Back in a familiar location.
This is the workers’ institute I’ve photographed in 2014, 2016 and 2019. In 2017 I photographed there with a dancer friend of mine.
The building got a demolition permit way back in 2014, but the owner couldn’t afford to demolish it. It was later sold to a new owner, who started the demolition work in the summer of 2020.
That was two years before this photo was taken. Since then they had managed to demolish the 1980’s annex closest to the camera. They had also managed to remove the wooden boards of the walls of the two annexes and a part of the roof. That’s it.
In 2021 the explanation was, that the asbestos removal company was busy. In 2022 the explanation was, that all construction workers in the region were working at a large pulp mill site. My guess is, that even the new owner has run out of money.
The boards were still on the end wall of this annex.
The canopies between the main building and annexes are also gone. So is a part of the roof of the other annex.
I always thought, that these annexes were wooden. They weren’t.
But it looks like it from the outside.
There were also huge piles of construction waste in the area.
The main building is a sad sight.
An interesting square shaped hole in the attic wall. That hasn’t been a window. The window is the pentagonal hole above it.
The other annex.
For some reason they had also dug up the grass on the lot. It is piled in front of the main entrance.
Here they have collected the waste to truck platforms. But it isn’t exactly cheap to have the fences and platforms stand here for years.
All three remaining buildings in one photo.
The 1980’s annex was almost gone. The reason was, that it probably didn’t contain any asbestos unlike the other buildings. Demolishing asbestos has a special regulation in Finland, and it can get quite expensive.
They’ve even managed to remove some windows.
One more look at the mess. There was a kitchen and a canteen in this section of the building.
I didn’t hold my breath waiting for the buildings to be completely gone.