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BULB OFF - OP82MQ
Owner: dzaczek
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Altitude: 211 m. ASL.
 Region: Poland > łódzkie
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Small
Status: Archived
Time required: 0:10 h    Distance to travel: n/a
Date hidden: 26-06-2014
Date created: 26-06-2014
Date published: 26-06-2014
Last modification: 06-08-2014
31x Found
0x Not found
3 notes
watchers 2 watchers
6 visitors
31 x rated
Rated as: Excellent
5 x recommended
This cache is recommended by: damian211289, GroźnyMistrz, huba76, krótkofalówka, Wizard
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Go geocaching with children  Bike  Take special equipment  One-minute cache  Fixed by magnet 

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Description EN PL


 


About location


OFF PIOTRKOWSKA


History 



Situated just off ul. Piotrkowska (hence the name) between numbers 138-140, the complex has taken over the beautiful old cotton mill buildings of the former Ramisch factory (C-6). Originally from Czechoslovakia, the Ramisch family relocated to Łódź in the 1830’s and in 1850 purchased the first plot of land on which construction of the factory began; adjoining plots were purchased as the empire expanded. By 1909 the factory, in the very heart of the city, was firing on all cylinders. Production continued right up until 1990. 


Up until a few years ago the large plot in front of the factory was known locally as ‘Chinatown’ and was home to many cheap Vietnamese food stalls and vendors, as well as a host of unsavoury and usually well-oiled characters stumbling around the ruins.


Now


Towards the end of 2010 the massive potential of the area was spotted by the young and very enthusiastic artistic visionaries of the city, and a whole host of bars, clubs, alternative music venues, studios, independent design companies and publishing houses started appearing in the area.

Reminiscent of similar places in London or Berlin, OFF continues to attract new and off-beat local businesses with their pulse on current trends and fashions.  


 The past, the present and the future all coexist magically without the need for the kind of massive investment which would ultimately strip the place of its ramshackle glamour. On the makeover point, it should be mentioned that the current developer/investor has already drawn up plans for a total upgrading and renovation of the area in the style of 


 


 


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