Shitty Digger
Work in progress under the parrot tree. But that doesn’t change the parrots daily business. They continue to do what they do here since a long time. Does nobody check the database of trees used as toilets by flocks of parrots ? more…
Parrot poppy
It has been ages since I went back to the tree that is full of parrots shitting on anything below. The picture in the last post in this category dates back to 2011. But now, 10 years later, they still claim the same tree to do their business. In only took little time to render […] more…
Doorstop + 3+ years
The picture is taken three years after the first time that I saw this invention in July 2017. There is very little noticable difference or degradation taking place. Quite incredible. more…
Tree growing strong
Extra reinforcements have protected the sprout. It is still growing healthy and strong. more…
Blocked out
The peace and solitude that the public planter found back was short lived. In Januari 2020 new developments are announced by a road sign forbidding to park next to it until half February. Soon enough, a good amount of pallets with isolation materials are put right next to it. The facade of the neighboring building […] more…
Tilted planter
Roadworks are done, walking home from the metro late one evening, the crate is again to be admired in its full glory. However nice that the street is cleared, it looks like something has pushed the planter against the sidewalk; it is slightly slanted and tilting over. more…
Bak under threat
Not long after, new developments threaten the crate that was recently constructed to block the parking place. Roadworks will take place and the crate seems to be positioned right in the middle of the targeted area. more…
Fresh bak
In September 2020 a new way to block this parking was constructed: it is a proper attempt to build a public space garden: a wooden crate, lined with plastic, filled with earth, planted with a still small tree. It looks like this is a crisp, fresh new addition to the neighborhood. Thumbs up for the […] more…
Black lives matter monument
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Back in, back out
Arabe / arabischen is back again. Oh and removed again. A complete insert carved in stone doesn’t happen that often: since I follow the interventions on this sculpture, it is only the second time. Two VB guys posted on F*c*book: “This morning xx and me have symbolically restored the Congo monument in the Cinquantenaire park. […] more…
L’arabe rouge
It used to be blue, now it is red … not much changes apart from this. A variation on a theme. more…
Broozed boxes
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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…
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…
Squashed bakken
After several crashes, these wooden boxes filled with stones that served as a barrier against cars were dismantled. Some have been emptied, they are waiting to be trashed. (Picture october 2018) more…
Chained
This parking place has been reserved for private use since a long time. To prevent the cone from traveling elsewhere, it is secured to a tree. This used to be done using a rope. The system is now upgraded with a chain. The color coordination of chain and cones gain visibility. The cones are pierced […] more…
l’Arabe l’arabe
Congo monument , Parc Cinquantenaire The story continues. The most recent round of cleaning the monument has removed the last iteration of the word Arabe in french, but the previous one is not easy to remove. What is also clearly visible is that both instances of the word are written in one and the same […] 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…
One way, added street
Rue Terre-neuve, 1000 Bxssls A classic alteration: a dead end street sign, made applicable to the local street lay-out with a piece of white tape. I thought I had encountered this same sign before, but reviewing the actual picture, it is definitely family, but not identically the same. See post below. Flexible directions 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…
Renewed corner
Rue de Flandre 66, Brussels Comparing the facade of this address to what it looked like ten years ago it is quite striking how little of it still remains. Not only has the window that got smashed time and again being replaced, so has the occupation of the shop, the company running the parking house […] 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…
Dished dish + broom
Corner Vandenbogaerdestraat / Rue de l’Intendant A new small satellite dish antenna receiver has been put in place, replacing the bigger one that had been mounted here before and also replacing the beautiful broom-based support structure (see previous post below). Broom support 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…
Incorporated fence
Parc de Cinquantenaire Corner Avenue de l’Yser / Tervurenlaan Next to the bit of decorative steel of the gate around the parc du Cinquantenaire that was eaten by a young tree in 2005 (see below), a big conifer is busy doing the same. The rapid growth of these trees is apparently not taken into account […] more…
No more Confisseres + I
Rue Vanderstichelen 129, next to 0cta+ tankstation On this address the Salon de Lavoir Siranet is housed. It used to be occupied by a night shop that had a signpost with beautiful handwritten and hand corrected lettering. That is now replaced by the image of a laughing washing machine. Confisseres + I more…
Unscootered stand
Recently these two bikes have appeared, parked in a somewhat a-typical manner, in the Rue Pierre Victor Jacobs, Molenbeek. Often, bikes that are left outside in the street in the city are chained to something solid, a sign pole, a rain tube, to protect them from being displaced or stolen, but here they are parked […] more…
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