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green_apple) wrote2008-07-29 09:15 pm
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A while ago I promised liptonrm that I'd post pictures of Cordoba and sort of repay her for the vicarious experience she provided while visiting Toronto.
Architecture is, in my opinion, what makes a city beautiful, in my dreams, every city in the world will have found the way to balance buildings with parks, open sky schools for children and glass windows instead of walls for hospital bedrooms (so you can see the outside, not so the outside can see you), residence buildings will have communal gardens/backyards and I will live in a house with a porch where I will sit to read the afternoon away and will not be bothered with the noise of cars because people will ride bikes to work, will walk and will love to breath clean air... but that's not what I'm showing here, oddly enough, most of the pictures I've taken of the city are sadly lacking on natural subjects, there are trees of course, but they're not the subjects of the pic itself, they're just part of the composition (when it actually looks like a composition, mind), maybe it's because I haven't actually left the city that many times and have no perspective on the surrounding greenery.
There are at least hundreds of photos you will not be seeing becausethey're out of focus are not digitalized and I no longer have a scanner, nor do I have the time/patience to upload them all into the internetz, even if I did have a scanner, the second reason also applies to the ones taken with a digital camera; but there is enough material to grant more than one post on the subject.
IMAGE HEAVY. DUH.
I have a huge deal of love for this bakery because it was the first directional point I ever had upon arriving here "when you see the green blade (it used to be green and that figure above EXPRESS was a blade of wheat, you can still see the wheat, but it was nicer when green), turn rihgt and keep going until you see the school building" It also shows how old buildings are restored/refurbished to make room for the newness of our world. It was also one of the first pics I took with a new camera and so I wasn't all the dexterous with it. Still ain't.
The first thing I learned about this city was that it houses a thriving community of artisans, also known as hippies due to the lifestyle they advocate for.
The pride and joy of the local community, I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know jack about the story of this church, but I do know that, out of the many, many, many, MANY churches in Cordoba, this one is the most beloved. It is very beautiful inside, but no photographing is allowed. Unless you work for a newspaper or the government. Which, yeah.
The same church (its not actually called church its The Cathedral Of Something Something... ::blushes::) from behind. I'm telling you, this building is impressive.
It has this replica of The Moses on it's side. I thought that was so cool of them, until I realized that most of the population have no idea who this man is supposed to be, let alone the story behind the sculpture.
At night and in crappy quality (?), it gives an idea of how massive this construction is. Plus it's very pretty.
The highest tower, the purpose of this one was the tree and the tower and the lightning. More crappy quality, my cam tends is uncooperative with my lofty expectations.
Green lightning. Um, I blame the zoom that does not work without the flash. Again green lightning. (screw you flash)
Open air markets. All over the place. I love this city, man. This one is another crafts market (or line of posts), is generally there, but is also sort of spontaneous.
La Peatonal is a series of corridors littered with commercial establishments. On the central separation (here with tables) you can usually find musicians, beggars, living statues, coffee machines, artisans and more, all mingled and functioning in relative harmony. I've never walked the entire extension of this corridors but according to my calculations it extends for some ten blocks, all interconnected in the biggest labyrinth I've ever been in. I got lost five times in there, it was awesome!
Don Quixote. 'Nuff said.
Again, apologies for the quality. Um, I think this building is a bank, but am not really sure. I just like this picture, quality be damned.
There'll be more, as I find stuff in my hard drive and make friends with my cam again. Hope y'all enjoyed the little, rambly tour.
liptonrm that I'd post pictures of Cordoba and sort of repay her for the vicarious experience she provided while visiting Toronto. Architecture is, in my opinion, what makes a city beautiful, in my dreams, every city in the world will have found the way to balance buildings with parks, open sky schools for children and glass windows instead of walls for hospital bedrooms (so you can see the outside, not so the outside can see you), residence buildings will have communal gardens/backyards and I will live in a house with a porch where I will sit to read the afternoon away and will not be bothered with the noise of cars because people will ride bikes to work, will walk and will love to breath clean air... but that's not what I'm showing here, oddly enough, most of the pictures I've taken of the city are sadly lacking on natural subjects, there are trees of course, but they're not the subjects of the pic itself, they're just part of the composition (when it actually looks like a composition, mind), maybe it's because I haven't actually left the city that many times and have no perspective on the surrounding greenery.
There are at least hundreds of photos you will not be seeing because
IMAGE HEAVY. DUH.
I have a huge deal of love for this bakery because it was the first directional point I ever had upon arriving here "when you see the green blade (it used to be green and that figure above EXPRESS was a blade of wheat, you can still see the wheat, but it was nicer when green), turn rihgt and keep going until you see the school building" It also shows how old buildings are restored/refurbished to make room for the newness of our world. It was also one of the first pics I took with a new camera and so I wasn't all the dexterous with it. Still ain't.
The first thing I learned about this city was that it houses a thriving community of artisans, also known as hippies due to the lifestyle they advocate for.
The pride and joy of the local community, I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know jack about the story of this church, but I do know that, out of the many, many, many, MANY churches in Cordoba, this one is the most beloved. It is very beautiful inside, but no photographing is allowed. Unless you work for a newspaper or the government. Which, yeah.
The same church (its not actually called church its The Cathedral Of Something Something... ::blushes::) from behind. I'm telling you, this building is impressive.
It has this replica of The Moses on it's side. I thought that was so cool of them, until I realized that most of the population have no idea who this man is supposed to be, let alone the story behind the sculpture.
At night and in crappy quality (?), it gives an idea of how massive this construction is. Plus it's very pretty.
The highest tower, the purpose of this one was the tree and the tower and the lightning. More crappy quality, my cam tends is uncooperative with my lofty expectations.
Green lightning. Um, I blame the zoom that does not work without the flash. Again green lightning. (screw you flash)
Open air markets. All over the place. I love this city, man. This one is another crafts market (or line of posts), is generally there, but is also sort of spontaneous.
La Peatonal is a series of corridors littered with commercial establishments. On the central separation (here with tables) you can usually find musicians, beggars, living statues, coffee machines, artisans and more, all mingled and functioning in relative harmony. I've never walked the entire extension of this corridors but according to my calculations it extends for some ten blocks, all interconnected in the biggest labyrinth I've ever been in. I got lost five times in there, it was awesome!
Don Quixote. 'Nuff said.
Again, apologies for the quality. Um, I think this building is a bank, but am not really sure. I just like this picture, quality be damned.
There'll be more, as I find stuff in my hard drive and make friends with my cam again. Hope y'all enjoyed the little, rambly tour.