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today’s grey with… pulleys?

12 Monday Dec 2022

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pulleys

Out for a walk this afternoon and noticed for the first time that the gables on one side of The House of My Dreams have these pulleys over the windows. It was suggested that they were used for lifting furniture up to the top floor, except you really couldn’t fit much through those windows. Also, although those rooms are clearly apartments now, back then they were probably used for storage (?) or servants quarters (??). This got me wondering about the history of this house, which is massive. Who was it built for? And most importantly, WHY did they install pulleys over those windows. Enquiring minds want to know.

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koker revisited

07 Friday Oct 2022

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koker update (2)Yep, that’s better…

koker update

THAN THIS ⬇️

casa ruiz (2)

 

scandal in sevilla

30 Tuesday Aug 2022

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casa ruiz (1)

Koker is a chain of Spanish women’s clothing shops that has recently moved to Sevilla, and specifically into the old Casa Ruiz location in calle Sierpes, a jewellery shop that had been family-run for generations. Once Koker took over the premises they decided to paint over the marble and bronze façade, apparently without permission from the city council, resulting in a public outcry that spread across social media platforms and the press. The result was that the work was halted and the company was ordered to remove the paint. The photo above was taken this week and it’s not sure if this is the best that can be done as you can still see paint embedded in some of the cracks and pores of the marble. Also they have left the wood trim white, which is quite jarring. It’ll be interesting to see if the shop is successful.

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the colours of sevilla

30 Wednesday Mar 2022

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colours

These are the colours of Sevilla.
And I would happily live in any of these three houses.

the mill wheels of your mind

20 Thursday Jan 2022

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millwheels

Stories vary as to why old mill wheels are embedded into the walls of some buildings in the old centre of Sevilla. I think they are just a very cool design feature. So really it’s about what the mill wheels are to you, in your mind.

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