The Toy Car Garage before pics topic

This is the Toy Car Garage in it's current form... It does look very bad and in fact, it is very bad. The building is from 1953 and was used heavily during the highdays of the flax industry (in Dutch, vlas industrie) which 's-Gravendeel, where the building is located, was famous for.

At the right side of the building, behind the large black wooden doors, were the turbines located in which the flax was processed. When all processing was finished, it was taken out of the building visible at the left side, the lower doors.
The flax industry has long left Europe...

Left side of the building... In the background is an incredible large, 15 meters high, storage area where the flax was stored.

15 meters high and I don't know how wide... If interested, the building is still available...


There is no lack of parking space...


My Toy Car Garage will be located in the marked area. It is over 7 meters wide and 15 meters deep.
During the renovation, which will start before the end of this year, the whole front will be removed and garage doors, as well as windows and normal doors, will be added.

But the best secret is kept at the inside, and that is exact where I fell in love with... The interior is so incredible '50-s industry style!!! It is wonderful, just look at the windows in the roof, which are aimed North. The wall you see underneath the windows will be removed, adding an additional 5 meters in length to the room. And the rear wall is completely made out of glass, also facing North. That makes the room extremely 'friendly', almost no artificial light is needed during the day! Unfortunately when I was there taking these pictures, the building was locked but I will soon add more pictures of the inside of this wonderful building!