"Cities & Memory - 5. In Maurilia, the traveler is invited to visit the city and, at the same time, to examine some old postcards that show it as it used to be: the same identical square with a hen in the place of the bus station, a bandstand in the place of the overpass, two young ladies with white parasols in the place of the munitions factory."
Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino, p. 30

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  1. Anonymous16/6/10 21:15

    I have that juxtaposition for Kathmandu. One of the old pictures has you in it.
    D.

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  2. Catie18/6/10 12:07

    :)

    Our office building has recently hung some old photos of Sydney on the corridor walls, which is interesting.

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