It's #TravelTuesday, folks! As such we're taking a little literary journey today, all the way to Vienna, where some 19th-century Gasometers have been transformed into mixed-use housing developments complete with shops and restaurants. Lincoln Now's "Vienna’s 19th Century-Coal Gasometers" has more info.
"Built in 1896 in the Simmering district of Vienna," it reads, "these gigantic cylindric 'Gasometers' once served as containers for coal gas but were shuttered after a century of use. Although left largely deserted for much of the 1980s and ’90s, they did find some bizarre uses — including a stint as a Hollywood movie set for a certain spy — before finally being transformed into one of Vienna’s most animated and thriving mixed-use housing developments by a team of high-profile architects."
Read the full the full text embedded at the top of this post to learn more, then come out to Performance Ford Lincoln at 906 Route 10 West in Randolph and check out our new inventory.