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Rik Herrygers
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# Posted: 6 May 08 20:36
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Hi Woophians. Last sunday I shot this picture in Antwerp : an historic and a modern building side by side :
A big contrast hein!? For sure you have a picture wich shows us contrasts. I am thinking on pics off : young versus old, rich versus poor, big versus small, power versus weakness, ....
Who joins me?
Grtz, Rik.
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pansa
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# Posted: 6 May 08 20:47 - Edited by: pansa
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Hotel "New York" used to be the shipping terminal to America in the old days. Today it's a hotel and surrounded by skycrapers.
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Marcos
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# Posted: 6 May 08 21:05
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The name of the strange building (not the silver one) is Montevideo, right?
It was named "Montevideo" because when it was constructed, the port of Montevideo (my city) was one of the most connected ports with the port of Rotterdam, so on in the port of Rotterdam they have a cargo space with the name of each city they connect with and from there they got the name of the building.
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pansa
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# Posted: 6 May 08 21:13
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That's correct Marcos.
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Geoffrey McElwaine
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# Posted: 6 May 08 21:35
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Interesting topic, Rik. Over these past few years, Belfast has been transformed with new buildings being erected all over the city. This picture shows three stages in that continuing process -
At the rear, a modern glass skyscraper. In front of it, a building from the 1950s, and to the right, the old Custom House, built in the late 19th. Century at another time when Belfast's prosperity was on the rise. It is, sadly, interesting to note that the architectural interest decreases from the oldest, to the youngest ( basically, a filing cabinet for people ! ). Hope I have not offended too many architects by that statement !
Regards
Geoff. ( Geoffrey McElwaine )
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Christian C
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# Posted: 6 May 08 22:12
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Nice topic:
Jet Rafale exposed place de la Concorde in Paris 1998: contrast with the obelisk
 
Louvre: old building and modern glass pyramid.
 
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Ruud~
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# Posted: 6 May 08 22:40
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Hi Rik,
Does vertical versus horizontal count?
A challenging topic!
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Lali
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# Posted: 6 May 08 23:39
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I think this detail is quite suitable for this interesting topic;
O.k. the doorhandle is not the newest but it shure is much younger than the (remainings of) knocker 
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geert geenen
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# Posted: 7 May 08 01:16
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antwerp (again)
hi rik, i'v been there a month ago. i've taken a photo from the other side. the contrast old-new is far more evident on your photo, but i'd like to show you (and other visitors of the forum) my version
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ray9
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# Posted: 7 May 08 09:06
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Paris, "l'orangerie (the orangery), the great palace, the eiffel tower, the obelisk and the great wheel:
The sacré coeur and contemporaneous building:
The invalides and normal buildings:
beaubourg's district
Le champ de mars and the montparnasse building:
Many contrasts:
old lighthouse and very old lighthouse:
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sensei Domi
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# Posted: 7 May 08 12:25
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nature versus culture
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olmze
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# Posted: 7 May 08 20:41
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A picture from Leipzig.
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Ruden Fretsbo
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# Posted: 7 May 08 20:53
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Nice topic!
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geert geenen
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# Posted: 7 May 08 21:49
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wroclaw, poland: old university building reflected in new one
wroclaw, poland: old vs modern times
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ray9
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# Posted: 8 May 08 00:38
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ewest
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# Posted: 8 May 08 15:22
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Nanjing
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Rik Herrygers
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# Posted: 8 May 08 22:09
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geert geenen
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# Posted: 9 May 08 00:21
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brussels; old vs new, church vs sex etc.
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Ruud~
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# Posted: 9 May 08 00:38 - Edited by: Ruud~
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Hello Rik.
I took this picture for the contrasts thread:
and this one too
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ray9
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# Posted: 10 May 08 00:51
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