Sosiaalikeskus Satama
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| Sosiaalikeskus Satama | |
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| Coordinates | 60°11′36.26″N 24°58′44.90″E / 60.1934056°N 24.9791389°E |
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| Public transit | Kalasatama metro station |
| Construction | |
| Opened | April 2009 |
| Closed | 2011 |
| Demolished | 2011 |
Sosiaalikeskus Satama (Harbor Social Center) was a social center in Helsinki, Finland, opened in April 2009 and evicted August 2011.
Satama was located 500 metres (1,600 ft) north of the Kalasatama metro station. The building stood on the Kyläsaarenkatu street, in an old customs building in the central Helsinki district of Sörnäinen, which was left empty when the harbor operations moved to the Vuosaari Harbor[1] (hence the name satama, harbor). The building had 360 square metres (3,900 sq ft) in three stories.[2]
The building was given to squatters by the Helsinki Board of Youth Issues in October 2008 after an exhausting series of squattings and evictions around the city.[1] The board then paid the rent.[3]