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 Wolfsburgvdub
Location: Shelby, NC
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< on 8/7/2012 2:35 AM >
|  | | | Local landmark I have drooled over for years but due to the fact that there is a security guard and alarm watching over this beauty I was unable to get in...Until today, after a few weeks of research and phone calls. This is a few unedited shots, I will post more once I go through them all. Enjoy!1.
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heinrick
   
Location: Cascadia
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 1 on 8/7/2012 3:12 AM >
| | | | Super-cool factory!
We're you able to get a view from that tower?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heinrick05/ |
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Wolfsburgvdub
Location: Shelby, NC
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 2 on 8/7/2012 3:28 AM >
| | | | Posted by heinrick
Super-cool factory!
We're you able to get a view from that tower?
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The top two floors of the tower actually houses two large water tanks for the sprinkler system, old school gravity feed design. The building is about to go under renovations and the system is still active therefore the door leading to the top was locked. Because it was such a pain to gain access to the building itself and the lady who allowed me to enter was super cool I decided it was best not to break the lock.
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3ggt
Location: North Carolina
Gender: Male
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 3 on 8/7/2012 3:28 AM >
|  | | | This is great! I love old mills most of the mills where I am are all being/have been demolished. I would love to check this place out.
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Crypton
    
Gender: Male
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 4 on 8/7/2012 11:25 AM >
| | | | Good take on this one, glad to see people are going to fill my void when I leave 
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explicitly
Location: Augusta
Gender: Male
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 5 on 8/7/2012 2:15 PM >
| | | | That staircase is awesome! Looks like a huge location
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Wolfsburgvdub
Location: Shelby, NC
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 6 on 8/7/2012 2:57 PM >
| | | | Posted by explicitly
That staircase is awesome! Looks like a huge location
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The stairs were amazing. And "huge" doesn't begin to describe this place. Its 547,000 sq ft. Six stories with a full basement and fallout shelter. When it was built in 1912 it was the worlds largest industrial manufacturer under a single roof. In 1929 there was a union strike which resulted in the deaths of three people including the chief of police for the city, the owners were from Soviet Russia and three of the four fled from the country and were never convicted of the crimes. Renovations are scheduled to begin as soon as September, there will be 190 apartments, conference hall, restaurants, and rental spaces for stores. I am actually glad that they are doing something with it instead of tearing it down, there is so much history with in the walls.
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never_sleep
Location: Foothills of NC
Gender: Male
(LURKING)
| | | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 8 on 8/7/2012 11:33 PM >
| | | | 3.
This may be the first pic of a model with a firearm I've ever seen where trigger discipline is in full effect.
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 9 on 8/8/2012 2:58 AM >
| | | | AMAZEBALLS. Glad you had the fortitude to figure out a legit way in before they start renovating! Can't wait to see more.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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Wolfsburgvdub
Location: Shelby, NC
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 10 on 8/8/2012 5:10 AM >
| | | | Took forever to upload but here are the rest of what I shot. Enjoy!1.
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Avius
Location: Washington DC / NOVA
Gender: Male
Wow you guys!
| | | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 11 on 8/9/2012 3:36 PM >
| | | | Beauty. I hope they retain the historic quality of the place when renovations are done.
In places forgotten, tread where you will. -=- http://www.flickr.com/photos/avius/ |
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Wolfsburgvdub
Location: Shelby, NC
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 12 on 8/10/2012 4:09 AM >
| | | | Posted by Avius
Beauty. I hope they retain the historic quality of the place when renovations are done.
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They actually have an apartment set up on the first floor that was built 16 yrs. ago, but at the time failed to pass the department of interior design standards. The contractor who was hired to construct the apartment destroyed the face of the brick during the sand blasting process which lead to the failing of the original plan. The windows they are using look amazing and keep the original look and design. Here is a link to a .pdf giving some details of the renovation.
http://www.cityofg...tone_financial.pdf
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badjon
Location: Charleston SC
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 13 on 8/15/2012 3:44 PM >
| | | | sweet stuff!
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LadySpade
Location: MidAtlantic
| | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 14 on 8/17/2012 8:00 AM >
| | | | Jelly
~What doesn't kill us, makes us stranger...~
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barefootpoetry
Location: PA
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Six stories of wood floors, green glass, and broken brick
<Reply # 15 on 8/20/2012 4:52 AM >
| | | | Gorgeous shots. Thank you for sharing the rest. Glad they are doing something with the building instead of razing it.
She who hesitates, sees bulldozers. |
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