My trip back to BTHS was to see if those memories of this gigantic, special school were real, or imaginary. I got out of the DeKalb Ave. subway stop wondering if I could even find the school. Luckily the antenna guided the way. Some of the surroundings seemed familiar, but where was the Barton's (or was it Baricini's) Candy Factory?

I found the school, but I didn't remember that the school was yellow brick, with polished granite on the street level:

In 1998, the foundry was untouched and abandoned, and some of the shops looked like museums. I forgot how large the auditorium was. A balcony, and an upper balcony. I was too young the last time I was there to appreciate the architectural detail in the auditorium (and the school as a whole).

While I was there, Brooklyn Tech got the first computer in a high school, an IBM 1130 mini-mainframe. We had to line up to use the punch card machine.
I learned electronics at a station similar to this one.It looks straight out of the Dharma Initiative from the TV series "LOST:"

This picture above is now an English Class. They don't know what this old stuff does.

In 1998, the classrooms now look like this:

They have newer computers now.

I'd forgotten about these scenes:


I do know what this traffic light did (Hint: pagers weren't invented yet).

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