Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Two interesting shots Matt. In a past life I have been heavily involved in urban housing and there is always a fine line between urban destruction and urban renewal. The important thing is to ensure the new housing keeps the community together in a way that it is preserved, and at a cost that works for both sides - far easier said than done. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 > On 24 Aug 2015, at 12:16, Matt Kollasch <narbutta17 at gmail.com> wrote: > > First a view from our 10th floor kitchen window this past Friday night. > http://www.kollarfoto.com/lug/2015/8/24/z4jx1srida95k6olphrkyszmtrrxud > > In the Sovetskaya district the government is razing family houses in a > roughshod version of imminent domain (some say illegally) to make way for > more high rises. The character of this city is being being clawed asunder > with backhoes. > > The man in front of this house lives there still while around him the > houses are razed. > http://www.kollarfoto.com/lug/2015/8/24/hga3rwso1tx3bptos3hfexhy3fuz08 > > When I walk these streets people encourage me to photograph because they > want the destruction documented. > > Thanks for looking. > > /matt > > M240 | 35 Summarit > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information