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This “Signs of the City” series began as a way to get me out the door in the highly urban environment of Dhaka: one thing I could count on finding any time I walked out the door was at least a commercial sign or flier, so I made it my goal to get out each day and photograph a sign or two, even when the heat was oppressive or the traffic unusually heavy and loud. During last month’s return to Bangladesh, after the unexpected departure of the PM (on August 5, for anyone who looks closely enough at the gallery below to wonder why the “36th July” painting), I saw lots of new graffiti and more color in both Cox & Dhaka than I’d seen in past visits. All the images in this post come from a wall around some large compound not far from the office.
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Some street & city scenes from Cox. One of my first posts during this recent visit showed you a few new graffiti panels in Dhaka, and here you see more of this flourising and colorful new graffiti art which I’m told sprang up rather spontaneously after the sudden departure of the PM in early August. I’ll share more from Dhaka itself, later.
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Considering the over-abundance of photos noted in prior posts, I’ve decided it’s time to share just about all the photos that remain from late June’s visit to Hamburg – a trip we’ve shown you in various past posts starting in early July. Sheesh, three months ago already. Anyhoo – the gallery below is just about everything; the Bismarck Monument above (I think I recall reading somewhere that it’s the largest Bismarck monument in the world?) is one notable city site. I think the Alster & the City Hall (Rathaus) shown in the two larger photos at the end are probably the city’s most famous sites, along with the harbor in general and, now, the Elbphilharmonie building (we pointed it out in an earlier post, and you’ll see it again in the gallery below if you look for it).
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This is the view a person would have had, in those days, if they’d swiveled 90 degrees to the left, from the perspective in which I took this photo. That’s more info that you need, but perhaps useful for any who’ve visited me, in situating yourself. I’ve shown blog viewers the brick building in one or two posts taken from its far side, and this alleyway (which is now mostly used for bikes, parking, gyms and flea-market stores) only once thus far…but I’ve passed along it just about any time I took photos that are tagged “Park Schinkeleilanden,” for anyone curious enough to try to fit it all together :-).
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(so much world, so little time....) 