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

British European Airways....

..the 23:00 flight tonight is flying away from geography

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).

Colors of the 70`s....

Sapataria São Carlos....

Lisboa, by João Simões (1950`s ?)

Estádio do Restelo....

Lisboa, 1956, by Carlos Ramos e Jorge Viana

1246, South Hope St....

A better 2020....

Casa Naia....

..once at Rua Garrett

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.... 

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.

Rossio....

..due to the cars in the image, probably the late 1960`s. Photo by Artur Pastor

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