The John F. Kennedy School in Medford MA has a "new part" built in the late 50s-early 60s, and an "old part" build 100+ years prior to that. Both are now abandoned and are slowly being overtaken by nature, right there by the side of a busy urban street.

The school has presence and style any time of year, with the grand, imposing brick of the "old side," and the once-sleek glass and teal of the "new side" with its sound-dampening wall of decorative square terracotta bricks. But in fall, the whole place is bursting with color, in both the wide view, and the details.

Photos taken with a Holga on Fuji 160c, morning of November 23 2007 (sunny morning).

All images copyright 2007 Bonnie Borthwick. All rights reserved.