demolition Archives - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

May 2, 2026 What has been left Post a Comment

The frayed edges of industry

The demolition of a former cement factory

“So seht doch hin, wo die gute Welt
Zusammenhält!
Seht hin, wo sie auseinanderfällt!”

(J.W. von Goethe in Lyrische Dichtungen)
Visé (B)

April 15, 2026 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

The building that needs to vomit

Dumped debris at a building being renovated

“A drunkard is a dead man,
And all dead men are drunk.”

(W.B. Yeats in A drunken man’s praise of sobriety)
Eindhoven (NL)

January 16, 2026 What has been left Post a Comment

Castagnetti’s demolition theatre

The demolition of a theater by the Castagnetti company

“Knock down the walls,
Rock the foundations,
Until the house falls.
Like a pack of cards,
Crashing to the ground.
Then we’ll build a row
Of identical boxes
And sell them all off at treble the profits.
Demolition.”

(The Kinks in Demolition)
Liège (B)

November 22, 2025 Street Scenes Post a Comment

After the kitchen disappeared I’m standing here alone

Kitchen wall in a demolition property with a beech tree

“A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
And closed them beneath the kisses of night.”

(P. B. Shelley in The sensitive plant)
Seraing (B)

October 31, 2025 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

“The Walls of Jericho” could be anywhere

“So let your trumpets blow
‘Round the walls of Jericho
Let your mighty voices sound
Until the walls come tumbling down”

(John Fulbright in Jericho)
Sint-Truiden (B)

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The frayed edges of industry

The building that needs to vomit

Castagnetti’s demolition theatre

After the kitchen disappeared I’m standing here alone

“The Walls of Jericho” could be anywhere