[Leica] Re: Yesterday's walk home

[daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)]

They do it tastefully (the renovation). I'll try and get some shots over
the week-end.

It's usually just a question of patching up the crumbling facade,
repainting, repairing some of the artwork.

http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/040929/pages/IMG_1137.html

is one example.

Why am I still sitting in my office ... have a nice week-end all!

Daniel


On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 robertmeier@usjet.net wrote:

>
> But the griffiti is funny!   Renovated buildings are new, sterile and all
> the same.   Old buildings have individuality and character and somethinhg
> handmade -- griffiti!
>
>
>
>
> >> A very beautiful city indeed... if you like graffiti. Your pictures are
> >> nice (composition & exposure), but the subject isn't. Sorry, I'm not a
> >> fan
> >> of graffiti regardless of how it is juxtapositioned.
> >>
> >> JB
> >
> > Nor am I a fan of it. But here in Oslo it seems to have a very positive
> > effect. In my neighborhood (which is something like a real 'hood in
> > Philly) only the run-down buildings in need of renovation get marked up.
> > Once a building is renovated, they leave it alone. I almost get the
> > impression that it speeds up the renovation process. Most of the 
> > buildings
> > need it. The part of town I live in was thrown up in all haste in the
> > 1890's and not a whole lot has been done to it since then. But now the
> > younger crowd (with money) are moving in and paying good money for the
> > buildings and fixing them up. Unfortunately all the renovated ones were 
> > in
> > the shade. There is at least one towards the end of the series.
> >
> > But yes, there _is_ a lot of graffiti.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
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