Firstly I'll say that in my opinion wrecking them with a bulldozer isn't a bad thing, they are horrible guitars.
I does sadden me though that the Memphis factory has gone, I spent a few happy hours there whilst in Memphis and fo people like us who enjoy guitars, it was a big tourist attraction to be able to go around the factory and visit the showroom.
The factory at Oprey Mills in Nashville was destroyed by the floods about ten/twelve years ago so I guess that Gibson must have entirely new premises now.
I am a Fender man in a big way, but I do enjoy playing my Les Pauls' & 335/345 as well as the acoustics' along with my recently acquired Gretsch White Falcon, they each have a sound that one easily identifies with the sounds that they produce from listening tho the old records we love.