Destinations for a time machine....

3 Savile Row, 30 January 1969.....The Beatles' final live performance

Mademoiselle Chambon....

The five steps of the Portuguese methodology for the destruction of built heritage....

Palacete at Praça Duque de Saldanha, 1908, by José Luís Monteiro (photo: João Carvalho)

.."abandoned" for some decades

..step 2

..the practice of step 3 at Praça Duque de Saldanha

1 - The absence of maintenance for some decades.

2 - After the last tenant leaves the building, the main door should be closed with an iron chain with a padlock. This may seem like a peculiar measure, but it sends the message that the building is beyond salvation.

3 - The opening of some windows to accelerate the process of decay.

4 - Now is time for the removal of some tiles from the roof in order to accelerate the infiltration of water.

5 - Finally, if steps 1, 3 and 4 are insufficient or slow, there is always the possibility of a “spontaneous combustion”.

   

This methodology has been applied with plenty of success for some decades with the passive cooperation and understanding by the (in)competent Portuguese authorities.

Some photos stolen from MAGG

Kometen....

Estação de Santa Apolónia....

photo: Nicky Boogaard

Trädgårdsföreningen....

Sol & Vår....

..at Haga Nygata

Praia de Carcavelos....

(click to enlarge)

A better 2023....

Rua do Carmo....

430, Kings Road ....

Cubes....

Rua Garrett....

..1970´s

Dunas....

Desert Whisper....

Namibia, 2019, by Sven Staby

Wood and cork....

 2019 by OpenBook

Metro....

Off season....

Cork floor....

Here in a public space and with almost 40 years in use. 

By Amorim Cork Flooring

Rua da Prata....2022

It was once a thriving commercial street for Lisbon's residents. With the emergence of vast shopping centers in the 80's and 90's, traditional commerce in the city center went into free fall... and it seems that it still hasn't hit bottom. Only at Rua da Prata could I count 28 definitely closed shops. In the parallel street, Rua do Ouro, there were 22 closed shops.

Tiles....

..Praça do Chile

Burn Out....

 ..at Konsthallen

Portobello Road, 252....

..1983

Pants....

The last leaves....

"onde a terra acaba e o mar começa"

Cabanas de Tavira

Piccadilly....1983

Panchito....

..at Rua da Prata

Mirror....

Praça do Comércio....

Rua Passos Manuel....

Calçada portuguesa....

Eclectic....

..at Avenida da Liberdade

American....

City beauty....

..at Rua Pascoal de Melo (early 1940`s ?)

Black crust....

Until the 1980s, this was a common phenomenon in large cities where entire facades could be covered with a black crust. Since catalytic converters became mandatory on new cars, the quality of the air has improved and the problem has gradually become almost a rarity in European cities.

Wild flora....

Breed....

..at Rua Nova do Almada

Tools....

Almeida & Marques Lda, Rua dos Cavaleiros, 20 (closed)