Posts Tagged: chimney’s
A long time ago I drank Jupiler here
On October 3, 2020
- What has been left
“If you read a poem
After drinking three bottles of beer
And can’t understand a word,
Well whose fault is that?”
(A. Thorne in After Three Bottles Of Beer)
Genk (B)
Shut down!
On May 4, 2020
- Culture of Industry
“You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold …”
(Bob Dylan in Million Miles)
Liège-Bressoux (B)
The silent chimney from a blast furnace
On February 17, 2020
- Culture of industry - steel industry
“Wie ein vulkanischer Berg lag er im Weiten. Manchmal
flammend. Manchmal im Rauch. Traurig und göttlich.
Nur eine nahe vielleicht, ihm anliegende Ortschaft
bebte.”
(R.M. Rilke in Fünf Gesänge)
Ougrée (B)
Stopping prohibition and a water tower
On October 10, 2019
- Culture of Industry
“There will be quiet open spaces,
and shady towers sweet with bells,
and quiet folks with quiet faces,
walking among these miracles.”
(H. Wolfe in The dream-city)
Chênée (B)