I want to visit France next year

[Merci Alizée]

When I was in college, I thought it would be first thing I would do later. But priorities kept on changing.

Current situation make me think again about all this.

[Fall]

Originally Posted by Merci Alizée

When I was in college, I thought it would be first thing I would do later. But priorities kept on changing.

Current situation make me think again about all this.

That's amazing! We still have to go to Belgium to see the ÀCC building

[Merci Alizée]

Originally Posted by Fall

That's amazing! We still have to go to Belgium to see the ÀCC building

Yes we will.

Created this thread as reminder to myself.

[Bamagirl]

Originally Posted by Fall

That's amazing! We still have to go to Belgium to see the ÀCC building

Here is the history of that building:

The Triage Lavoir building was built shortly after world war 2. It was a coal washing plant. Often coal that's pulled from the ground needs to be washed before it can be sold to homes or industry. It was built under the Marshal plan that was to help rebuild Europe. It's just over the border in Belgium.
Several years after it was built, the local coal mines shut down and the building was abandoned and much of the machinery was stripped from it.
So it sat abanadoned and then in 2003, Alizee became a star and an idea came up for a video for the song A Contre Courant. "The video was directed by Pierre Stine, who also suggested the filming location.
After that, there was a plan to fix up the building and put in some small businesses and offices. They completed the outside, but then construction stopped for a few years.

Scuffydog has posted before that he visited that building in 2011. Here is a video of his drive up to that building:


When he was there, he found all the ground floor entrances locked, but he found a way in and took many pictures and videos. Good for Scruffydog!

Inside, he found a relatively new, archaeology speaking, hand print on a window ledge where Alizeé can be seen putting her hand during the video. It must've been hers, because who else would want to put their hands on that dusty surface?

This was posted in this forum in 2011:

Originally Posted by severianb

Yes it is. I can just imagine Scruffy, our very own Indiana Jones, discovering this like the Ark of the Covenant, trembling in awe as a golden light bathes him.

Here are is a photo of the handprints, and also a photo of Alizeé, during the filming, putting her hand down on that ledge.


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[Aragorn97]

Originally Posted by Bamagirl

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Bamagirl, could you point out where the handprints are? I can't see them

[Bamagirl]

Originally Posted by Aragorn97

Bamagirl, could you point out where the handprints are? I can't see them

Hi Aragorn! I resized the photos. They seemed to look ok on my end, but apparently they weren't coming through for anyone else to see clearly. Sorry about that!

[Aragorn97]

Originally Posted by Bamagirl

Hi Aragorn! I resized the photos. They seemed to look ok on my end, but apparently they weren't coming through for anyone else to see clearly. Sorry about that!

No no, I can see the photos. I meant that I can't recognize the shape of the handprints on that dusty surface.

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by Merci Alizée

When I was in college, I thought it would be first thing I would do later. But priorities kept on changing.

Current situation make me think again about all this.

I probably would've gone earlier this year if it wasn't for the virus. I will think about going next year, but if I go, it will be in the hope I can get the portrait of her I had done in Hawaii autographed by her. I wish I had thought to bring it on my visit to the studio and if I go, I will wait for a time when she feels the danger has passed and there's no threat, especially to her family.

Originally Posted by Fall

That's amazing! We still have to go to Belgium to see the ÀCC building

Originally Posted by Bamagirl

Here is the history of that building:

The Triage Lavoir building was built shortly after world war 2. It was a coal washing plant. Often coal that's pulled from the ground needs to be washed before it can be sold to homes or industry. It was built under the Marshal plan that was to help rebuild Europe. It's just over the border in Belgium.
Several years after it was built, the local coal mines shut down and the building was abandoned and much of the machinery was stripped from it.
So it sat abanadoned and then in 2003, Alizee became a star and an idea came up for a video for the song A Contre Courant. "The video was directed by Pierre Stine, who also suggested the filming location.
After that, there was a plan to fix up the building and put in some small businesses and offices. They completed the outside, but then construction stopped for a few years.

Scuffydog has posted before that he visited that building in 2011. Here is a video of his drive up to that building:


When he was there, he found all the ground floor entrances locked, but he found a way in and took many pictures and videos. Good for Scruffydog!

Inside, he found a relatively new, archaeology speaking, hand print on a window ledge where Alizeé can be seen putting her hand during the video. It must've been hers, because who else would want to put their hands on that dusty surface?

This was posted in this forum in 2011:




Here are is a photo of the handprints, and also a photo of Alizeé, during the filming, putting her hand down on that ledge.
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That was such an amazing trip. I knew they had started to renovate the building and I can't remember if I knew they had stopped but I'm quite sure as I was going there, I had little hope of getting in. Then I walked around the building, saw all the doors locked, but then I saw a pallet here, a piece of fencing there and saw the second level was wide open. Next thing you know, voila, I was in.

Finding that palm print or finger prints was pretty amazing too. I looked at the video and saw it wasn't exactly where she put her hand in the video but I'll bet they did more than one take of those scenes. I also thought, what other person would put there hands on such a dusty surface unless it served a purpose.

[Fall]

Originally Posted by Bamagirl

Here is the history of that building:

The Triage Lavoir building was built shortly after world war 2. It was a coal washing plant. Often coal that's pulled from the ground needs to be washed before it can be sold to homes or industry. It was built under the Marshal plan that was to help rebuild Europe. It's just over the border in Belgium.
Several years after it was built, the local coal mines shut down and the building was abandoned and much of the machinery was stripped from it.
So it sat abanadoned and then in 2003, Alizee became a star and an idea came up for a video for the song A Contre Courant. "The video was directed by Pierre Stine, who also suggested the filming location.
After that, there was a plan to fix up the building and put in some small businesses and offices. They completed the outside, but then construction stopped for a few years.

Scuffydog has posted before that he visited that building in 2011. Here is a video of his drive up to that building:


When he was there, he found all the ground floor entrances locked, but he found a way in and took many pictures and videos. Good for Scruffydog!

Inside, he found a relatively new, archaeology speaking, hand print on a window ledge where Alizeé can be seen putting her hand during the video. It must've been hers, because who else would want to put their hands on that dusty surface?

This was posted in this forum in 2011:




Here are is a photo of the handprints, and also a photo of Alizeé, during the filming, putting her hand down on that ledge.


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Oh yeah, trust me I remember! I posted in that thread where the quotes came from. It was amazing to see the drive up and some of the pictures inside. Merci and I had made an agreement to go visit the place probably around 2009 maybe 2010, so seeing Scruffy make the trip in 2011 was like watching a life goal come true.

[Scruffydog777]

The scene of the crime!

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