A very specific aesthetic that few oppos will understand:

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 07/01/2019 at 12:56 • Filed to: big mood

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A N ew England mill town that used to be a big deal but then the industry dried up and  heroin came to town and it was a really shitty place for a really long time but now businesses are starting to move back into the abandoned brick buildings along the river and the town is starting to come to life again.

Shu t up I’m not day drinking you are

OPPOsaurus WRX > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:07

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That's a long list. You are going to have to narrow it down 

WilliamsSW > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:09

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Dammit I only wish I was day drinking 

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:16

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The churches though, all these old industrial towns/cities, have hundreds of them. And they’re all amazing looking! 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:20

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A New England mill town Midw estern manufacturing hub that used to be a big deal but then the industry dried up and heroin came to town and it was a really shitty place for a really long time but now businesses are starting to move back into the abandoned brick buildings along the river and the town is starting to come to life again.

I know that story too

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:21

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Such funky old buildings. Back in the late-90s to early-oos, I remember it being super hip to move tech businesses into these funky old brick buildings. The problem was that the se buildings were definitely not designed for human comfort (which is kind of important for tech workers) , let alone server rooms (which had to be kept in a certain temperature and humidity range back then ) . The retrofitting just to make them suitable for office space was crazy and they were horribly inefficient on power due to all that antique glass.

user314 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:22

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Less New England, more Rust Belt , but I get you fam.

CalzoneGolem > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:23

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I’m working in a New England brick palace right now. Bricks! Bricks as far as the eye can see! Out my window? More brick mills!

Corkscrew'd > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:23

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Suddenly, scooters. Scooters EVERYWHERE.

thejustache > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:24

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Before I even opened the page I saw the photo and knew it had to be somewhere in New England . Living near the VT border I’m quite familiar with this aesthetic

gin-san - shitpost specialist > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:26

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Shut up I’m not day drinking you are

You’re a very persuasive person *pours drink*

Dakotahound > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:28

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It sort of resembles Lowell, MA. Unfortunately, that was the fate of many old mill towns in the northeast. Upstate New York towns suffered the same fate. Some of them, like the town in your photograph, are coming back.

Textured Soy Protein > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:31

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My wife lived in Pittsfield MA for a while and it certainly fits your description.

superdave847 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 13:43

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Hoping this will be the story of Saint Louis.

lone_liberal > CalzoneGolem 07/01/2019 at 13:52

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I’m speaking to you from the top right corner of this building. It’s newer than our last office which had a loading platform that went out to the railroad tracks that ran right next to it. When trains would go by it was like a massage.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dakotahound 07/01/2019 at 14:22

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A r egiona l bank is now headquartered in that low building to the left, and a wire and cable company from the next town over has expanded into the building to the right since I last visited. It’s cool to see my hometown becoming vibrant once again.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CalzoneGolem 07/01/2019 at 14:24

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Even the churches are brick!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > user314 07/01/2019 at 14:30

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 07/01/2019 at 14:33

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My hometown has two dueling brick catholic  churches, you can see both from many parts of town. They're quite impressive inside and out.

CalzoneGolem > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 14:34

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I guess you could make a lot of money in the brick game back in the day.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 14:37

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Lots of rebuilding like that here in STL. Lots of old buildings being razed, but many more being saved and rebuilt. I'll see if I can find some pictures of one of my favorites, an armory, that's getting a complete overhaul.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/01/2019 at 15:07

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Som e of my hometown’s riverfront industrial  areas are actually quite pretty and they look amazing all refurbished

user314 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 15:21

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I want to buy that and convert it to apartments.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > user314 07/01/2019 at 15:25

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That’s exactly what some larger NE cities like New Bedford have been doing.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 15:34

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Here are some pics of that armory building I mentioned earlier. Years ago friends and I would discuss what it would take to save it, afraid it would be torn down. Some of it was just dreaming, like winning the lottery and using that money to refurbish it.

But it’s being saved and repurposed, just like the old foundry on the other side of the highway. The roof and upper windows are done, and I can see that a lot of work has been done to the sidewalks and driveways by nearby buildings which tells me that the city is finally going to repave this underused section of Market Street, which at the current time looks like it had been bombed in multiple consecutive wars - potholes that could swallow an 18-wheeler, dirt, filth and patches, etc. I can’t wait to see the refurbished front doors - they’re pretty impressive.

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/01/2019 at 16:47

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My mother grew up across the street from this brass works (which they’ve been struggling to put to good use for years):

Here in Waltham, the historic watch factory has been turned into fairly nice apartments:

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > facw 07/01/2019 at 17:16

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My hometown of Ware was mostly textiles.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/02/2019 at 12:28

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Make Old Industrial Buildings Great Again