The house on the beach....

More exactly....Carbon Beach outside Malibu. Designed by Richard Meier and recently on the market for 75 million dollars. Nothing wrong with the house....but coastlines should be reserved for wildlife, and visitors.

"Normal People"....

Young and brilliant actors....Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal

After a novel by Sally Rooney. A sad story....but special.

you arrive alone....

..and you leave alone

Jan de Doper Katholieke Kerk....

Amsterdam, Poeldijkstraat 5, 1963, by Peters, Lau, en Holt (demolished 1998). photo: André van Dijk Veenendaal

Studentkåren....

Göteborg, 1967, by Lennart Kvarnström

Himlabacken....

Spring....

Museu Gulbenkian....

Lisboa, 1969, by Ruy Athouguia, Pedro Cid and Alberto Pessoa. photo: Mário de Oliveira

Empty school....

photo: global images

Watching August K....

Lunch time....

Bairro das Estacas....

Lisboa, 1954, by Ruy Athouguia and Sebastião Formosinho Sanchez

Mercado do Forno do Tijolo....

Lisboa, 1956, by Eduardo dos Reis

The last trip....

Stoner....

..by John Williams

A true pearl....about our time on earth.

Recent history....

Not long ago, Kodak signs could be found all over the world. The company held a dominant position in photographic film for more than a century. Although Kodak developed the first handheld digital camera in 1975, the product was dropped for fear it would threaten Kodak's main income; its photographic film business. That attempt to “delay the future", was certainly a huge business mistake and the digital era would thirty-seven years later send the company nearly into bankruptcy. In 2014, Kodak negotiated with movie studios for an annual movie film order guarantee to preserve the last source of movie film manufacturing in the United States. Kodak announced in 2018 that the 135 and Super 8 format of Ektachrome is available again. However....the Kodak signs are gone everywhere.

Tranquility....

Sunset....

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....

Philips....

Spa Bathhouse & Hotel....

Palm Springs, 1958, by William Cody, Donald Wexler, Richard Harrison and Phillip Koenig (demolished 2014)

Cree House....

..Palm Springs, 1955, by Albert Frey

Copper....

..Karlshamns Rådhus

Villa AE....

Värmdö, Stockholm, by Greger Stetz 

Carl Nyrén`s Handelshögskolan under demolition....

 ..1956

Vasagatan, Mars 2, 2020. Handelshögskolan från 1952 will soon become history.

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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 (!)

Santa Maria...?

Jardim Tropical de Monte....

The streets of Funchal....

..Rua da Carreira

Swim....

Levada dos Tornos....

Illusion....

Funchal modern....

February light....

Morrison Hotel was released 50 years ago....

photo: Henry Diltz, LA, December 17, 1969