here is something that might interest...

[electroluxxxx]

some of our members and believe it or not it is right down the street from where I work!



http://www.syracuse.com/business-ne...apartments_at_abandoned_syracuse_factory.html

 

[pinkge]

Rehab...

Here in Indy,we are in a rehab frenzy many old factories are now condo's.The newest
rehab is the old Coke-a-cola building.It is Art Deco and will house condo's,apt's and
retail space.Great addition to the eastside of downtown.Just one block away from me.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Michael,

'I'd like to teach the world to sing...........in perfect harmony.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I LOVE

roaming through empty places like that.
Tom A. and I had a ball roaming through the Hoover building.... (with full permission) I've been allowed to also roam through the old Pittston Hospital (I co-wrote and directed a TV documentary on it). It's how I discovered the recipe (the formula) for the infamous iced tea.
I stood in the room where I was born, so long ago, also, in the room where I had surgery, where my grandmother died, the lab, even the morgue. The ONLY thing odd about that was that my father was the last patient in there.
It's like the walls could talk in those old places....sometimes, they DO !
History is a wonderful thing. At least they're keeping the building. not letting the wrecking ball go at it.

 

[human]

Yeah, it's great when old buildings can receive a new life. Here where I live, they're in the process of repurposing an entire textile mill complex into apartments, retail and office space, and even a microbrew pub. In theory, one could live, work and play all in the same complex. Elsewhere in town, an old elementary school was repurposed into student apartments. And when that can't happen, at least there's architectural salvage as an option to save and reuse some of the more interesting bits in new construction projects. There's a winery an hour or so north of here that has massive wooden roof beams from a San Francisco warehouse that had been built in the mid-1800s.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

They recently took the old Pittston High School

just across the street from me and turned it into 24 beautiful apartments.

My town was a typical coal mining town. Textiles (dress factories) and coal mines were king. Then, the mall came, etc. it slowly went down.
It's recently has undergone a wonderful renaissance. It's becoming a 'go to place'. Old buildings were either rehabbed or taken down, street-scaping has begun, shops, eateries, etc are all coming to life. It's great to go up or down Main Street and see it alive again.

 

[vacerator]

An old brownstone

school in Baltimore was converted to housing a few years ago.
So was the former Heinz plant in Pittsburgh.