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The river that flows through my town is lined with many old industrial buildings; most of them nowadays converted to serve other purposes. On Saturday (when out walking without any special goal in mind) I passed one such complex that I've probably walked past at least a thousand times before, and it suddenly it occurred to me to walk in among the buildings to explore a bit more.
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Nowadays these buildings house a lot of different businesses, but as it was Saturday, the whole place was pretty much empty - which left me free to take as many photos as I liked, without anyone wondering why...
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▲ Fire escape staircases and their shadows such as these always fascinate me. ▼
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I also love how much work was put into the architecture of factory buildings in the past... Lots of little details, like decorations around windows and doorways etc.
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▲ I found that I was able to walk all the way down to the river and look over to the path on the side where I usually walk. (There's another old industrial building there as well, which is also nowadays home to several minor businesses.)
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▲ Other (and uglier) old factories have been torn down and replaced by modern apartment buildings (condominiums).
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▲ Finding one's way in Borås can be quite tricky, and not least for pedestrians, as besides the river there is also a railway and motorway to take into account, none of which can be passed just anywhere. On this occasion, I had to return to the street I came from and walk through an underpass below the motorway, to get to the other side of that.
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▲ On the other side of the river, there is nowadays a special underpass for pedestrians, where you walk on a wooden bridge just by the water. Walking under there (as I often do when walking into town and back), I'm often fascinated by the geometrical patterns formed by light, shadows, and reflections. ▼
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▲ Looking back across the river to where I stood to take photos 9 and 10. ▼
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(Photos 12, 13 and 16 were taken earlier in March - a note mostly as reminder for myself.)
I like the double helix effect of the fire escape and its shadow. The older buildings appear surprisingly modern, perhaps because of the light brickwork.
ReplyDeleteJenny, I do love the old yellow brick buildings where they have also bothered to add extra decorations with red details and rounded shapes etc.
DeleteThe staircase is amazing!!! And I love the beautiful brickwork.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting trip, Monica. Pictures 12 and 13 are works of art!
ReplyDeleteAt first glance, I really thought the spiral staircase was a double helix, but then I saw that it was its shadow that made it look like that.
We have some old industrial (mostly repurposed) buildings around here, too, and some of them are as beautiful as palaces. Thankfully, they are listed buildings and can't just be torn down to make room for new (ugly) structures.
Meike, I suppose some of ours are probably "listed" as well. Anyway I'm glad quite a few are being preserved and renovated to serve other purposes.
DeleteWhat excellent photos Monica and an interesting walk to see them all. Everywhere looks so clean and well cared for. Every time I've visited Sweden I've been impressed by the lack of litter, graffitti and absence of vandalism, so prevelant in so many countries these days.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol. The city centre is kept pretty clean, I think. Alas more litter to be seen in certain other areas, though - and graffitti too... My camera usually tries to avoid showing that, though! (Unless that's what I'm looking for...)
Deletespectacular, and i can't believe you have missed this with all that you have shown us. 4,812, 13 and 16 are tied for first place favorites.. wow and wow again. super shots, every one of these.. trying to use these to flog myself to drive somewhere and shoot ha ha
ReplyDeleteSandra, it's not the kind of business complex that includes shops. Most of it seeems to be offices now, so as an "ordinary citizen" one just has no reason to visit there...
DeleteDoes the sun always shine on Borås? Interesting collection of pictures but my favourite was the one you took in the underpass (image 12).
ReplyDeleteJust doing my best to disprove our nationwide reputation of being the rainiest city in Sweden, Neil. Glad to know my efforts seem to be successful! ;)
Deletealot of modern buildings there, people are the same here if I take photos of them, they give me weird looks.
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