Black lives matter monument
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Door
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Lamp fill
In front of the Palais de Justice small cobble stones are inserted in the pavement. You will find a line of these, along the roadside. In 2016 these squares were circles. Not stone but glass. They still contained the fittings of lamps, although they were clearly at the end of their lives, which is now […] more…
Bakken dance
New developments around the wooden boxes filled with gravel in the Haeckstraat. First the six boxes have shifted position, diminishing the space thy occupy. Next, see the picture above, one of them has disappeared. Also visible is that dragging the boxes around has worn of the marking on the street surface which indicated a no […] more…
To be integrated
This mural is an imprint of the interior walls of a demolished house. Works are in progress for new buildings next door which will very likely soon be covering the wall. more…
Safety in style
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Bakken are back
Aw, after the previous sighting of the ruines of this parking blockade, I had little hope it would survive. But there it is: freshly piled up, with a new bit of tape around it and refilled they are back in action. Stacking method seems less reliable. We’ll see. more…
Balcony balls
Since ages this balcony has intrigued me. The metal grid rests on metal feet in the shape of a ball. There are four of them: on at each corner. At some moment in time a tennis ball has joined the quartet. This fifth ball, the one in the middle, has the perfect size: it got […] more…
Square in a circle
Round window posts are a challenge to renovate. The PVC frame above occupies more space then the window pane itself. A statement of the difficulty to find a proper solution. Sometimes the rectangularity of the replacement frame is less apparent such as in the top window in the picture below. At other times it is […] more…
Cross support
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Paint job
Three letterboxes, painted without protecting the surrounding bricks. more…
Cher voleur
Dear THIEF, The toys in this garden are for the pleasure of children, to move them emotionally, to see them happy. Thank you. more…
Paalperk
Inventive use of a traffic cone; turned upside down, over a pole, filled with soil, greens root everywhere. more…
Plantenpot
A handshaped clay pot with plants in front of a shop on Hoogstraat. The pot is painted in a light grey. The trunks of the two plants have undergone a treatment with the same paint. more…
block arrow cone
Rue Jennart, 1080, Molenbeek, Brssls No special traffic situation is indicated by this totem. more…
Announcing the dark side
Rue Godecharle, 1000 Brussels (picture september 2018) Some undesired things cling on for a while. These grim looking left-overs of announcements are here since over a year, see the screen shot from g$$gle earth dating from may 2017. more…
Seat near end of life
square between Wasserijstraat + Rue des Tanneurs This area is under development. New façades are pasted over the old ones. The playing field is also gated. Looks like change is going to come. These low walls have been crushed by cars since forever. In a way it would be good to replace them, but it […] more…
Pegboard wire wood
Zuinigheidsstraat / Rue de l’economie 20, 1000 Brussel A solution to close a basement window and ventilation opening that suits the name of the street in which it houses. Pegboard attached with electricity wire and made to fit using a piece of wood. The remains of the wood are then used to close a ventilation […] more…
Saint-Rémi des ballons
Rue Michel Zwaab straat, Molenbeek 1080 Corner Pierre Victor-Jacobs and Michel Zwaabstraat looking up to the rim of the roof of the church Saint-Rémi. This row of footballs is expanding slowly. It has intrigued me for some time how come that there is so many in a spot where I pass often and never see […] more…
Balcony decorations
Rue des quatre vents, Molenbeek When I first saw the flatbuilding on the Vierwindenstraat / Rue des quatre vents, (see post below) I was amazed by the uniformity of the decoration of the balconies of all the seperate flats. It looked like the owner had distributed the same rush mats to all tenants, as a […] more…
Blue EU concrete barriers
Rue Belliard, 1000 Brussels Concrete barriers have been placed along the Belliard street, to separate cars from pedestrians, cyclists, office buildings. I presume this is done in the spirit of wanting to prevent for deliberate attacks using the car as a weapon. Useless to say that cars are killing machine anyway, which is very noticeable […] more…
Terra cotta decor
Scheldestraat 91, Molenbeek The neighborhood around the Rue de l’escaut is constructed at the end of the nineteenth, beginning of the twentieth century. Building styles were influenced by the historic presence of industrial economy, steel production and transportation, through the nearby canal and Thurn + Taxis railway station. Architectural hybrids between neo-classisicm, art-nouveau and art-deco […] more…
Tire totem
Rue Piers 31 1080, Bruxelles Home crafted anti wild parking totem, during daytime visible in front of the garage ‘Auto 2001’, but for the photo-opportunity moved inside to stand out in front of the garage’s collection of shiny rims that the company provides. more…
Cat killer
Fox Ink Tattoo shop on 469 Rue Léopold 1 in 1090 Jette, have changed their ‘Voetschraper’ (Foot scraper) into a luxurious murderous mouse dug out. From shit scraper to rain pipe more…
Shell quartier
I revisited the facade on the Gentse Steenweg number 253, where six years ago, an elaborate decoration made out of shells could be seen. They have been taken down. http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=967 Shell wall Across the street, the downstairs floor of the first house on the right in the Rue Vanderdussen has adopted the same style of […] more…
Rogier balconies
Avenue Rogier, 1030 Schaerbeek Diverse architecture is rule in Brussels. But the neighboring houses on the Rogier laan, just east of the Haechtsesteenweg have once featured similar metal fences around the front balconies. After many individual renovations, they are now almost all different. more…
Box addition
Ieperlaan, 1000 Brussels Some years ago this odd intriguing reconstruction was started, but it got stuck along the way. Unfortunately it is not going forward at all and deteriorating rapidly. It does well as a weird urban folly. more…
Exterior interior
Vrijheidslaan . Avenue des libertés, Koekelberg, Brussels The imprint that is left behind by a demolished neighboring house is quite a common sight on reconstruction sites. This one I like because of its strong wall-colors and the beautiful stairs leading up to the second floor and attics. For me it can stay as a piece […] more…
New door again
Wapenstilstandstraat / Rue de l’armistice, 1081 Koekelberg When I took a picture of this door in 2012, it was the cut through wall writing that intrigued me: http://westenberg.constantvzw.org/?p=1038 Now six years later, the then newly placed door has been replaced again, but the text poetry has not changed a bit. more…
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