Place your adverts here
I am not sure how old this building is, but my guess is, at least over 50 years. The time has done its job on it and it is now an old ruin. It looks like the mayor still doesn't have any plans for refurbishing it. These days, people use this door to put their advertisements on. On one hand, I don't like the fact that such an old, and in my opinion pretty building is used for this but on the other, I think, well why not use it for something useful, like advertising a concert or a business?!
We have an odd tradition of posting obituaries around the town. People know each other pretty well in Tuzla so posting 'public obituaries' is a useful tool of sharing the news of who has departed. When I took this picture there weren't any obituaries, just an advertisement for a radio station and political party posters. Do you have an odd tradition in your part of the world?
Lilly x
posted by Lilly @ Wednesday, March 07, 2007
13 Comments:
We don't have the public posting of obituaries here in Massachusetts, U.S.A., but we have some other public symbols of grieving. If there is a public death, especially an accident people often place crosses with the name of the person who died, the date and flowers or teddy bears. So when you drive down the road you often see these small shrines. I don't know if that's unique, but it happens a lot here.
Jessica - they do that here too (New Zealand).
Nice photos! I have visited here once before...I like this photo in particular, I like old buildings...
Very interesting about the obituaries....we don't do that either, but certainly posters for events, concerts etc on old buildings.
I hate to see all the advertising on old buildings but it does make an interesting picture.
Quite a dramatic, colorful shot....well done!
I think old buildings should be preserved and refurbished, to turn it into a tourist attraction and places of interest as well as our future generations can known about them.
non, du moins pas de pratique comme celle là à Evry, mais Evry est une ville nouvelle..
not, at least not of practice like that there in Evry, but Evry is a new city.
how intereseting to post obituries around town.
people here do it using the newspapers.
We have here in every town, even smallest one ,their own local papers , which are free and coming to every house do you want it or not. In them are pictures children`s birthdays and wedding photos and every happening is told by news editor. They are not bad - sometimes even very useful :)
Do you have any crocus there ?
No, we do not have such a tradition. Interesting .
We do have same kind of ad here. People put on their ad on the outside wall of the social office. Mostly about looking for a job or a vacancy. Nice shot by the way.
If it's not rude or bad luck, do you think you can photograph the publicly-posted obituaries sometime? I find that fascinating!
I agree with you Lilly; posting ads on such a beautiful door is shocking yet it shows the city is very much alive !
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