Rua do Carmo....

Rua do Carmo....

Rua do Carmo....

..1960. Photo by Armando Serôdio

Rua do Carmo....

..the street for pedestrians :-)

Another goodbye among Lisbon's historic shops....

The bookshop Aillaud & Lellos at Rua do Carmo, 82, opened its doors in 1931 and closed definitely in December 2017. New attractions for tourists are to be expected.

Rua do Carmo....

photo: Horácio Novais, 1959 (?)

Lisbon was special in terms of commerce during the 1960`s. The city lights from shops, neon and Christmas lights created a magic atmosphere and a heaven of colors. 

A shop of dreams...

..the above photo must be prior to 1957, the year Portugal got their first television broadcast..

 ..Discoteca Universal at Rua do Carmo, 51 C, disappeared in the late 1970`s (?)

                    

..and 2009

Bookshop....Aillaud & Lellos

..one of the last survivors at Rua do Carmo. (Closed definitely on December 29, 2017)

Sapataria Helio....

Rua do Carmo, 93 (70`s ?)...closed

Rua do Carmo....

..early 1940`s (?) when Lisbon was Europe's escape route


Rua Garrett....

 

..early 1940`s (?)

Rua do Carmo....1980`s

  

  

  

Rua do Carmo....

..and all the disappeared shops

25 de Agosto de 1988....um dia de tristeza !!

  

  

  

 foto: revista Sábado, Agosto de 1988

 

  

  

A reportagem “Diário Popular” referia as dificuldades encontradas pelos bombeiros na Rua do Carmo, e destacava as palavras de um bombeiro-graduado:

 

"....Se a merda das esplanadas da Rua do Carmo não tivesse sido lá posta, o material circulante tinha espaço de manobra pelos dois lados e isolávamos o Grandela. Acontece que isso é impossível, como toda a gente sabe. Vocês, nos jornais, denunciaram isso, mas agora é tarde. Não há nada a fazer.”

 

Retirado do blogue Cais do Olhar

Rua do Carmo....

..before the devastating fire of 1988

Lisboa....Rua do Carmo

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....partially destroyed by fire on August 25, 1988. Traditional shops that were lost forever....very sad !

Hello Chiado....1982

photo: Carlos Duarte

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Rua do Carmo, 51 A (2009)

Aillaud & Lellos....a place to buy a book

Lisboa, Rua do Carmo 82, 1931, by José Ávila do Amaral (closed december 29, 2017)