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Save the Worlds oldest tattoo shop

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Jesika Petruck
8 years ago

Please add to historical register. We can't gentrify everything!!

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Randi
8 years ago

To think that someone would want to destroy such a major historical land site for the expansion of a KITCHEN?! It's absolutely appalling! Save this shop, and save an awesome piece of history!

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Henry Pade
8 years ago

Sometimes saving the every day expressions of life matters far more than national monuments. Preserve the art in the original space.

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Stop gentrification!!

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Brian Collison
8 years ago

Closing this shop is an attempt at gentrification and pushing anything away that paints the area in a less than spectacular light. This was an area of ill repute and let this be the beacon that reminds people of that. This is coming from a person with zero tats but a love for history and a great story.

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Joe Manzione
8 years ago

History should be preserved and celebrated.

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Carl Tanner
8 years ago

Be real. Let history remain.

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Paul
8 years ago

Tattoos are works of art. Closing "the oldest tattoo parlor" in Demark would be regrettable. I have greater respect for the Danes now, after seeing their King with tattoos.

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Kaili Mehu
8 years ago

KEEP IT

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Diana
8 years ago

This is our history. The "working class" built our nation, let us save this shop as a tribute to were we came from!

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Sarah Corbett
8 years ago

As a 54 tattooed women, I support this shop and believe that it has a valuable story to add to the history. Please don’t shut it down

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Howard
8 years ago

Don't do it !

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Adrian Tremayne
8 years ago

In the USA, tradition, longevity, and age are revered in the business world. Signs declaiming "Since 1870" , or "Since 1982" , or even "Since 2010" are displayed to offer patrons a sense of reliability and expertise. "World's oldest" is a pinnacle very few may achieve and claim. Nyhavn 17 being the "world's oldest tattoo parlor", while significant in Dutch, Copenhagen and tattooing history, carries its greatest weight in the history of business, and is something which once gone, can never be restablished. While Tattoo Ole can continue elsewhere, if Nyhavn 17 is closed, it's history is broken and can never be reestablished even if the building owners have a change of heart. A kitchen can be placed elsewhere in the building without destroying a living piece of history. "Former site of the world's oldest tattoo studio" would be a mark of shame, "We threw them out to cook for you" will not draw clientele.

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Bo Andersen
8 years ago

Tattoo Ole is an important piece of history. The location should be given status as cultural heritage and protected by the Danish Authorites.

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Chyna Sebree
8 years ago

This is a price of history.

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W McSherry
8 years ago

This shop is a cultural and historic landmark and must be preserved. Please refrain from your self-serving attempt to evict your lawful tenant and find a solution which does not destroy an artistic legacy and iconic treasure.

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Bo Schmidt
8 years ago

Nyhavn comes with a past that shouldn't be neglected

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Dawn Beattie
8 years ago

Make it an historical monument!! It certainly qualifies. Thank you

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Robert Emond
8 years ago

I have no tattoos, but as an anthropologist, I believe it is imperative in the 21st century to link back to our 19th century cultural and historic roots. I hope this can shop be saved, it is something modern people need.

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Rachel Funk
8 years ago

Cheers