One of the delights of travel, taking another look at old places of memory. Sometimes the new iterations are ghastly, our memories offended. The fetching candy store in a leafy neighborhood, now someone's garage cut off from all hints to its past. Other times, the old place remains a puzzling, solitary figment of its past. "How did it survive all the changes?"
It is interesting how long-term locals of a place remember the various incarnations that buildings have gone through. Newcomers often have no idea. Sometimes I forget what has changed until a see photo of my neighbourhood from 5 or 10 years ago. I'm always disappointed when buildings with unique or historical features are "blandified" and turned into a generic retail box, though.
One of the delights of travel, taking another look at old places of memory. Sometimes the new iterations are ghastly, our memories offended. The fetching candy store in a leafy neighborhood, now someone's garage cut off from all hints to its past. Other times, the old place remains a puzzling, solitary figment of its past. "How did it survive all the changes?"
It is interesting how long-term locals of a place remember the various incarnations that buildings have gone through. Newcomers often have no idea. Sometimes I forget what has changed until a see photo of my neighbourhood from 5 or 10 years ago. I'm always disappointed when buildings with unique or historical features are "blandified" and turned into a generic retail box, though.