The corridor of the original part of the hotel. And yes, this one’s even more vintage than the previous one. This is what the original hotel rooms without the balconies look like. There seems to be a floor change here also, but it’s an earlier one. It is what it is. Two beds and aContinue reading “A Room For One, Please Part III”
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A Room For One, Please Part I
Back in 1976 something remarkable happened in a small town in Eastern Finland. The first hotel in town opened. It had 50 rooms, a restaurant for 300 people, a bar and a night club. It even had the only pool in the town. Business went so well, that the hotel’s capacity was doubled to 100Continue reading “A Room For One, Please Part I”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part V
Before moving downstairs, here’s one final look at the former restaurant from this direction. So now let’s move down the stairs. The stairs lead right to another entrance. I’m not really sure, if the two floors of bars were of the same company, but I believe so. So here’s the downstairs, which was extremely difficultContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part V”
I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part III
The story was pretty much familiar already along the corridor. Dark and thrashed apartments. And open windows too close to the neighboring house. Same view, different settings. Again a lovely chair. I’ve seen so many in abandoned buildings, that I could decorate a mansion with them. The rest of the furniture wasn’t equally impressive. ThereContinue reading “I Missed Fine Dining, I Missed Cheap Beer Part III”
From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part III
A look at the kitchen shelf reveals a collection of canned everything. A text commemorationg the 40th anniversary of the inhabitants moving from one place to the current location. I believe, that they have made this after the abandonment of the building. Otherwise this makes no sense. Names and location info have been removed. AnotherContinue reading “From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part III”
From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part II
This post begins with a lovely vintage chair. I’d really like to have one of those, just black. In the corner we have a small dining table with election ads. Whoever lived here, loved harmonicas. Eggs, porridge flakes and more sausage. A very basic breakfast. An ad magazine from 2009. This is the first suggestionContinue reading “From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part II”
From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part I
Another unexpected discovery. I can tell its story just by looking at its architecture. This is a former village store with one or more apartments upstairs. And when I started googling the place, it turned out I was right, almost. The small wing, which is to the right, has contained an entrance to a café.Continue reading “From Serving Customers To Permanent Customers Part I”
Instagram Tips Part II
As this Instagram follower of mine had watched my stories closely, they knew, that I loved functionalistic architecture. They tipped me about a small functionalistic business and residential building on the outskirts of the city center, which had been scheduled to be demolished for years, yet nothing had happened. Once again they couldn’t promise aContinue reading “Instagram Tips Part II”
You’ve Got Mail
Another random and accidental discovery in the center of a small municipality. There were several doors, but none of them were open. This would have been a short and pointless story would I not happen to know a friend, who was raised in the village. He asked his father, who had been active in theContinue reading “You’ve Got Mail”
Business Gone Bad Part III
The upstairs was occupied by just one department store. When it left, the destiny of the mall was sealed. This view shows the lovely, light glass roof a bit better. Basically the upstairs was a large, open space. The department store has also thoroughly cleaned up after leaving. The metallic wall prevented people from climbingContinue reading “Business Gone Bad Part III”