Keystone
Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains photo by Michael Ghyoot. more…
Tow bar protection shoe
Rue de l’Ourthe, Molenbeek more…
Anti Parking Pilon
Boulevard du Jubilé, next to café ‘Duc du Brabant’ On the Jubelfeestlaan / Boulevard du Jubilé, cars often park in front of private garage doors. For the local residents this is annoying: they can not exit their cars from their garages. Some of them have found ways to emphasize the applicable parking restriction. Here’s an […] more…
Involuntary derangement
Metro Porte de Hal / Hallepoort Temporary solution to prevent further damage of splintered glass. The stickers read: Dear clients, Damage of the installations by vandalism. MIVB / STIB will do everything in its power to execute the necessary repairs as soon as possible. Our apologies for the involuntary derangements. more…
bricked gate goal
Rue Bonehill, Sint-Jans Molenbeek St. Jean, Photo by: Murielle Dasnoy (Suède36 architects) more…
Covered up
In the past, Brussels basements were used for storing coals that served as fuel to heat the house. The coals were dumped from the street through a hole into the basements. Now that houses are heated by other means, these coal chutes have become redundant. Often they are right underneath the front door. Without question, […] more…
Recup barricade
Sq. Auguste Smets more…
Valises dump
Rue du midi + Philippe de Champagne A palet with old suitcases donated to the public realm. more…
Glorieusement gesneuveld
Between Square de l’Aviation and Boulevard Poincarelaan, statue for the fallen Fun fair worker. This statue commemorates the travelling fun fair workers who died for Belgium in 1914-18 and 1940-45. It holds a masque in its right hand and a sword in its left. Since a few weeks the sword is broken. Likely reason: someone […] more…
Sliding doors
Gare du nord / Noordstation, south entrance on bus platform. Some technical defect causes these doors to open and close endlessly. more…
Plastic cover
Place Simonis, in front of Metro station A plastic cover waiting to be replaced by a more solid solution. See its history of deterioration in previous posts: more…
Zelfbouwbus
Rue du Rempart des Moines, corner Dansaert straat Rows of connecting holes, made in the metal plated door using a power drill, constitute this home made letter box. See earlier letter box related entries: Brievendoos Pas de boite aux lettres more…
Temporary new looks
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Folly
Rue VanderNoot Straat more…
Hoekstuk
Place Simonis, Koekelberg more…
Brievendoos
Rue van der Noot, Molenbeek more…
Broom support
Opzichterstraat, corner Rue van den Boogaerde A broom support for a satelite dish. The colouring pencil used to stabilise the broomstick in the iron wall mount shows that this low tech improvisation is well thought through and carried out in detail. more…
Rooting pulley
Avenue de Versailles laan, crossing Coin des cerises, Neder Over Heembeek One block away from where in August 2005 a glass fitters transport rack for window panes was developing roots, this left behind non-descript pulley now faces a similar fate. more…
Metapoubelles
Rue de Brabant, Schaerbeek Meta garbage: disposed trashcans Photo’s by Tristan Boniver more…
Expaal
In front of the entrance to Bozar at Rue Royale, this left over of a lamppost is currently in use as non comformist public trashcan. more…
Public reversement
Chaussee de Haecht 226 – 234 The Social Administrative Center Schaerbeek uses printing paper to its fullest potential. After having been printed on, the paper is reversed and used again for another occassion. The entrance hall behind the large glass facade is the place where announcements usually are posted. Allthough it might not be obvious […] more…
Anti-graffiti graffiti
Emile Jacqmainlaan, coin Rue du Cirque more…
Postkot
A DIY collective postbox for the inhabitants of Rue des Fleuristes 57. Not far from there, another example of the same species can be spotted: Update july 2018: Both these letter boxes are gone more…
Rooting rack
Avenue de Versailles, corner Kersenhoek Neder-Over-Heembeek more…
Exit Kattenkot
Since Kattenkot1and Expanding Kattenkot I haven’t been posting images of changes to the Cat shelter on the Varkensmarkt for a while; simply because nothing much happend to it. The construction had reached a more or less stable situation in which only minor changes occurred. On Sunday May 22nd the shelter suddenly dispeared. The shelter was […] more…
( —– ) Shop
Corner Rue des six jetons / Van Arteveldestraat more…
Marriott under cover
Place Bourse / Auguste Orts straat On March 19th a big demonstration took place in Brussels. The Marriott hotel on the Rue A.Orts 3-7 covered its name out of fear for anti-American sentiments which might arise during the manifestation. more…
Cellar covers
Rue de l’intendant Cellar grids, covered against rain, dust and cigarette buds. more…
Bi-material fusion
Parc de Cinquantenaire Corner Avenue de l’Yser / Tervurenlaan Chopped wood + metal more…
Dangling woodblock
Rue Lambermont A tree has been chopped down in the small parc surrounding the Palais des Academies on the side of Lambermontstraat. One of the tree’s branches which reached over the fence has previously been used to tie up an electricity wire. The workers who removed the tree cut this branch on both sides of […] more…
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