tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post3769960116897754039..comments2024-03-29T08:14:16.520+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: A (Not Quite) Lost PlaceLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-17518178934465412842022-12-12T09:46:24.863+01:002022-12-12T09:46:24.863+01:00It's a shame to tear down a perfectly sound bu...It's a shame to tear down a perfectly sound building instead of giving it a new lease of life.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-1009757076867518282022-12-12T00:01:27.004+01:002022-12-12T00:01:27.004+01:00The school demolished here was a sturdy brick buil...The school demolished here was a sturdy brick building with floors. I understand the dangers of timber, but this was a wonderfully square and solid brick building. After several years, they simply knocked it down. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-46911152516099568782022-12-05T06:16:09.337+01:002022-12-05T06:16:09.337+01:00Most of the regulations about buildings fit for ho...Most of the regulations about buildings fit for housing come fromthe government, and our city administration can‘t change them to make converting thise buildings easier. But they are very much interested in putting the entire site to good use, and we all hope they will make sensible decision. <br />See all that wood in the oldest building (where your favourite photo of this lot was taken); it makes it all very risky in terms of fire regulations.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-10024411395304782862022-12-04T19:45:52.539+01:002022-12-04T19:45:52.539+01:00I love your pictures of that building, the shadows...I love your pictures of that building, the shadows, the beams...very evocative. My favorite one is the picture of the broken window, partially opened, the old planks with the shadows playing across them. Just gorgeous. It reminds me of a Andrew Wyeth painting. <br /><br />We have a number of old buildings here that would make wonderful housing. (it is badly needed) Unfortunately, the paperwork and permitting involved is so lengthy and time- and money-consuming, that people find it cheaper to knock things down and start over again. I find that sad, but I know someone who spent tens of thousands on an architect to draw up plans. The city rejected them (they felt the building did not fit in with the nature of the town) and the group spent tens of thousands more to have the architect draw up revised plans. I hope your city is a bit more sensible in its approach because this really is a beautiful space. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-43576575362975148152022-12-04T09:22:15.094+01:002022-12-04T09:22:15.094+01:00I could guess that from your mention of textile fa...I could guess that from your mention of textile factories, Monica :-)<br />Maybe our town administration should visit your town for ideas, they have been doing such a lot around your town in recent years, and done it well I think.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-19005709764252364032022-12-04T09:20:09.293+01:002022-12-04T09:20:09.293+01:00I agree, it would make a good film set for a murde...I agree, it would make a good film set for a murder mystery… or something supernatural (not my kind of film or book, usually).Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-737646058003377342022-12-03T16:36:22.699+01:002022-12-03T16:36:22.699+01:00And oops, there I went Anonymous again... That was...And oops, there I went Anonymous again... That was me commenting above!DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-67837402688681832792022-12-03T16:35:37.567+01:002022-12-03T16:35:37.567+01:00We have a lot of old textile factories in my town ...We have a lot of old textile factories in my town and quite a few of those have been (or are being) converted for other purposes as well (while others have been torn down to leave room for new buildings). I appreciate that they do keep and refurbish some of them in honour of the town's past history. Seeing buildings left to decay while waiting for decisions is always sad, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-57045642811052929342022-12-03T15:09:18.552+01:002022-12-03T15:09:18.552+01:00
An interesting tour and what a good idea to get p...<br />An interesting tour and what a good idea to get people involved. It does look very atmospheric a potential setting to use in a murder mystery book with a killer chasing his victim through the building and wind howling around outside. Jean/winnipeg. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-29428928965050270392022-12-03T07:18:43.463+01:002022-12-03T07:18:43.463+01:00It's not their own station, but their own plat...It's not their own station, but their own platform and track. When the railway line was first built through Ludwigsburg and a station set up, it really was pretty much theirs - other people did not travel quite so much by train yet. And because most of their work force lived on the other side of the tracks, they had a footbridge built to their factory. That footbridge (in its latest incarnation from the 1980s) is still there and bears the name Franck-Steg.<br />I did in deed pick up that phone and held it to my ear, only half-joking, and heard... nothing.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-74164972856441484762022-12-03T07:15:56.975+01:002022-12-03T07:15:56.975+01:00It is the same here; there is a huge demand for af...It is the same here; there is a huge demand for affordable housing, and even more so this year with so many refugees from Ukraine arriving every day.<br />But to make these buildings fit for housing, with all the regulations that come with it, will be even more difficult than for other uses. We'll see - and it will take years, in any case.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-1899566143761815212022-12-02T17:26:20.286+01:002022-12-02T17:26:20.286+01:00So the production plant had exclusive access to it...So the production plant had exclusive access to its own railway station?<br />And now, no trains stop there? Your post is like a strange dream. Lost Places, indeed.<br />Those stairs going up to where? Would those telephones put you in touch with ghosts?<br />There is a book of old Glasgow photos titled *Dear Friendly Ghosts* : I like that idea.<br />I would enjoy being in the Franck & Sohne building with a flask of good coffee.<br />But not being there alone. With a group of cheerful people.<br /><br />*Whitevale 2011.* YouTube. Owen McGuigan.<br />The apartments in Glasgow, now demolished, were photographed by Lynsey Marshall.<br /><br />*Abandoned Since the 1960s/The Story of Toronto's Ghost Tower.*<br />YouTube. Abandoned Urbex Camera.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-64931603654242923972022-12-02T14:46:41.835+01:002022-12-02T14:46:41.835+01:00We had an old building like that in our city and ...We had an old building like that in our city and they turned it into condos/apartments. I imagine it would take a lot to make those old buildings safe but housing is always needed around here. Lowest level was shops and offices. Another thing that my city has been looking into is housing for seniors - there will be a lot of us and safe, convenient housing will be needed. I look forward to your report on what the committee recommended! Thanks!Ellen D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-85072523489071497812022-12-02T14:25:12.592+01:002022-12-02T14:25:12.592+01:00Not sure who you are, Anonymous (Pat?), but I gues...Not sure who you are, Anonymous (Pat?), but I guess I have no readers of the generation now growing up without even something like a landline phone, plugged into a socket all the time and not just to charge!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-73896837598004330262022-12-02T12:31:53.196+01:002022-12-02T12:31:53.196+01:00I can certainly remember those dials, I was brough...I can certainly remember those dials, I was brought up on them, I hope they choose to build attractive buildingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com