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it probably brings bad luck to open an industry over here. Two abandoned places, one after the other. Apparently very similar: same dimension, same type of entrance, same characteristics. This one used to produce electric tools. The first part i encounter is the entrance for the vehicles. It is different from the other one, cause it has warmer colours, more welcoming. The floor is paved with two different tunes of pink tiles, and the walls are white and grey. The small roofing welcomes the sun, and instead of protecting from light it seems to make it brighter, emphasizing the heat that a winter day doesn’t have. I have some doubts if it is abandoned or not, cause it’s not so messy around. Except some weeds peecking out near the walls and manholes there’s only a bench left laying against one of the walls. It’s not where it supposed to be: it’s place should be in a warehouse, not in a passage way. Life seems to have stopped not from a long time. The only sign of abandonment is given by the dust and dirt on the windows, that haven’t been broken yet. Two holes on the walls say just that there has been a lack of maintenance. On the door of glass there are still two fliers attached with scotchtape: the dust hasn’t penetrated in the scotchtape letting the fliers fall on the incrusted floor. The stairway inside is fascinating, cause it still has an aura of authority: steps in marble and handrail in solid wood. The opacity of the windows don’t let me see clearly the state of the stairs, but it does look perfectly clean, as if the dust in air decided not to lay on such an important element of the building. One of the two fliers could be the reason nobody seemed to violate the building: “ATTENTION: ALLARM CONNECTED”. To tell the truth it is not so visible as i wrote it, it is a small piece of paper on a corner of the glass. But maybe it’s enugh to keep people away. The main entrance is blocked by light roller shutter, of the ones that let you see through. At the same high of the heading there’s a chandelier, which i personally like for its triangled shape: three bulbed shaped lamps hangs from a equilateral triangled metal structure. The windows of the main façade are in good condition. Some of the Venetian blinds are rolled down, other ones let me imagine the stillness of life inside. The building is at mercy of spiders and cockroaches, free to live in peace in a big space. One of the Venetian blinds is broken, generating a fan design, giving a bit of dynamic to the façade otherwise too regular. This part on the street is very symmetric: after the entrance for vehicles and the one for people, there’s another entrance for people and after another for vehicles. This second part is in worse conditions, it has seen darker ages. I can’t tell if it’s part of the same industry, or if it’s the proof that it’s not a good idea to open an activity over here. The main entrance probably used to be quite elegant: one side is decoarated with white and red tiles, with floreal designs and small windows with wrought iron elements with the same shape. While this side is still in good condition, the rest is falling apart with humidity signs and big holes on the ceiling. It’s a big entrance and the small chandelier seems not able to satisfy the light need. The second vehicle entrance reaveals me a detail. It’s in worse condition than the first one, and weeds are taken place in the background. The walls are ruined and dirty and on the floor there are piles of concrete and bricks. I observe one of these to verify who can have passed around here: there’s nothing else except few empty bottles of beer. So probably the last ones around were just workers. By the time my attention is on the floor i notice that the tiles aren’t of two shades of pink, but only one: the effect of two tunes is given by the different direction of the design in releaf when hit by the light.