Murals of graffiti. Piles of debris. Busted walls. Exposed ceilings. Hanging pipes. Shards of glass.
All are seen in an urban exploration video from May that appears to show the inside of the former Paul Robeson Middle School, 8201 Holmes Rd. in south Kansas City, which has sat vacant for years as a proposed redevelopment project has yet to fully materialize.
The owner is now proposing to demolish the school building, which was built in 1960 as the Jewish Community Center, which closed in 1984 after its membership dwindled. The building later became a middle school, which shuttered in 2006…