14 mars 2020
12 mars 2020
The Portuguese built heritage is managed by ignorance, incompetence and brutality....
Lisboa, Rua Alexandre Herculano
This was a memorial plaque after one of Lisbon's iconic architects, Miguel Ventura Terra. The building (1903) was designed by him and classified since 2006. Unfortunately, the protection of the built heritage in Portugal is no less than an illusion. Brutus is on the loose....
11 mars 2020
10 mars 2020
Spa Bathhouse & Hotel....
Palm Springs, 1958, by William Cody, Donald Wexler, Richard Harrison and Phillip Koenig (demolished 2014)
09 mars 2020
05 mars 2020
02 mars 2020
Carl Nyrén`s Handelshögskolan under demolition....
..1956
Vasagatan, Mars 2, 2020. Handelshögskolan från 1952 will soon become history.
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29 februari 2020
The heritage botch-up....
The stone memorial (1787) after king Gustav the third of Sweden at Kallebäck just outside Göteborg, is classified as a "byggnadsminne" (the highest grade of protection in the country). The round plaque in the middle with the king`s insignia, was previously made of bronze. After its disappearance (theft) a few years ago....it was substituted for a copy. The new shining beauty is made of plastic (!)
22 februari 2020
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09 februari 2020
31 januari 2020
28 januari 2020
HMV....1960`s
..or going into a record store without having a clue what to buy, and spending some good moments looking for it.
363, Oxford Street (closed Februari 5, 2019). However it seems that the shop will reopen by the end of 2023 and replace an American candy (!) shop....that is good news for London (and public health).
19 januari 2020
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10 januari 2020
31 december 2019
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22 december 2019
Happy Christmas....
Mother of a family of nine living in a field on U.S. Route 70, near the Tennessee River. Photo taken in March 1936 by Carl Mydans, Farm Security Administration.
A reality still in many places around our globe. So many advances, but poverty and war, are still humanity`s eternal companions. It was like that in 1836, 1936 or 2019....
20 december 2019
The Doors Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970....
..a new release (!) with a brilliant A-side. After that, four more
live performances were left, and then....the Doors were closed.
16 december 2019
11 december 2019
Rua do Ouro, 1959....
The Christmas illuminations in central Lisbon, mixed with lights from shops and neon signs, were something special many decades ago. Photo by Armando Serôdio
10 december 2019
06 december 2019
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