62burst Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 For a while the fate of the Gibson smokestack at 225 Parsons Street, Kalamazoo Michigan was looking grim. There had been some discussion and fine photos shared on the forum when it was being surveyed to see if the stack at the original Gibson factory's location was even savable: Gib acoustic forum link1, and Link2. Efforts are underway to preserve and hopefully rebuild. Here is a quick view of the dismantling from a vantage point few have seen of the 'stack, and of the lay of the land around Parsons Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBRSmeWEKnM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I hope they can save it. The stack is an icon of American manufacturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Agreed.... Restore it. I think its beautiful. Throw a microbrewery next door with live music and boom. Instant hipsticalitiousness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Here, in San Antonio, we have a complex called "The Pearl Brewery". Very interesting architecture. Baroque. Many buildings, including a stable well over 100 years old. Was neglected, in a less desirable part of town. A few developers came along and voila! in 15 years, a complete turnaround. Property values doubled. Now comes the part of the story that is most interesting.... one of the prominent features of the old brewery was a massive stack - double the size of the Gibson one. There was a worker in it cleaning. He fell. No one missed him. He lay at the bottom for hours and finally died. There are restaurants and cafes around the smoke stack - it is an icon as recognizable here as the one in Kalamazoo. But there is something uneasy about it, when you know what happened there a few short years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Rumor has it that Lloyd Loar's remains lie at the bottom of the Gibson stack - possibly along with those of Les Paul😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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