Walking around WJ, you see classrooms, a staff room, art displays, the media center and other things you simply cannot miss. What about the things you do miss? Places at our school that many are unaware of are hidden from plain sight. Did you know we had a spiral staircase? Rooms that were bricked off due to the international fire code of 2006? WJ is full of hidden sights. Some come from the renovation of WJ in the late 2000s and some are simply not accessible by students which means they have never even heard about these hidden spaces … until now.
Hidden spaces around WJ
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Hidden inside a room behind the stage, this spiral staircase leads to an air handler room as well as a catwalk. A catwalk is the walkway over the audience where the lighting is hung up.
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The boiler room is located on the ground floor close to the art wing. It’s a massive space with all kinds of pipelines and controls. Its purpose is to provide heat and keep the school warm. The boiler room also leads to the courtyard outside the athletic entrance.
Photo Ishaan Ramola -
This hidden hallway runs from the auditorium to the art wing on the ground floor. Filled with graffiti and pipelines, this undone hallway is where all the water comes in from.
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The control booth right across the stage manages the audio and visuals for the auditorium. It has access to two air handler rooms and also has roof access.
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The greenhouse room is home to many new and old plants. The room has an auto sprinkler system to water the plants from time to time and also has a massive window to allow sunlight.
Photo by Yuval Shachar
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