ça pousse bien ! ..
Rue de Liverpool, 1070 Anderlecht .. as someone shouted when seeing me taking this picture: “ça pousse bien!” 🙂 more…
All together now: Basement covers
Here are some images of improvised repairs, alterations to covers of coal cellars that are no longer in use. Some quite decorative ones such as the one above, others are more pragmatic. The basements that were used back in the days to stock coals in general now serve some other function. It used to be […] more…
Short sword
Luchtvaartsquare, 1070 Anderlecht Brussel The post below shows that it is not the first time that the sword of the monument for the “Fun fair workers” is split in two halves. In 2008 it also broke but it was hanging on for a long time thanks to a temporary construction. Apparently the quality of the […] more…
Recup barricade
Sq. Auguste Smets 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…
Déchets upside down
The photo was taken by Tineke van Engeland at Metro station Ceria-Coovi, Brussels, in November 2006. Among many other excellent pictures they can be found on her website: Fototineke.be more…
G…..at
Corner Rue de l’instruction and Rue Georges Moreau This streetcorner caught my attention because of the obvious way the new plate is put right on top of the one it replaces. Rather then erasing memories of past times, this replacement emphasises the renewal / correction which was carried out. Going by the bits of the […] more…
Op, van, -se
Chaussée de Mons more…
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