Friday, March 27, 2009
History Barcelona, 1908
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM
No more, no less.
A suggestion: turn down the piano score and listen to something long and rich—Built to Spill, Dungen, whatever you like.
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Seattle in 1908 had more rapid transit options than Seattle in 2009.
This is incredible film, thank you.
This is incredible film, thank you.
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very beautiful piece, its from the opening day of the citywide tram service. the old tracks are still on much of the route, and the city looks remarkably the same in many parts. I hope people will be that excited when the when the tiny light rail line opens in Seattle, or will they just use it to escape?
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I love this! I was listening to Fleet Foxes by chance, which seemed to fit with the film perfectly.
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I dreamt of Barcelona last night. Today, while on my work break (over an hour ago), I was searching for pictures of Barcelona street life, food, people and seaport. I found some beautiful pictures. I even did a sketch of a building with a restaurant, café and bar.
Thanks for posting this. It must be "anywhere but here" syndrome today due to the dreary weather.
(sorry if this is a duplicate post, I did not see my first one, so I revised it)
Thanks for posting this. It must be "anywhere but here" syndrome today due to the dreary weather.
(sorry if this is a duplicate post, I did not see my first one, so I revised it)
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somewhere in that crowd was a young wee lad named francisco franco, waiting for the time where he would take over catalonia.
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The kid that flipped up his jacket tails to show his backside was funny. Some things never change.
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The thing that gets me is all the bicycles.
Granted, this is an event so more people are out and about on foot and bicycles than usual. Still, if we could create a contemporary city with this kind of transit system and street life while retaining the things that we do better now that would be something.
I also thought of Franco, and the Spanish Civil War to come, and how much more a tragedy that is when you see a scene like this from the generation preceding it. (Franco's not from Barcelona, though, so he wouldn't be in the crowd.)
Granted, this is an event so more people are out and about on foot and bicycles than usual. Still, if we could create a contemporary city with this kind of transit system and street life while retaining the things that we do better now that would be something.
I also thought of Franco, and the Spanish Civil War to come, and how much more a tragedy that is when you see a scene like this from the generation preceding it. (Franco's not from Barcelona, though, so he wouldn't be in the crowd.)
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no, he was not, but how he loathed them. im sure he was planning the PUN's destruction from an earlier age.
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@1 - *rapid* transit options, did you say? Folks barely trotting were able to keep up with the train. It's sweet and all, but hardly rapid.
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