Swider station

[Ivo_B]

My wife’s hometown, Poland.

2006 vs 2019. And soon the station will be gone.

[degrub]

it is the phones that did it in....

[Martin Kristiansen]

Keep coming  back to look at these. I find them intriguing.

Amazing ride by De Gendt by the way. Ongelooflik we would say.

[Ivo_B]

Keep coming  back to look at these. I find them intriguing.

Amazing ride by De Gendt by the way. Ongelooflik we would say.

Yes, amazing drugs he is (maybe) using. 

[32BT]

When was it build? Seems distinctly early Art Deco (1930-ish?) still showing natural shapes but with the industrial lettering. Unbelievably ugly, but with a strangely attractive undertone. Wabi-sabi in a sense?

[Ivo_B]

When was it build? Seems distinctly early Art Deco (1930-ish?) still showing natural shapes but with the industrial lettering. Unbelievably ugly, but with a strangely attractive undertone. Wabi-sabi in a sense?

Typical PRL style, socialism style of the fifties.  (Polish Peoples republic)
In 2006 the ticket booth was open, now it’s  closed, doors welded and full graffiti. When I ‘m back home, I ‘ll post some more ‘then vs now’

[32BT]

Early thirties, and apparently national heritage. But possibly not protected well enough... :-(

https://polishrail.wordpress.com/tag/swider/

[kers]

Beautiful Architecture! Hope they have found some money to preserve it and give it a new purpose.

The more recent photo also shows ( i think) the problems of our time: too many advertisements and poles everywhere, making the space cluttered and ugly.
The station looked so nice and clean on the older photo.
I remember the difference in Prague just before the wall was torn down and some years later:
Everywhere arised big billboards with advertisements: beautiful wine palaces were taken over by McDonalds happy meals... the ugly side of unregulated  capitalism.

[Ivo_B]

Early thirties, and apparently national heritage. But possibly not protected well enough... :-(

https://polishrail.wordpress.com/tag/swider/

Ha. Thanks to clarify. The locals (parents) didn’t remember. 😬 but I’m afraid the battle is lost for Swider station. Works are on going.

[Ivo_B]

Beautiful Architecture! Hope they have found some money to preserve it and give it a new purpose.

The more recent photo also shows ( i think) the problems of our time: too many advertisements and poles everywhere, making the space cluttered and ugly.
The station looked so nice and clean on the older photo.
I remember the difference in Prague just before the wall was torn down and some years later:
Everywhere arised big billboards with advertisements: beautiful wine palaces were taken over by McDonalds happy meals... the ugly side of unregulated  capitalism.

Very recognizable.

The rail station of Luik (Belgium), a masterpiece of Santiago Calastrava was shortly after delivery ‘decorated’ with a huge scaffold contraption serving as bike rental shed.

[Rob C]

As a tiny bit nostalgic by nature, I regret the passing of those old cafés with decorated mirrors and brass everywhere. Who would need to go looking for locations: they'd be right there! I think Barcelona still features things like that, but it's been years since I set foot there. Hell, it's been years since I even set foot in Palma! I blame those damned cars: I can't park anywhere. Democracy is a bad thing.

;-)

[Ivo_B]

The ticket booth, 2011 vs 2019

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

I like the booth shot.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I like the booth shot.

Me too. A lot.

[RSL]

+1