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 ziperhead
  
Location: Greece
Gender: Male
 |  | Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
< on 7/16/2011 1:09 AM >
|  | | | From an old visit in April 2008. If you're interested in the history of this place the best info on the internet is off course available on this site! Check the DB for the excellent entry by SoupMeister over here: http://www.uer.ca/...ow.asp?locid=23112
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4. Some punks had a party. The sign reads "Dancing on the ruins of the industry of the spectacle".
5. Recording and listening booths.
6. Vandalized equipment.
7. Lonely chair!
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11. Unknown artist.
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16. This space was used for storage from a nearby medical supplier.
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19. View from here.
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21. Secret room (apparently).
22. Boarded up (obviously)!
23. Storage room.
24. Imagine these shelves full of vinyl records!
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27. Kitchen.
28. Kitchen sing, reel tape and broken bottle of chemical.
29. Broken container marked "oxy" aka acid and syringe wrapper. No that's not dog hair!
30. Tape, record labels.
31. Test pressing album covers and cmyk printing films.
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36. Reel tape blowing in the wind.
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Visiting this place has become a risky idea in recent years. There were large numbers of illegal immigrants and addicts squatting the buildings and police raids.
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decrepitude
 
Location: Norcal
Gender: Male
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 1 on 7/16/2011 1:16 AM >
| | | | Nice images and interesting site. Thanks for the post.
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SinCalRyder
Location: Bakersfield CA
Gender: Male
Less worrying, more exploring!
| |  | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 2 on 7/16/2011 1:39 AM >
| | | | The longer im here ( 3 months not lol ) The more I appreciate these places when people find them. The totally different than the normal places.Good find and some great shots!!
"Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today"
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ziperhead
Location: Greece
Gender: Male
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 3 on 7/16/2011 11:24 AM >
| | | | Thanks! Anyone can help on how to describe image #12?
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Harvestman
 
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
| | | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 4 on 7/16/2011 5:59 PM >
| | | | My God, I want to go here.
Now.
As described in the LDB, did the other building ever get preserved? Or has all of the complex been destroyed?
[last edit 7/16/2011 6:05 PM by Harvestman - edited 1 times]
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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ziperhead
Location: Greece
Gender: Male
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 5 on 7/20/2011 9:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by HarvestmanMan
As described in the LDB, did the other building ever get preserved? Or has all of the complex been destroyed?
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The main factory building is semi-demolished and the other is still standing but preserved isn't the right word to use. After the demolition, the vandals, squatters and scrapers there's not much left, at least not for a museum as were the original plans.
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berserker
Location: oakland, ca
Gender: Female
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 6 on 7/21/2011 2:09 AM >
| | | | super sick!
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Hi/Po
  
Location: Earth
Gender: Male
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 7 on 7/21/2011 2:48 AM >
| | | | It's too bad to hear about the destruction. This place is on my list of favorite DB locations.
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 8 on 7/21/2011 3:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by ziperhead
The main factory building is semi-demolished and the other is still standing but preserved isn't the right word to use. After the demolition, the vandals, squatters and scrapers there's not much left, at least not for a museum as were the original plans.
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Not surprising. My sense while living there was that Athens was not very good at finding value in things built during the last century. I'm guessing the physical location of this place probably didn't help much either. If it's off of the main tourist route, or in the way of someone looking to put up another apartment block then you might as well kiss it goodbye.
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ziperhead
Location: Greece
Gender: Male
| | Re: Save the vinyl. The Columbia Factory (Greece)
<Reply # 9 on 7/21/2011 3:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by micro
Not surprising. My sense while living there was that Athens was not very good at finding value in things built during the last century. I'm guessing the physical location of this place probably didn't help much either. If it's off of the main tourist route, or in the way of someone looking to put up another apartment block then you might as well kiss it goodbye.
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I guess you're right if it's not ancient then it has no value! No, it's not a remote location it is close to the main urban railway and seen by thousands of commuters everyday. Why the former ministry of culture (!) decided to reduce it to rubble and then forget about it for years is beyond me.
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