Wander to the back of this narrow, dark, crowded
centro comercial on Carrera 9 and Calle 22 and you'll feel like you've walked backed decades - acoustically speaking, at least.
There are cassette players which you thot went out with The Kinks, a turntable which might have played The Beatles' Yellow Submarine the year it came out. Stacked against the walls are old reel-to-reel players, with a few eight-track tape players squeezed in there. Nearby, for good measure, sits a typewriter, ready for that person in rebellion against everything digital.
Who might buy these old machines, along with the stacks of LPs, tapes and even vacuum tubes, I can't imagine. But the owners of the little repair shops evidently hold out hope that some
Bogotano somewhere is still holding onto a machine with a vacuum tubes which will need those tubes replaced sooner or later.
And when that happens, this is the place - and perhaps the one and only place left.
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| The 'Museum of Telecommunication and Electronic Media.' |
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| A mystery machine. |
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| Those LPs offered lots of space for bathing beauties. |
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| But, how does this Olivetti connect to Facebook? |
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| What you're looking for is in there somewhere. |
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| Vaccuum tubes anybody? |
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| The center's entrance. |
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| A neighboring business shows off its neon. |
By Mike Ceaser, of
Bogotá Bike Tours
Wander to the back of this narrow, dark, crowded centro comercial on Carrera 9 and Calle 22 and you'll feel like you've walked backed decades - acoustically speaking, at least. 
There are cassette players which you thot went out with The Kinks, a turntable which might have played The Beatles' Yellow Submarine the year it came out. Stacked against the walls are old reel-to-reel players, with a few eight-track tape players squeezed in there. Nearby, for good measure, sits a typewriter, ready for that person in rebellion against everything digital.
Who might buy these old machines, along with the stacks of LPs, tapes and even vacuum tubes, I can't imagine. But the owners of the little repair shops evidently hold out hope that some Bogotano somewhere is still holding onto a machine with a vacuum tubes which will need those tubes replaced sooner or later. 
Awesome, awesome, awesome post, Mike. Bogota does not stop surprising me. I have a Russian friend here in Chicago that would get absolutely crazy in a place like this. Again, awesome post, Mike. Amazing shots.
ReplyDeleteM. Forero.