was a teenager. A lot of cool little finds there in that Native-spirit town.

@socialtwerker 5 месяцев назад

I loved that bridge! I lived on Murphy and used to walk over and up there and just chill in the bridge. And swing on the swing set at Webster.

@miguelpb3683 4 года назад

Good on you for admitting your mistakes and even showing the criticizing comments

@mandymills5540 4 года назад

Home yaktown pride

@jodimanning1373 2 года назад

Chris Harden, good first start for the video. Since you plan to do another video of Pontiac, I’d like to recommend the Oakland County Historical Society. There are people there who would be very helpful with filling you in on some of the iconic history of Pontiac and the buildings you passed or missed. Maybe you can add in more dialogue about the history of Pontiac and it’s future plans. Cheers and best luck to you in your RU-vid plans!

@ChrisHarden 2 года назад

Thanks, this was my 2nd video that I've made despite it being a re-upload. I've learned a lot in nearly 2 years.

@giclat1098 Год назад

It's so sad to see all those closed schools! Where on earth do the students of Pontiac actually go to school now? Seeing these videos of the desolation of Michigan cities hurts my heart having grown up in Sarnia Ontario across the river from Michigan. Being a Boomer and growing up with Detroit tv I remember the days of success. So sad to see the country leaking out it's soul. We only want your success and pride and prosperity!

@evansweik4127 Год назад

They still have schools in Pontiac

@gabrielvault1694 Год назад

Pontiac high school but we have options to go to nicer schools outside of pontiac

@donguapo7862 11 месяцев назад

A lot are closed but Pontiac is small, but Oakland County is the richest in Michigan they could give more tax dollars for education to the city. But otec is a great trade school I loved it there.

@poopy_pants_joe1194 10 месяцев назад

You should see Sarnia...

@perrynorris5978 3 года назад

Thank you once again you drove past a couple of the schools i went to when i lived in Pontiac and you managed to get me all nostalgic so Thanks again

@rakelmartinez5321 3 года назад

Raised here in Pontiac went to Washington middle school met so many of my friends and Pontiac Central high school. Pontiac Michigan is all I know ❤️. Pontiac Central Chief 4Ever!!!!🧡🖤🧡🖤

@kathyfoster6795 3 года назад

Go CHIEFS!

@Rgross27 4 месяца назад

Class of 84 here. Go Chiefs!!!!!!!!!

@barrystephensjr 3 года назад

6:19 at the 35mph sign is where I grew up and my mom still lives at

@susanhoh1414 Год назад

Breaks my heart to see schools just sitting there,. When i look at all the ways to get our homeless off the streets. Just using gym, bathrooms,showers if available. A few administration offices to help process and gathering info for aid in job search. Anyway empty schools everywhere and lost souls are everywhere.

@gabrielvault1694 Год назад

One good thing about pontiac is the fact that it's in between many cities such as Waterford, auburn hills, Rochester, and Bloomfield allowing for closer access to more work opportunities and shopping areas

@carol9685 4 года назад

At 9:55 you show the dublex I grew up in and I went to Webster. It was nice to see

@joedisney6381 2 года назад

I really like the street name you added great work!

@deborahmason8166 4 года назад

Wow the memory's my school's look's a little different from 33 years ago but yet still the same ty for this video

@danielsibley9291 4 года назад

Here's another little known fact about Pontiac,Michigan. Before the Silver Dome was built,out on Opdyke rd.,that area was known as HILL 90. This sandy,bumpy and small hill area was used as a place for ANYONE that had enough nerve,to go out and test your skills at moto crossing and raising a little Hell,without any recourse. A lot of local motor cycle gangs would spend their time out there,drinking beer,smoking joints and just hanging out and showing off their VERY cool choppers. Not far from there,on University Drive, a custom built motor cycle shop sat in a small yellow building,owned by the now famous Ron Finch. Ron and his crew could be seen out on Hill 90,just playin' it cool,but at the same time,letting ANYONE and EVERYONE know,that they OWNED Hill 90,and you better show some respect to them,if you had enough nerve to venture onto their personal outdoor club house. Me and my crew,would ride out there on our Hondas and try to master the dreaded Hill 90.It was the highest,most dangerous hill of them all!!!

@roberthernandez782 3 года назад

Another fun fact while building the Silverdome two guys got into a fight and one got thrown off.

@gwhiz3708 3 года назад

Another fun fact about Pontiac, anyone with half a brain in their head got the hell out of that FROZEN SHITHOLE!

@markusallport1276 3 года назад

On June 30, 1969 a proposal for 2 new sports arenas. Initial designs included a dual stadium complex on the 199 acre site for both football and baseball, but that was later scrapped due to high costs.

@davidshaw7505 Год назад

Rode hill 90 many times such wonderful memories

@davidshaw7505 Год назад

Rode hill 80 several years back such great memories

@marcmartin224 2 года назад

Still live here. It is what it is. Thanks for the video. “PONTIAC”. 💯 “Labaron School is on my Block”.

@user-xg9jb3nz9v Год назад

Thank you so much for this. I was born in Pontiac and lived there until 1992 when my family relocated to Ft Wayne In through a General Motors reopening. This video brings back so much nostalgia

@jeanniewatson6820 4 месяца назад

My hometown, so glad I left there! Thanks for the videos!

@barrystephensjr 3 года назад

Same people who designed Pontiac CENTRAL HIGH also designed Oakland County Jail... Look at the comparison

@daveshank1921 2 месяца назад

Also built Troy High School. Look at it it just looks like a jail.

@keithbowden3825 8 месяцев назад

I use to enjoy going to the dance clubs,in Pontic,after I graduated from high school.

@markusallport1276 3 года назад

In the Glenwood Shopping Plaza where to old Farmer Jack's was, it also a Salvation Army distribution center for a while. I worked for a local business who rented the Farmer Jack's just before the development company bought it. We had a 6 month lease but we were paying for the electric for the grower that was in the front section of the Farmer Jack, and the lawn service company across the parking lot. Not sure what happened with all that, but it all seems moot now.

@Moth2aFlame00 3 года назад

I use to live right behind the plaza on Monterey.

@delancebeane5465 2 года назад

And Jack-in-the-box

@ryanmacleod3969 4 года назад

This weird to see where I live.

@sonic6054 4 года назад

Ikr lol

@Tlyna1952 2 года назад

I was raised in Pontiac, lived there through the 50-mid 70s. Back then it was a really nice town. The Clinton River used to run through downtown beside the library, the old Michigan Bell building and then on out of town where you can still see it by Oak Hill Cemetery. Things changed when first the foundry was closed and torn down, Fisher Body was moved to Ohio then Pontiac Motors closed and finally Gm Ruck and Coach. I grew up on Beverly just three houses down from LeBaron Elementary. In 1994 I moved back on $th street off of Barkell and lived there for 20 years. At first things had started to go better for the city when the movie industry started up with many projects there but Governor Snyder ended that and the city started downhill again. At first it was still a great neighborhood though the city itself had changed greatly but after the crash of 2007-8 and the city going bankrupt it began to go down too. I moved away in 2014. It is sad to see what has become of Pontiac.

@bobwallace9814 3 года назад

We used to buy beer and liquor when we were 16 at the party store SE corner Auburn and Wide Track. Looks like 2009 was a bad era for Pontiac.

@barrystephensjr 3 года назад

When Wide Track was built you used to be able to drive around the loop all day long at 35mph, they once had 2 yrs of Grand Prix style racing on part of it Outlaw Pontiac Street Racing,, they had talked about having Detroit Grand Prix racing in PONTIAC first but they said cars would get to attain to much speed... The Outlaw Street race I seen the accident that Warren Tope damage his toe rod on hairpin turn in front of elks lodge, also seen the wreck that ended the Outlaw Street race, I was on top of recently closed junk yard where Pontiac Transportation center is now 2 yrs in a row.

@randygarbrecht3185 3 года назад

In all fairness most Michigan cities look like shit in the winter

@socialtwerker 5 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same thing.

@lguzik 2 года назад

Chris, Loren w Pike Street Properties. If you’re interested, I invite you to do a video on all of the buildings that are being rehabbed downtown, the small businesses that are opening, the co-working and entertainment that is headed back to the city. I’ll even take you through Ottawa Towers and the Pheonix Center.

@user-xg9jb3nz9v Год назад

I went to Franklin Elementary in grade school. I've lived in Indiana since 1992. Watching this is bittersweet. It makes me sad.

@cassandralawson3188 2 года назад

Why Pontiac have to be ghetto? It’s more like abandoned or forgotten. I will always remember Pontiac as home.

@justhere1569 2 года назад

My exact thoughts, thank you!

@techguy9023 3 года назад

Left out site of Pontiac Motors on Columbia, , Fisher Body, foundry, GMC Truck & Coach on Opdyke and South Blvd. Just a big empty space for most of them. The postal service has a big building where the foundry was off Montcalm.

@bottomsup917 Год назад

Damm i went to Lincoln back in 98/99 and longfellow back 97 brings back memories thanks for the video 💙

@charlescooke6609 3 года назад

How sad,my mom taught at Webster school for 28 years,retiring in 1971.

@sourpatchkid925 Год назад

I loved Webster Elementary!

@PenelopePeppers Год назад

My cousins lived off Elizabeth Lake Rd and went to Pontiac Northern High School.

@Jamestube8439 Год назад

I sort of remember my parents taking me to Pontiac General Hospital back in the day for speech therapy. Wow that was a long time ago. Also there are actual 3 hospitals in Pontiac, there's also Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital located on Woodward Avenue right on the border of Bloomfield Township.

@rizzoneflizzo446 2 года назад

Wondering why it's called "Ghetto" instead of just Pontiac Michigan 🤔

@duckie0892 Год назад

Look what happened after white flight. It's a ghetto !!

@socialtwerker 5 месяцев назад

Good question.

@shaun4183 4 месяца назад

I was thinking the same thing. It's not what it used to be but I've been in the "ghetto", Pontiac isn't that. Guessing adding ghetto to it gets more views.

@user-mk1jk9qs1l 3 месяца назад

Born at Pontiac General, went to Jefferson, Washington , and Lincoln, class of '77 Pontiac Central. Anyone remember Simm's Hardware downtown? Worked for Oakland County 28 years. Loved the vid.

@stevendorris5713 15 дней назад

Simms was great. The old Sears was very cool. Taskers hobby shop was cool, too.

@joebeach6289 2 года назад

I grew up on a dead end street on the north side called Cameron in the 80s and 90s. It's sad to see how fast things went downhill. I moved up north in 96. I hate to say it but I'm glad I did

@micah6community542 3 года назад

Shoulda checked out Micah 6 Community, renovating Webster School into a community center. We woulda let you in, given you a good tour.

@longmuskox4194 3 года назад

Do any more of your members flash the white power ok hand gesture or just the guy in front of your headquarters on google maps? Hopefully not!

@AJudgetoCrush 2 года назад

Awesome video! I live and have lived next to Pontiac my whole life so I may feel more naturally comfortable in it than most, but it's a place I consider moving to. It's affordable unlike everything else around it and it's also very centrally located so even though there are not many businesses within the city there are plenty around in Bloomfield and Waterford. Places like Pontiac will never get better until people start moving back in. There's already a fair amount of entertainment nearby in terms of bars, clubs, and restaurants. Considering the impression I get where many young people are staying single or not having children, this makes the city of Pontiac appealing as it is affordable, potentially fun, and the lack of schools is not bothersome. Hopefully this would get it back on it's feet so eventually it would appeal to families as well. I like your chill content, keep it up!

@SoCentric 2 года назад

Aww you rode past my granny house. My brother and my husband went to Franklin and Jefferson.

@pamelatep2723 3 года назад

There still a lot of good people and a lot of good memories.

@jazzynicole7110 3 года назад

My hometown. So many great memories. When I moved to Atlanta and came back to visit its almost unrecognizable but at the same time some stuff hasn't changed

@MyPhobo 2 года назад

We still got the rocket!

@delancebeane5465 2 года назад

What high school did you attend? Myself Pontiac Central

@delancebeane5465 2 года назад

@@MyPhobo Go! Monster Burger 🍔

@deecarter5581 Год назад

@@delancebeane5465 Me too! Go Chiefs!! Class of 86!!

@kathyfoster6795 3 года назад

You also forgot Mark Twain Elementary School in your abandon school list. The school is located on Linda Vista at the corner of Vernon and at the end of Joslyn.

@anaiyacarr7974 2 года назад

I live over there and it is sooooo creepy over there lol

@pamelatep2723 3 года назад

My family and friends still live there!

@ilovemycat4202 3 года назад

I actually went to labaron for kindergarten & first grade😂 it’s so crazy that boarded up wall he drove past, I actually took my kindergarten graduation picture there. Wow😭

@jeremiahfisher6994 3 года назад

Love my Pontiac. It once was a very rich city. Nice lil trip down memory lane

@ChrisHarden 3 года назад

I think it has the potential to make a legit comeback, but maybe I'm crazy.

@BoratWanksta 3 года назад

@@ChrisHarden Pontiac's downtown has potential, to possibly make a comeback I will say. Though I can those past urban renewal signs that to me I wish they hadn't had done decades ago, i.e. the parking garage on the south part of its downtown that cut off one of its streets running into downtown. Like you and others are hinting at, it has bones where older buildings could be renovated, if efforts are done to do them in time. It was sad seeing all the abandoned school buildings here, where that reminds me of Flint, MI, Detroit, and Gary, IN.

@MRXRISTIDIS 4 года назад

You didn't mention the Moses Wisner house and Wisner Elementary School on the left just before you made a right turn on Summit.

@pencilmug 3 года назад

Didn’t mention Eastern Jr. high or Owen Elementary school 🤷‍♀️

@rvanluven 2 года назад

I grew up in Pontiac. It was a great place to grow up, but I got laid off two years after high school that was 1977, there were no jobs to be found so I moved to California a lived happily ever after. I do miss it sometimes.

@davepiper1658 3 года назад

The Muzak in this video makes me feel like I've been put on hold

@ChrisHarden 3 года назад

Still waiting on hold 2 months later?

@joyful4350 3 года назад

I actually like it...what is the name of the tune?

@anthonyholder1431 Год назад

My daughter n grandchildren live in Pontiac, Good job Chris ❤

@quinnb123 2 года назад

My dad grew up in Pontiac. My grandparents had a house on the lake and we had a ski boat. It was idyllic. Great memories on Pontiac lake as a kid.

@MyPhobo 2 года назад

Pontiac lake is in White lake it's not in the city of Pontiac.

@jamesreed4259 3 года назад

All the schools are closed! What did you do with the children?

@cherylengnell9106 3 года назад

There are about a half dozen schools still open that are part of Pontiac School District. We have had many charter schools open in the city. Many families have chose to do school of choice . We moved here in 1999 and homeschooled. We have been here 20 years and have become great friends with many of our neighbors. Every summer , the big question for many was,” where are my kids going to school?” Lots of parents drove their children to other districts. One of our son’s attended a newly formed magnet school called International Technology Academy in 2010. That school started in 2009 the same time many schools closed. When the two high schools were joined into one , many families were upset and pulled their children out of the district schools and sent them to charter schools or schools in other cities. That caused a major deficit for the district since the years budget is normally based on the student count the year before.

@pencilmug 3 года назад

Didn’t even show Pontiac Northern high school or Madison jr. High

@placeseer2342 Год назад

Lived in southeastern michigan my whole life and have always found pontiac to be sadder than detroit. They're both blighted sure but whenever I've visited detroit i've always felt the spirit of the people that love it and never want to leave it because they know it can regrow but whenever I drive through pontiac it just feels like an empty forgotten shell

@dequarellemeadows3082 2 года назад

This took me back some years ago.. I've been in Illinois since 99 but I grew up on Le Baron with my mom and went to Le Baron elementary then moved to 436 West Iroquois with my grandparents and went to Webster and Washington.. hopping the fence to Pine Wood was the good ol days

@natalie41480 3 года назад

Pontiac has more then two hospitals. Pontiac General, McLaren Oakland and St.Joseph Mercy is also in Pontiac.

@AK-sm3kp 3 года назад

Thank you for this!! I left Pontiac in 1990 when my family moved to Tennessee to work at the Saturn car corporation. I grew up on Stanley, between Longfellow and Strathmore. One of the schools I went to was torn down. Bagley Elementary. I have to admit, most of this looks unfamiliar. I guess I've been gone too long.

@robertdodge4970 3 года назад

I love my hometown!! but Pontiac is just another example of a Democratic run city. Its very sad.

@rgb8289 3 года назад

You came all the way back from the civil war just to troll this video? Nice.

@robertdodge4970 3 года назад

@@rgb8289 are you reffering to the civil war that has been going on in Pontiac for years?

@kandykisses791ui8wjj 3 года назад

An central is clearly not abandoned its a headquarters for Lee contractors

@mcarleton 4 года назад

I graduated from Pontiac Central in 1977. A court case required the schools to implement across town bussing to racially integrate the school system back in the early 1970's. After that there was white flight into surrounding suburbs for those who could afford it.

@cherrimullins9632 3 года назад

I'm from Detroit,Sfld H.S.1977.Was in G.Rapids with Mom when it happened for us.Did that start a downfall for our neighborhoods,schools,do you think?

@AK-sm3kp 3 года назад

@@cherrimullins9632 absolutely!! A lot of people thought that living on the outskirts of town, their kids would not go to Pontiac schools. But they did. We were bussed clear cross town to Bagley Elementary. The project were behind it. We had people walking through the playground from the projects. One shady guy came up and grabbed my "tom-boy" girlfriend, (who was in the 4th grade) in her privates to "see if she was a dude". Police were in and out of the projects All the time. Quite a culture shock. This is why many people fled Pontiac.

@robMrRob Год назад

WOW!!! Are there any schools still open in Pontiac?Or do they bused to Keego harbour or to West Bloomfield?

@ChrisHarden Год назад

There’s still schools in Pontiac. Just not that many. Flint is even worse

@robMrRob Год назад

Come to think of it your right! I don't remember there being any schools in Keego Harbour!

@billieduncan330 Год назад

Mr. Rob taught chemistry at Pontiac Central back in the 80’s. I tested in honors chemistry in college because of him! I now work for Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM! If you know him, tell him “thanks” from Vilma Novales (aka Billie Yoder)!!!

@deborahgillespie6580 3 года назад

Opps. Pontiac has 3 hospitals: McLaren. General, & St. Joseph

@ChrisHarden 3 года назад

Yes it does. My mistake.

@Dresoupy 4 года назад

I love me hometown

@L80808 4 года назад

And it’s 3 hospitals st Joseph

@matthewwisenbaugh3883 4 года назад

Home!!!!

@wood4278 3 месяца назад

G.M. killed Pontiac when they closed all those plants...in the 70's and 80's and 90's Pontiac was booming...I built a house off Elizabeth Lake Rd. Stone Gate Pointe sold my home because I saw what was coming...it was a beautiful home but I had to make a family decision...Thanks G.M. for the devastation of a city

@jeanniewatson6820 4 месяца назад

Pontiac central high on Huron is also closed. But if you don’t live there then you did good!

@billieduncan330 Год назад

A drive down memory lane. I attended Bethune Elementary, Washington Jr. High and graduated from Pontiac Central in 1985. I relocated to Albuquerque, NM in 1991. Great memories of growing up with wonderful people! Back then my name was Vilma Novales… seems like a lifetime ago and a different person, not just my name changed over these 30 years. But still, fond memories of good people.

@bryanrastaberry8796 9 месяцев назад

We used to break in to washington middle school and play hid n seek when we was like 15 and 16 lol we also used to play basketball but only half court because one side of the court was fucked off.

@charlescooke6609 3 года назад

I have always wished I could come across former students of my mom's who taught at Webster school.

@mariew.1106 Год назад

I went there around 1987

@sourpatchkid925 Год назад

What is her name?

@michaelrose5079 Год назад

Enjoy all videos

@danlaur7973 2 года назад

Why do you say that Pontiac is a Ghetto? I saw very few if any abandoned homes in this video, looks like it's being taken care of to me

@Dallas_K 2 года назад

You need to visit and see for yourself. Lots of blight is invisible in this video.

@mariew.1106 Год назад

Last time I went through Pontiac I visited homes I've been in driving down streets most had demolition signs sadly. There are so many places that aren't covered in this video. Pontiac has rich history and beautiful structures. It was sad to see places fail that I grew up around and in.

@Esckelson0187 5 месяцев назад

My house looked so pretty 😊

@aj-yi6os Год назад

The original Central HS was a beautiful red brick building that sat up on a hill behind this more modern atrosity. That is a building they need to tear down.

@richardkellyjr7056 3 года назад

3 hospital in Pontiac!! St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland is in Pontiac

@ChrisHarden 3 года назад

Yup, I was wrong on that, admittedly so.

@flyingspirit3549 2 года назад

This must be about the nicest "ghetto" I've EVER seen! And looking at the Zillow listings for this city, very attractive houses seem to be available for about 1/3 to 1/4 the asking prices here in the Mountain West! Are there any schools still open in Pontiac? Where to the children go to school? Thanks for making this video -- it is a fascinating look at a "rust belt" city that seems to have a lot to offer!

@malikaljaan-daies1780 2 года назад

Pontiac is not that bad. The city is free of debt and positive now. There is nice neighborhoods. The county it lies in is super rich and the surrounding cities lend officers etc. the problem the downtown has is there’s a big loop that kind of re directs you rather than let you go in down town. They are fixing that and got the plan approved. Years ago houses there were 10-30k now the area is more diverse. There is 300k houses newly built. It’s location is too too good for it to completely fail. Needs a few years I think because the schools are bleh but it’s really not bad. I see people here say that it’s so dangerous etc none of the Pontiac thugs could make it in Detroit.

@scrapcash2421 2 года назад

There are 3 hospitals in Pontiac. Pontiac General. McClaren downtown, #1 trauma care in Oakland county. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, which is the biggest and the best hospital for all cardiac care in Oakland County!! You only said there were 2 hospitals in Pontiac.

@ChrisHarden 2 года назад

Yup I remember that I made that mistake.

@robertbruce1887 29 дней назад

Question: l am only half way through this panoramic video & l've seen l think at least 6 or more closed schools. Why? Where are the students in this city of what 59,000? going to school?

@gabrielvault1694 Год назад

I actually like living in pontiac

@PenelopePeppers Год назад

I remember when they were building the "Silver Dome" !!! We had our first Girl Scout Jamboree there when they first opened back in 74 or 75.....I used to there for Lions games with my X back in the day and it was right accross the Opdyke where my Brother and Sister In-Law lived for years and I did with my X back in 85 and 86 and with my second X back in 92 until they sold out to Walmart :( Auburn and Opdyke

@toddcook7759 Год назад

Glinwood shopping center used to be a warehouse for Salvation Army seasonal donations

@midwestmitten7346 3 года назад

General hospital is no longer General & you forgot 3rd hospital St.Joe's on Woodward. You passed old Central School on Pike St by fire station

@chuckdargy5031 3 года назад

St Joes is not in Pontiac

@midwestmitten7346 3 года назад

@@chuckdargy5031 44405 Woodward Avenue Pontiac Michigan

@ExtremeRecluse 2 года назад

You failed to mention the largest employer in Pontiac; the US Postal Service Michigan Metroplex located on the corner of Montcalm and Glenwood. Although the postal service does not contribute towards property tax, but every employee in Pontiac pays 1% or .5% Pontiac Income Tax. You might want to invest in a small drone for capturing video.

@maximazorreguietacerruti5856 Год назад

The sad thing is that it is a very rich area (auburn hills) with the most popular mall in Michigan and many huge companies like Chrysler/Stellantis 2 miles away.

@Dealio09 2 года назад

Went to Pontiac Central High School! Half of my life-most of my life has been lived here in this special little city