Remember this thread from a few weeks ago when folks on Twitter helped me track down a PBX system from the 80s that was used at the abandoned hotel Haludovo? Well, today I went there again after 10 years. https://twitter.com/mejs/status/1292179162296451072
I already tweeted about the history of this place, but very briefly: it opened in 1970 as the most exclusive hotel in socialist Yugoslavia, and closed in 2002 after a failed privatization. It's been abandoned for almost 15 years now. https://twitter.com/mejs/status/1292240183291777024
It's wild how much this modern ruin has deteriorated. In 2008 (when the first photo was taken) it was abandoned for only a few years. While there was some damage and vandalism, the space felt lived in. Now it feels like a shell and a ruin of a long gone civilization.
It's wild how much this modern ruin has deteriorated. In 2008 (when the first photo was taken) it was abandoned for only a few years. While there was some damage and vandalism, the space felt lived in. Now it feels like a shell and a ruin of a long gone civilization.
It's wild how much this modern ruin has deteriorated. In 2008 (when the first photo was taken) it was abandoned for only a few years. While there was some damage and vandalism, the space felt lived in. Now it feels like a shell and a ruin of a long gone civilization.
The amazing wood ceiling lobby is in especially rough shape. All the glass is gone, making it an open air space. Tourists with kids walk around it now. It feels like ruins of antiquity in medieval times, with contemporary folk not knowing what this structure really was.
The amazing wood ceiling lobby is in especially rough shape. All the glass is gone, making it an open air space. Tourists with kids walk around it now. It feels like ruins of antiquity in medieval times, with contemporary folk not knowing what this structure really was.
The amazing wood ceiling lobby is in especially rough shape. All the glass is gone, making it an open air space. Tourists with kids walk around it now. It feels like ruins of antiquity in medieval times, with contemporary folk not knowing what this structure really was.
The space is just profoundly different now. It's no longer a vandalized hotel. It's a liminal space, but also a stage for some amazing artwork. In some ways, it weirdly feels much happier now then when it was recently abandoned.
The space is just profoundly different now. It's no longer a vandalized hotel. It's a liminal space, but also a stage for some amazing artwork. In some ways, it weirdly feels much happier now then when it was recently abandoned.
The space is just profoundly different now. It's no longer a vandalized hotel. It's a liminal space, but also a stage for some amazing artwork. In some ways, it weirdly feels much happier now then when it was recently abandoned.
I even found the room where the PBX call attendant was in 2009. The terminal was long gone, of course, but there was something comforting about knowing the room is still there.
I even found the room where the PBX call attendant was in 2009. The terminal was long gone, of course, but there was something comforting about knowing the room is still there.
I even found the room where the PBX call attendant was in 2009. The terminal was long gone, of course, but there was something comforting about knowing the room is still there.
Speaking of the PBX... While looking for that old photo, I did notice something new... Back in 2009 I got the instructions for the attendant in a photo! Press 3xF5 for night mode. 2xF6 for "operator active". 3xF1 to turn on. 4xF1 is the password!
But that's not all. I also found what looks like the MDF room for the phone system, and it looks like someone set it on fire.
But that's not all. I also found what looks like the MDF room for the phone system, and it looks like someone set it on fire.
But that's not all. I also found what looks like the MDF room for the phone system, and it looks like someone set it on fire.
Weirdly enough, the fire seems to have affected only the top most row on the rack. There was one last analog line card in the rack... And after the marathon session of identifying this system based on a single photo of a terminal, I figured it was ok to take it as a souvenir.
Weirdly enough, the fire seems to have affected only the top most row on the rack. There was one last analog line card in the rack... And after the marathon session of identifying this system based on a single photo of a terminal, I figured it was ok to take it as a souvenir.
Weirdly enough, the fire seems to have affected only the top most row on the rack. There was one last analog line card in the rack... And after the marathon session of identifying this system based on a single photo of a terminal, I figured it was ok to take it as a souvenir.
Back outside, I climbed on one of the secondary hotel buildings. This shot shows how the old hotel is turning into a concrete shell.
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