In very central of Lahti, when I moved here c. 10 years ago, was huge factory. I don't know exactly what they made, but it was gigantic in size (compared to how close it is to living areas), and very close to central. They tore it down and build new music house instead.
But I did some recordings there. Alchemy of the 20th Century has track called "Raumis" which many locals referred the place. Just echoing metal junk recordings. This place, with couple different buildings, one was 5 floors high normal blockhouse type place. I did some of my first industrial aesthetic + fetish photos there. Also remember once was fucking there in top floor, and group of teenage girls had been listening. When we stopped, they peaked into hall, laughed and run away. We watched from window of girls walking away and security cars driving circles. One of the walls was missing, so every floor had one wall you could simply jump out. Therefore hazardous area, but they had no luck keeping people out of there. Some drinking sessions in the roofs... It's unfortunate that in urban landscape, all that is old, is being torn down. If not, then spraypainted to total shit. If there is something I really really despise, is the bullshit tagging of anything that's been abandoned. And not only that, but basically everything. I want grey concete monuments decaying, with only color being the rust. Any spray can guy I could find, I'd hope to invite to heavy duty anal insertion ritual. I don't mind in places like NYC where it seems natural, but for fucks sake, baggy pants running loose in abandoned factories of Finland. No thanks. This makes many of the places pretty much ruined what comes to photographing the monuments & colossal architechture.
