"When the Spring Was Our Name"....

Vänersborg, 2023, by Tamara Alves

11 September 1973....

Santiago de Chile....a sad day

Park Avenue Hotel....

1950, by Nils Einar Eriksson

Dandelion....

Liseberg in memoriam....

Liseberg used to be an amusement park for the inhabitants of Göteborg. The park with its simplicity and the Swedish "savoir faire" was a pleasant place to spend some hours during summer. After the Covid pandemic, the park turned into a money-making (crowded) space, a sort of Disneyland for profit maximization. Liseberg is still owned by the municipality of Göteborg....but totally infected by the neo-liberal profit carcinoma 😡

Companhia Nacional de Bailado....

..at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, 1980 (La Sylphide). Maria José Branco and Miguel Lyzarro with CNB dancers. Photo Eduardo Gageiro

Destinations for a time machine....

..Abbey Road, 8 August 1969  (photo: Linda MacCartney)

Shelf....

Parque Eduardo VII....

Park....

Edinburgh....

 ..beautiful city

Rio Tejo....

Rooftop....

Göteborg, 2023, by Kanozi Arkitekter

Gothia Cup....

..windy summer

Made in Spain....

Sorry we missed you....

Ken Loach exposing the corporate neo-liberal carcinoma and why hard Brexit was such an important issue for them. The 8 hour working day is gone, the National Health Service doesn`t have any additional funds, and many work more to get less....or nothing.

"This place is a gold mine" and certainly a paradise for a few - ohhh yeahhh....Britannia

Slottsskogsvallen, 100 years....

..1923, by Lars Israel Wahlman

1984....

..the 1980`s, the forgotten decade, here in Skånegatan

Peaceful....

Roses....

Baum Wingman....

..danish design 😉

Restaurant Kometen....

Elevador da Bica....

Bruce Springsteen at Ullevi....

Göteborg, Ullevi Stadium, June 28

He works (very) hard through the night.... I wonder if there were any disappointed spectators in the stadium yesterday...?

 

Best in show: "Born to run"....

Gourdon....

Avenida da Liberdade....

Extremadura....

Gaiola Pombalina....

Goodbye Kjellbergska Gymnasiet....

1935, by Ragnar Ossian Swensson

In the age of environmental friendliness and sustainability (as standard meaningless blablabla), the local politicians decided to tear down this former school building. Under any circumstances, will we get any new buildings of such quality ! Take a close look at those thick and firm brick walls....what a waste 😡 

Sunny day....

Tram 28....

Patti Smith at Konserthuset....

Göteborg, Konserthuset, June 3, 2023 photo: Samuel Isaksson/Rockfoto

Raw, brittle, sensitive....powerful (nice with so many youngsters among the audience).

Best in show: "All along the Watchtower" and "Dancing Barefoot"

Monumental City....

Centro Cultural de Belém....

Lisboa, 1992, by Vittorio Gregotti, Manuel Salgado and interiors by Daciano Costa 

Madrid mid-century....

 ..Calle del Marques de Villamagna

Stone wall....

Estufa Fria....

 Lisboa, 1933, by Raul Carapinha

1940's....

Palacio Real....

Costa del Sol....

Spring....

Inclination....

Reflections....

..Rua Nova do Almada

The golden age of affordable guitars....

..the HB 35Plus

Back in the 1980's, we could dream of affordable, playable, instruments. The quality back then was deplorable on most cheap instruments. Today one can buy a splendid electric guitar without going into bankruptcy.