View 360-Degree Photos of Campus

[Ronald Dupont]

360-Degree Photos of “School on the Hill”

When I visited the school recently (in its latest reincarnation as the Dreyfoos School of the Arts), I took a whole bunch of IPIX 360-degree photos of the campus. When you open these photos (which actually move on their own and look somewhat like a video), you’ll get a true 360-degree feel of various area of the campus.

Please read the directions below, then choose the photos you want to see.

Directions Note 1: Click on any of the links below with your right mouse button. When a menu pops up, choose "save target as" or "save link as." Remember where you have saved it. The photos are saved as an "executable," which means all the photo names have ".exe" at the end. By the way, your computer may say that these files are a virus. They are not.

Directions Note 2: Find the photo you saved and double-click on it. When the photo opens, it will be "moving." At any time, you can put your mouse pointer on the photo and hold your mouse button down. When you do, simply drag your mouse in any direction and the photo will move in that direction.

Attn. Mac Users: Unfortunately, these IPIX shots do not work on a Macintosh.

Don’t Forget: Don’t forget to right-click on the link to save it to your hard drive.

• In Front of Arches (01front.exe, 384KB) – (Don't forget to read directions above.) In this shot, you can see the arches, then spin around and see the new entertainment complex that has been built across the street from the school.
• On Other Side of Arches (02front.exe, 344KB) – This shot was taken just after walking through the arches. You get a good view of the lawn.
• Under Flag Pole (03flag.exe, 364KB) – You get a great shot of the school’s main building, as well as the front lawn.
• Old “000” Building Stairs (04stairs.exe, 364KB) – The school was known for its grand staircases. In the main building, known as the old “000” building, the stairs are now “protected” and off-limits to students. In this photo, you can see a nice shot of these stairs.
• Halfway Up “000” Building Stairs (05stairs2.exe, 292 KB) – In this shot, I walked halfway up the stairs so you can reminisce of all the times you took these stairs yourself.
• “New” Debate Room (06debate.exe, 376KB) – For two decades, the school was known for having the best debate team in the country. In this shot, you can see the new debate room, now located in the old “100” building.
• Inside Where The Cafeteria Once Was (07icafe.exe, 408 KB) – The cafeteria no longer exists. The cafeteria now is nothing more than a giant storage area. In this shot, if you spin the photo around and look for the sunlight coming through a door, that will be the old entrance.
• Outside “Old” Cafeteria (08ocafe.exe, 436KB) – This shot opens with the camera focused on the “old” entrance to what used to be the cafeteria. When the camera spins around, you’ll be able to see just how much the campus has changed.
• Old Fountain (10fount.exe, 404KB) – Okay, this is probably the hardest shot to understand. The photo starts with the camera aimed at the old water fountain. Well, anyhow, it still doesn’t have water in it. When the photo spins around, you’ll get an idea for just how much the center part of the campus has changed.
• “Old” 300 Building Stairs (11stairs.exe, 348KB) – Here is another shot of one of the school’s famous staircases.
• Most of Gardenia Street Now Gone (12street.exe, 384KB) – Remember how you could drive up Gardenia Street, which ran between the “300” Building and the “700” Building? Well, only a part of the street now exists. The rest has been covered over with grass and walkways, as you’ll see in this photo.
• Inside “700” Building (13ojou.exe, 336KB) – Initially the home of Palm Beach Community College and later home to the nation’s top-ranked high school debate team and one of the nation’s best school newspapers, the “700” building has seen much history. In this shot, you can see the opening hallway, including the grand suspension door that once held all the school’s new books.
• Inside Jay Linksman’s old “700” Room (14ijou.exe, 352KB) – This shot has personal significance for me. This is the room where Jay Linksman used to teach English and journalism classes. My journalism career began in this classroom. I took this shot where Mr. Linksman’s desk once was.
• Outside “700” Building (15joubld.exe, 396KB) – This is a nice outside shot of the “700” Building.
• Outside Glenda Thompson’s “200” Room (16thomp.exe, 324KB) – This is a shot in the hallway outside where Glenda Thompson used to teach (Room 222, I believe it used to be).
• Outside Old Photo Lab (17photo.exe, 348KB) – In the early 1900s, part of the bottom floor of the 200 building served as the cafeteria for elementary school students. In the 1970s and 1980s, the area was turned into a photo lab. I took this shot standing in the hallway, with the camera first pointed at the door to the old photo lab. (It’s now simply a classroom.)
• Gymnasium (18gym.exe, 384KB) – Remember the pep rallies that used to be held in the gym? Well, I took this shot by standing in the area where the freshman bleachers once were located.
• Auditorium (19audi.exe, 432KB) – The auditorium has been renovated and looks, well, quite spectacular.