Huge Abandoned Clothing Factory - Found Vintage Computers!

[@TheProperPeople]

This is our last video of 2018! This year we uploaded some of our best videos and traveled new distances. Our Summer 2018 Europe trip was extremely successful and we have many more videos to upload. We aren't stopping here, as we have big plans for 2019. We are in the early stages of planning out some more trips and we really want to focus on increasing our upload frequency. Looking forward to the new year! Happy New Year, everyone!

[@christinevdh8689]

Happy New Year!

[@THEVERYANGRYPERSON]

Bring on the content boyz.............we be waitin.................

[@ocsrc]

The phone was a rotary phone they had upgrades to make them DTMF touch-tone phones end most likely the region did not have touch tone but the PBX system the company had used it to transfer calls from extension to extension

[@pennyloafin4447]

Happy new year guys, thanks for the great content always. Much love 💜

[@ChelseaSierraK.]

Happy New Year guys

[@yeahimridingthroughthearea7565]

You guys are one of the few exploration channels i can stand watching, don’t talk too much nor are y’all quiet the whole time, and when y’all do talk its not just for youtube, it sounds like an actual conversation between you two. Been subscribed since January. Edit: another good exploration channel is Dan bell. Hes not exactly like these guys but he’s one of the first exploration channels i ever found, his content is pretty professional for the most part and explores some interesting places (i like his mall videos, the aesthetics he adds to it are nice.), really recommend! (He doesnt do just exploration videos either btw, he has other series)

[@rustylord_met2132]

We also get cool information, and more importantly they seem to fact check frequently.

[@leeks5750]

I agree, I find when I watch other exploration videos where people talk too much or very loudly it distracts me from the actual location and makes the video seem less mysterious to me.

[@MekareP]

I agree with you. The other channels are all Hype! Yell! Drama! *nsert eye roll*... I used to like Dan Bell, then he admitted to pulling a prank. I didn't mind the prank, it was well done and clever but his reaction to what people said about it really rubbed me the wrong way- it was a little I dunno..stuck up? "I am a film maker and you guys just don't get it!"

[@aaron___6014]

atmospheric ; but everything they say is inaccurate.

[@LakeNipissing]

Dan's urbex videos in the Poconos resorts and Goetze's meat factory were awesome stuff. Another very good channel, without needless chatter, silliness or "attitude" is *Urbex Dane*

[@BilisNegra]

You can tell how much of a leading company this was by seeing how friggin' much computer stuff is in there, not just for accounting, from nearly 40 years ago.

[@antidoteify]

Yeah huge, and the building, how the rooms were spaced and furnished; it is/was italian style and design at it's best.

[@Xezlec]

5:16 those are terminals. The actual computer they connected to was in the room at 14:18. The raised floor is for cables and cooling. 10:12 now those are actually computers. 19:02 19:06 why are the sketches labelled in English? 21:17 lol if I didn't see it with my own eyes I'd swear you made up that name 😁 Apparently it's a device for "diathermy" which means heating specific parts inside the body using radio waves. In this case, using waves in the short wave radio band rather than the microwave band which apparently is more common. I have no idea why a textile factory needed this specific gadget!

[@Cyba_IT]

Maybe they were doing biological experiments on the side :p

[@puckcat22679]

Heat is used to treat muscle injuries, which are a common thing in a factory setting.

[@NoBodysGamer]

at 3:39 the writing on the wall is in russian

[@rgarito]

The terminals look like IBM 3278's. The computers themselves are serious collectors' items today (the IBM mainframe stuff). They seriously belong in a museum and there are people who specialize in restoring them (some are posted on KZbin). Someone who specializes in that stuff should take a look. Those terminals are in really rough shape but the computers around 14:00 are probably salvageable.

[@bdog840]

12:14 could be an old transcriber too.

[@richdiscoveries]

Those phones probably were designed as rotary phones, but then technology advanced and the factory still had a ton of those phone casings. Probably just retrofitted them and started shipping them out as push buttons rather than rotary. A lot of things happen like that when technology changes, they just retrofit it for the new technology until a completely new design can be made. I work in the automotive business and car companies do stuff like that as well

[@karenlinares7541]

thanks

[@jonstechchannel]

I thought the same thing when I saw them.

[@richdiscoveries]

@@jonstechchannel just a speculation, but there is a lot of products like that out there over the years and these phones just have that look. And being that they are so old, that would put them in the right time frame.. But either way they're definitely cool looking, I love these old retro finds in abandoned places

[@HoursFreeAOLsp]

Look at the color of the round part with buttons it's an off blue it's been retrofit.

[@richdiscoveries]

@@HoursFreeAOLsp I didn't even notice that, good call..

[@lunayoshi]

Geeze, I love your videos so much! Such a high production value. You can tell with the exploring and the editing that your goal isn't to poke around empty places, but give people on the internet a tour of relics of the past. It's really effective and sets you apart from the rest.

[@GLING17]

Your channel is by far the best urbex channel, imo. You guys are fearless and explore areas nobody else will. Thank you so much for making these fantastic videos and Happy New Year to you all! 😊

[@chasecrump9276]

Nah

[@RedDragon-ix2fz]

Have you watched Broken Window Theory? They are also very good The Proper People have explored together. Also Exploring eith Josh & Exploring with Fighters.

[@retrogamelord3763]

Dang the IBM'S T-T Someone send LGR to the rescue!

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Yeeahh

[@SkwareUS]

fuck an ibm, you see those tape reels

[@steveconrad1525]

@@SkwareUS The blue main frames looked to be in decent shape.

[@inspectorlunge3887]

What a waste

[@andrive]

Ikrr

[@TheEPROM9]

It is sad to see such vintage computers in such a state of disrepair slowly rotting away parst the point of being restored. Hopefuly people can get in there & rescue some of them & maybe get some working.

[@emeraldgamecave679]

Proper People and vintage computers. I never clicked so fast lol

[@calihustler08]

🤓

[@FLUFFSQUEAKER]

This is so sad, those vintage IBM systems would be worth so much now

[@fiverZ]

I don't understand how people don't save them.

[@piecaruso97]

vintage computer collector here, too bad to see those machines left there

[@brianna4267]

MiKAWOOF T.T

[@Grumpy_Wolf]

If you let them dry out for a while there is a good chance they would still work. Water doesn't kill these things, water bridging circuits does.

[@BilisNegra]

@@Grumpy_Wolf The cabinets, the keyboard mechanisms, etc... are way too rusty and will crush/snap just by looking at them. You -might- bring a motherboard out of those back to life (maybe it would take some capacitor replacement etc...). But I highly doubt you could restore a whole single machine on its own. Maybe salvaging parts from all the lot you could get a working machine, but only if you're an expert technician, and a craftsman dude, too, with a lot of time in your hands. I'd go mad with joy if some craze type one would try to do that (and did a video about that, of course), but as was saying, that would not be easy at all.

[@mckenziejeanne4508]

For some reason, whenever I am extremely anxious, this is my comfort channel. Which is weird because most of the places there guys explore freak me out. But my anxiety has been so so bad with the return to in person school and work with the Delta variant still going on, and the Proper People are getting me through my senior year of college anxiety just like they did my freshman year of college. 💜

[@billykobilca6321]

M2 it's my chill and just watch channel

[@Maybe1Someday]

Its amazing how continuously people put amazing amounts of time an effort into things that eventually don't matter or fade out.

[@ignitore]

Maybe Someday in two words: animals are the perfect humain being. Humans are a nature bug.

[@djmj1000]

I wonder how many computers, tapes and machines they needed just for the accounting. Thanks that nowadays those things are digital in the cloud and get much easier to do. Noone of the tax agency would ever read these books.In such cases they just estimate numbers to speed up the process. It would be a nightmare to reconstruct the balance of a client based on those books. Just image after a month of research you realize he only has to pay some dollars left.

[@JimHendrickson]

Great video guys. I found the pigeon dung patterns at 6:30 fascinating - you can see that the lines are double-ridged, indicating that the pigeons perched up on the bars facing both directions.

[@samvalentine3206]

Very observant!

[@hiboudeluxe]

That room that you identified as 'old tape systems' was actually a room full of computers. That's what a computer looked like in the mid to late 60s and early 70s. They took up whole rooms. I learned that from a friend of my dad's who worked for IBM in the 80s. He saw me with my gameboy back in the day and was like, twenty years ago the stuff that thing can do took up whole rooms. Technology, man.

[@TheOzthewiz]

Those old tape systems, along with hard drives, were used well into the '80s. Those tape systems could hold way more data than the disc drives of that era, speed of data retrieval VERY SLOW. I worked for Control Data Corporation (IBM competitor , in MN) from 1968 to 1989, when company went out of business!

[@HudsonGTV]

​@@TheOzthewizTape is still used to this day for archiving because they can hold hundreds of terabytes of data in a single cartridge. They are called LTO cartridges.

[@KonaPony]

The first thing you said is a drafting board, is more likely a light table for tracing and cutting patterns. Then the thing you said is for measuring cloth, is in fact a draft table.

[@Frank-mm2yp]

English translation of sign at the factory door: "GONE TO CHINA".....

[@simonbrown285]

After coronavirus now it most likely is going back to italy

[@dhopper598]

thank you guys for everything you shared with us in 2018. i and probably most every one else is very appreciative that you give us the chance to go on these journeys with you and experience these beautiful places lost to time. you going on your biggest road trip yet is something i’m so proud of you guys for and even collabing with some other great people. i’m sure 2019 will be even better and can’t wait to see where you go next. cheers guys. see you in the new year!

[@bermudezhg]

The "raised" floor was meant to route cables between the old reel tape computers. These computer rooms also featured controlled atmosphere for cooling, dust control, humidity and ventilation of toxic fumes.

[@LakeNipissing]

Never in my life... did I imagine pigeon droppings piling up for so many years into rows and mountains. Wow!!

[@jj7958]

yea that's gross. let's all be thankful it's not human droppings. lol

[@19irving]

It's very unhealthy to inhale it. You can get this serious type of pnemonia.

[@S0CKit2Me]

@@19irving Psittacosis is the name for the type of lung infection/pneumonia caused by bird droppings.

[@19irving]

@@S0CKit2Me Thank you. I HAD it a number of years ago. It was pretty nasty, but I couldn't remember the name.

[@S0CKit2Me]

@@19irving no problem.

[@larspersson3783]

Proper People and Broken Window Theory together? YAY! My 2 favourite urebex channels, by far :) You guys are always serious and professional with background history, footage, music etc. Anyway, be safe and take care guys.

[@SuV33358]

Omg that black mold😱 and those mountains of bird droppings??? Respirators required.....

[@portal2kid]

Some of those bird droppings could be guano, a valuable resource in agriculture, acting like a fertilizer. (Sorry for necroposting, just wanted to state something worth)

[@TheEPROM9]

I know the genral rule of thumb for urban exploration is to only take your phots from the site. But when I comes to vintage computers I would have to make an exception. I collect & restore them, it is a fun hobbie. Would be intresting to see if any of the data is still recoverable on those tapes.

[@techcentre1065]

Yeah, id end up snagging a few of those systems too. Better then them rotting away

[@kevvywevvywoo]

21:20 Philips Oscilloflux 2000, you showed a similar machine made by G.E. in one of your asylum films. It's a diathermy machine, used for deep-heat treatment of strained or inflamed muscle tissue, joint pain relief etc. They still make them.

[@largol33t1]

Interesting. I guess textile workers suffered from muscle/joint issues frequently since it's pretty intensive labor.

[@kb1kos]

12:50 "before they had computers"... That was PRINTED by computer.

[@pancakes5754]

I think he meant by before they could store their records in the computers

[@Xezlec]

@@pancakes5754 Those printouts definitely came from information stored by those computers. That's what was on those tapes.

[@pancakes5754]

@@Xezlec oh shit you right lmao

[@NGC1433]

Could be typewritten as well.

[@KR1275]

Indeed. And the amount was not in euros or dollars, but is lires. 2000 lire = 1 euro (approx).

[@sootyjared4208]

That van looked like a mercedes vito, likely stolen in a burglary, stripped and dumped.

[@jonathanherring9915]

I love your videos. great work. Have you ever considered consulting experts that would know about certain structures that you explore? i think it would be fascinating to have some commentary or input from a person who would know about textile production for an exploration like this. Also, a structural engineer to explain a little bit of the damage that is occurring. keep it up!

[@Iconoclasher]

That raised floor on the computer room is for cooling. A company I used to work for had the same arrangement. Cold air is pumped into the floor and the cold air vents up into the computer cabinet. If a console is moved or new ones added on, there's no need for replumbing the air ducts.

[@sbalogh53]

In our old computer rooms, they also ran the Carbon-Dioxide fire extinguisher systems under the false floors. If the fire alarm went off staff had to either cancel the alarm by pushing a big red button across the other side of the room, or get out VERY quickly because they had about 30 seconds before the CO2 system blasted gas throughout the room. All the floor tiles would blast up towards the ceiling knocking anyone left in the room off their feet. They would then suffocate in the CO2. Very dangerous. We had 6 monthly breathing apparatus training for use in these rooms. Fires had to be extinguished very quickly because these machines were often worth many 10s of millions of dollars.

[@Dan.The.man.825]

You guys should do a “mashup” video of the best videos of 2018. I enjoy everything you guys do and always look for new videos being uploaded! Keep up the good work and let’s take 2019 to new heights!!

[@breakinn403]

Great job. What a complex. I'd love to see comparison photos of how it looked in it's day. Even the streets between buildings are interesting.

[@Agui007]

I have learned watching these videos that as humans, we are so thoroughly untidy and wasteful.

[@engihere5434]

If u got a trash can that's considered wasteful

[@bigearl3271]

Wow.....so deep

[@amandiniii753]

thats why debt is at its all time high

[@Wilson84KS]

It's the monetary system, our lifes depend on money and not the availability of needed goods, so we need to work every day several hours not to produce the goods, but the money to pay for the goods we make from natural ressourcen on natural ground by spending out lifetimes, there is no other way for the monetary system than destroying the planet with wars or overproduction, planned obsolescence and so on, if the goods would last aslong as possible, there would be maybe just a couple of million jobs on the whole planet. Money is a desease straight out the brain of psychopaths that made humanity to a parasite.

[@Sandkei]

Terrible isn't it ?

[@Boomer112]

Found this when searching about the ''Oscilloflux 2000'' which is actually pretty interesting to read: Short wave therapy , diathermy equipment is used to heat locally parts inside the body. To do so, alternating currents with a frequency of about 1 MHz are applied to the body via skin electrodes. To improve the penetration of the currents through fat layers, short wave therapy is developed working with a frequency of about 50 MHz. Also this: The Oscilloflux 2000, type number XM 1000/10, about 1956. By using high frequency currents, there is no need for direct contact between the current source and the human body. Now the high frequent current can be coupled into the body with plate electrodes, which increase the ease of use of the apparatus.

[@oswaldjh]

21:20 Oscilloflux 2000 is an old Diathermy unit that used high frequency waves to stimulate blood flow in certain injuries like muscle sprains and spasms. 14:45 That is a drafting table.

[@teresahardy4928]

I'm a quilter and all that ruined fabric breaks my heart.

[@mariusberger3297]

I can relate, I collect and restore vintage computers and terminals and there are some abolute gems in there

[@lizinwisconsin6728]

Great to see you guys again! I've missed you. Already have watched all your videos. HAPPY NEW YEAR! I look forward to more of your great works! :-)

[@tofadeisastart]

Best exploring channel on KZbin hands down. I find myself googling things all the time during the video and pausing some of the imagines. Intro is fire as well

[@RonLaws]

I'm a Computer Guy and i'm really in to vintage computers, seeing these old beasts in such decay broke my heart. part of me wanted to take big clive, 8bit guy, LGR and Dave and Curious Marc with his crew to just dig out and salvage/restore as many of them as possible.

[@Truthseeker1515]

It's horrible, this is historic hardware..

[@stephendeben1590]

10:28 the three C's of telling when a building was abandoned are calendars, computers, and confidential documents

[@themeparkreel]

Happy New Year guys! hope 2019 treats you well and i look forward to tons of new content! :D

[@eily_b]

12:44 is of course Lire that was the currency in Italy before 2001. 10.000 Lire were approx 5,80$ back then.

[@orangefirepearlfb6]

I Like everything how you guys do the video from the beginning intro to the and I don't know how to explain it there's just something about your videos that I like and help me when I'm going through stuff or feeling stressed out . Keep The videos coming bro

[@SuV33358]

I agree....stress relief...!!

[@probro6722]

I remember that when i subbed, you had around 20-30k subs. been a long road but you still deserve so much more, the videos are so cinematic and the music is well put. Much respect to you guys and keep up the uploads!

[@fiercemetro8871]

Ya! That intro music though,.....lol good stuff good stuff,hope you guys have a great and safe coming of the new year, yay!

[@BilisNegra]

21:57 That's 50's-early 60's equipment! There is a crazy mismatch of equipment stuff in this factory.

[@mitchschenk]

Best Urbex channel ever

[@MICROBYTESIO]

oh my god i want to cry, i had so much info about the computers typed here before i blue screened!!!!! anyways, I love this all so much. its a shame i lost all that, i had a lot. Oh well! This is beautiful. I would give anything to come here and save these computers. Sorry I lost the info.

[@mollyquinn9120]

It's a shame that so much property is left to rot. The coats, chairs, desks, etc. could've been given to a Goodwill type store. That drafting table looks in good shape to bad it can't be rescued. Well another great video & explore. Thanks

[@peterlamont647]

As a computer historian and collector...i would grab those dumb terminals! As well as what they were connected to, and also the model M ibm keyboards...what a true "barn find". What a lost opportunity for them. Those parts could even fund multiple trips for them while salvaging tons of personal and public museum pieces. Now we know where all those historical computers are coming from in eastern Europe. Probably sites just like this! Youd never see something like this in the states.

[@jimmygresham5261]

You guys need to come to LaGrange, Ga to explore our old abandoned textile plants. I had to install emergency lights and exit signs in one of them back in '07 and it was one the creepiest places I've ever worked in. Most days I worked alone and I was nervous the entire time. The place was huge and so many hidden spaces. Love your videos.

[@SylvesterWolf]

The Oscilloflux 2000 (Still the best name ever) was made by Philips back in the 1950s. Its a short wave therapy unit for heating you inside out. Sounds a lot like a microwave to me! :) An interesting bit of kit. Look it up on the Philips historical products page.

[@issyhalecullen]

Fantastic video as always! Is it bad I get excited when I see a new upload? Can’t wait for more!

[@andrewkiwi1]

Another awesome video guys, Thanks. There would tons of scrap in that place. Copper coils in the piles of old monitors alone. Its a wonder no one has cleaned the place out.

[@LisasLife]

Happy New Year!🎊🎉

[@cheesequaked]

Due to the holidays recently, ive missed a lot of your guys videos. This left me with a lot to binge and enjoy! Cant wait to watch them all :D

[@billykobilca6321]

12:22 AWSOME shot.. chair, table, plant and coat hanger stand. 👍

[@wdavem]

This is now my second favorite of your videos. No. 1 might for ever be the abandoned mega-church.

[@afericssonfilms]

You guys should take a New England road trip, there’s plenty of cool stuff up there

[@joefranks4235]

9 track magnetic tapes. I used to work on that type of console. It worked off of an MVS IBM system. You guys are bringing back some wonderful and scary memories. Those big blue units in the data center, they are called storage directors. There is some gold on those circuit boards in those units if they hadn't removed them already. Looks like they pulled the bus and tag cables from under the floor. They were made from copper.

[@robotparadise]

That is the most photogenic abandoned site I've ever seen! well done.

[@Cyba_IT]

You have to be in a certain mood for TPP vids and that mood is super chill. Interesting as always guys. It's pretty cool how you go to the exact opposite places a normal tourist would go. Surprising amount of computer hardware for a textile factory, I guess they were just coming into the age where everything is automated. Just dropped everything and left... Happy New Year from NZ guys. Keep 'em coming :)

[@gerrycrisostomo6571]

It's sad to see that a once large clothing company stopped operating and all of the equipment, building and facilities are left to rot. I wish they prospered instead. Looking at the state of decay, the computer system and the other equipment, I estimate that the plant stopped working sometime from the early-to-mid 1990s and totally abandoned only in the early 2000. Keep up the good work guys. You and your videos are awesome!

[@imjody]

"Wtf is an Oscilloflux 2000!" 😂😂 Love your commentary and voice overs man, really do. Keep up the awesome work!

[@kevinquist]

LOL. called a light table a drafting table. called a drafting table a cut table. cant wait to see the cut table. (just having fun. love your show. great job on it)

[@justanonymous5889]

you guys have came so far since the eastern academy. you two go where others don't go and I thank you for these amazing videos you share with us.

[@SuV33358]

All the data on all those reel tapes could fit on a teeny microchip today..😆

[@bigcheesewotsits]

But they only had big tapes back then kid

[@mr.ruinenfan8904]

The location and your video are just outstanding work, guys. Keep it up. Many greetings to you, the BWT crew and Tobi Urbex. A Happy New Year for all of you 🎆🎉👍

[@aigistone6784]

This place is gorgeous, probably one of my favourite videos so far from you guys!

[@Pirate-Scorcher-1998]

2018 was a great year on this channel and I’m loving it. Can’t wait what will 2019 will give us on this channel :)

[@wisteela]

I'd seen a video of this place before, but yours shows it off much better. The IBM mainframe looks like it could easily be salvaged as the condition is surprisingly good. Amongst the other computer hardware there could well be other salvageable stuff. There seems to be other stuff amongst the IBM terminals. The computer on the desk with the 5.25" 3.5" floppy drives is either a Compaq Deskpro 286 or 386, most likely the former. It would be interesting to see what's on the hard drive, if of course it still worked. From what I can find out via Google, the Oscilloflux 2000 was used for hearing tests, and was made by Philips.

[@nick-mf9cl]

hey guys, long time fan of the channel. Just got out of basic training for the Army and can't wait to catch up on all the new videos!

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

An impressive exploration as always. So sad to see a mountain of retro computer hardware completely ruined by water and bird poo :( Those computers look really old, considering this factory was shut down in 2004 (if Wikipedia is right).

[@AstroNerdBoy]

The raised floor was their data center. I used to work in places like that. Old mainframe storage was quite limited, so the 9-track round reel mag tapes were used as primary storage. Those "books" made from computer printouts were likely printed in that data center. Some job executed to create the print file, which was then printed on an impact printer. Sheeze, I'm getting old. Sometimes, I miss those less efficient days of mag tapes, printers, etc., when it took several operators a shift to run the data center 24-7 (assuming this place worked every day).

[@RicoGalassi]

Hey guys! You should check out Scranton Lace Company. It's pretty dilapidated today, but would still make an awesome video. They have a bunch of old large equipment still inside as well as a bowling alley for their employees. Access inside is pretty difficult, but not impossible! It would be awesome to see! Edit: just did a quick google and it appears they began tearing portions of the building down this past summer...still wouldve made an awesome episode

[@basshead2003]

Your videos keep getting better and better! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2019. Happy New Year, guys! 🍾🎉

[@kevvywevvywoo]

22:00 this looks like the screens store. The tubes on the right together with the rods on the left fit into printing presses that were used to print the patterns on the fabric. The presses were the size of a tractor and semitrailer

[@dj0rdj3-]

Should've taken the photo at 8:43 and brought it to a museum instead of letting it fall apart there

[@LeeBlaske]

Incredibly sad to think of how many skilled people were unemployed when this factory closed.

[@runforitman]

Since I haven’t watched one of these guys videos for a while I couldn’t remember who they were But as soon as their theme played I instantly remembered Having a good theme is important Nice job

[@eddikit]

You're videos are like documentaries and there really really good awesome job 👍👍👍

[@ltgengr]

Do you ever do any research on the company and why they went out of business or what happened to them? It would be interesting to know.

[@nasirb3914]

China happened.

[@vvarietyshow]

Such a cool layout for a building. Thanks for another inspirational vid!

[@haleyjeann23]

Come to Michigan and Ohio! Detroit has some really beautiful abandoned places that are easily accessible! And Toledo also has some pretty cool places to look into! Happy new year guys

[@rexoliver7780]

Only one scene where a explorer was using a mask.The device thought to be a fabric cutter is a drafting board with a drafting machine on it.Might have been used for drawing designs on fabric by hand for custom jobs.The older computers was very interesting--too bad those aren't in a museam.

[@aManVexed]

I clicked on this video hoping to see old clothing to see in that factory, those racks of jackets are a wonderful find. Honestly, I'd love to own and wear a couple of those! Wish I could get my hands on some haha.

[@ralucap.murasan6012]

Full of amazing vintage things, love the furniture. How come you never take anything from all these places you visit I would love to restore all this old items

[@togtom]

Great one! Love your collaboration with my fav german explorers!

[@AtomicPeacenik]

You guys respect the places you visit. Thank you for that.

[@brenw.6096]

you both get to live my dreams! thank you both for bringing them just a few steps closer! at you both have a blessed and great new year. as always god's speed and may you always be watched over! happy new year from PA! come visit soon!

[@Freaktography]

Well done guys. Looks like your trip was a huge success.

[@diggingattycho7908]

The phones are typical of Italian industrial design, there wasn't any retrofitting at all. That's how they were designed. Italy had some of the best designers in the world, especially in fashion. That factory would have been incredible to visit in it's day. The raised floor at about the 14:30 mark was for ventilation and wiring. The board at 14:50 is an old drafting board with a drafting machine, used for creating dimensioned drawings. Not cutting fabric.

[@diggingattycho7908]

@Agent Fungus It's a lot more than just furniture, Italian design was considered the very best in the world. Which included, architecture, cars, clothes, jewelry, and everyday items. If you were born after the eighties, you missed the time when Italian design was king. Don't get me wrong, the Italians are still excellent designers and craftsman. But they have been watered down in these modern times, like so many other things. Keep in mind design is different all over the world, and it's always changing. There is far more to explore there, than all of the abandoned structures in the world.

[@diggingattycho7908]

@Agent Fungus I was born in 67, I'm not that old. But still old. That's the problem with the internet, we have no idea who we are talking to. It is funny to watch these kids describe stuff we grew up with, and they have no idea what it is. :) My mother gets a kick out asking kids in the family to use her rotary phone.

[@sharronhughes6728]

Please visit Ireland.... I'd love to see some episodes in Dublin ❤️🙌🏻

[@walterfink9782]

I enjoy your videos and adventures. What gets me, is how much stuff is left, at all the places you go. If a company is going to shut down, why not tear it down? These buildings are death traps. Thanks for showing us, what most don't see.

[@KarlandKristy]

Raised floors are for server rooms. The cables were run under the floor and also there was cooling systems under the floor. When I was a kid in the 80s my father’s business office had a massive server room. My gaming computer nowadays probably has more power than all those servers had. But at that time that was state of the art

[@Rillion02]

It's always a good day when a proper people video is uploaded

[@tonyvn5817]

Just need to say your videos blow me away. Love how you edit them. Peace.

[@braydenbledsoe3252]

Haven't gotten past the ads yet and I already liked the video. The confidence is strong here.

[@thebiggerbyte5991]

If anyone wants to rescue any of those IBM keyboards (If they are still there...) let me know. Great video, as always!

[@nielsrijsemus]

at 23:50 is the work of El Lissitzky and is called "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge from 1919 he was from Moskou Russia

[@bellemaureenives]

You guys should explore the Santa Claus ghost town in Arizona or Parque Albanoel if you have the opportunity! 💭

[@christinerobinson890]

How do you get rid of something so enormous? My husband was an executive at a large furniture factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The plant was no longer useful due to being outdated. They tried to sell it, but the contamination below the factory was an environmental hazard. So they tried to tear it down and haul away the soil and replace the soil, but that wasn’t possible either. The building was finally leased out for storage for pennies on the dollar. There is no way to erase the industrial revolution. We will just have to live with the chemicals left behind. As far as this Italian facility is concerned, maybe the homeless taking it over and potentially burning it down is the best use of it. The enormity of this facility and the enormity of what to do with it is mind boggling.