On my way to the nearest tobacco shop, late in the morning of the first day of June 2016, I stopped by a ruin of a house that was getting ready to become something new in the same old place, about fifty meters from the main square of Medulin, my hometown.
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The relatively small excavator looked pretty cool inside the old house that had lost its roof and all the details of its interior. The machine surrounded by rugged walls and rubble caught my attention so I took this photograph that ended up as the opening picture of today's post, and then ...
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... I came closer to explore the fragments of the old patterns, still visible on the walls.
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This is one of only a few old houses in my neighborhood that I never entered as a kid. There were no other kids to visit there, and furthermore, I remember hearing rumors and stories about the alleged extreme grumpiness of the man who owned the place and lived in the city about ten kilometers north of Medulin, the small town this post is set in.
In those childhood days, the interior of the old house was a great mystery to me and my friends from the neiberhood.
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I can remember us passing by that house on our way back from school and fantasizing & theorizing about what the interior could look like and what could be hidden there. I was obsessed with Horror and Science Fiction in books, comic books, and movies back then, in the early eighties, so for me, the house was usually filled with the latest thing I watched or read about.
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In 2016, on the 1st of June, I finally saw a few fragments of that house's interior.
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There wasn't much to see, but, becouse of my history with that old house, what little was there, was a joy to explore for me.
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In some sense, I saw even more than I would have seen in those times when the house was in good shape. The destruction brought to light older layers of the wall coating.
And so, I had these old shots from 2016 for years on my computer, but I didn't know what to do with them. A vague sensation that the material could become useful one day kept me from deleting it during the occasional purges that obliterated some of the old stuff.
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Yesterday, with this post in mind, I decided to walk the same road again and photograph the same house to show you its new exterior at the end of the story.
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I don't have any photographs of the old house before it was eviscerated and destroyed, but believe me, it was fairly similar to the new one. The most striking similarity is the lovely terrace, with many little columns, that looks practically the same. I remember the house standing out from the neighboring ones becouse of that terrace, back then when I was a kid.
And that's it. Hope you enjoyed this small vignette made of architecture and memories.
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Old buildings often reveal very interesting artwork (either paintings or carvings) on walls or floors. So it's nice that you took some pictures there, as it's an important part of your local history really. Once completely demolished then it's all gone forever! !LOLZ
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Really cool how this post was built over time like that.. really cool concept that requires loooooaaadss of patience. Came out awesome! Thanks for sharing mate.
Thanks. 🙂 Glad you like the post. I didn't have the post in mind while photographing the house in 2016, I didn't have blogging in mind back then, but old photographs can come in handy one day.
La casa 🏠 misteriosa ...buen post 📯
Though the patterns looks old but they still are beautiful.
The house looks more beautiful and neat now.
The new building is really cool
It does not have to be unnecessarily beautiful before it is cool
I love buildings this way
The new construction is attractive and pleasing. This view is quiet mind relaxing. The past building is also lovable it's visual texture is Worthy of praise... Seeing the place and houses where we spend our childhood is soo memorable. Love for that!
Given the current condition of the walls, it seems that there was some kind of painting within the walls in the past.
Yes, a long time ago there were different paintings on the wall.
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If you save images from 2016, that's a very long time ago. It's still very clear what camera you used in 2016. At that time we were still using...
I had a small compact camera back then. It was an Olympus camera, but can't tell you what model it was. I don't have that camera anymore.
Yes, friend... so now you have a more sophisticated camera...😀
Yes. 😃 Fortunately, I have. Everything is easier with a better camera.
The old houses are beautiful and strong, but due to the passage of time, they have to be reconstructed.
True.
Yeah.