Photo: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi
Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec - Aperture: f/5 - ISO Sensitivity: 100
It's a box. A cube. A green cube.
This is part of a building called Kauppa-Häme in streets Kauppakatu 3 and through to the other side, Hämeenkatu 16. It was built in 1965, architect Aarne Ervin. On the same property, is the Tampere City Hall, built in 1890.
City hall used to have wings that were built in the 19th Century. Two-storey city prison and volunteer fire department on the Hämeenkatu side and three-storey police station, previously city hotel, on the Kauppakatu side were demolished in the 1960's. City hall's future was on the stake at that time too, but fortunately was spared.
Here you can see an old photo of the volunteer fire department taken 1893.
And here's an old photo or the same building before taking down. Photographed January 27th 1964.
Here's an old photograph, taken July 23rd 1931 of the exact same street where I was standing when I photographed the green cube 87 years later. And here's a second one taken a little bit further.
And finally two photographs taken 1964 after the demolish.
This green monster, the Hulk of Tampere, was built because someone thought it is more efficient and cheaper and better than the restauration of old buildings.
It is a green cube.
Me not like.
Photo: CC BY-SA gallery.insaneworks.fi
Camera: Canon EOS 550D - Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec - Aperture: f/4.5 - ISO Sensitivity: 100
Brute Architecture of Finland
Part 1
Paying It Forward
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Part of my Paying it forward project (Oh, it turned out into a project now!) is to do as much as I can to accounts that have less SP and RC than I have. (Obviously not all, only few chosen ones.) Delegate SP for a limited time, upvote them and also promote those accounts on my blog posts. I also try to have time to comment more, not just upvote as commenting is better for me also. For my own growth.