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Response to Urban Decay (Response #174)

Uploaded 1271 Days Ago by digitalpeace - 12 comments

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Ana said 1271 days ago:

indeed! good idea.

groen65 said 1271 days ago:

That says it all!

King said 1271 days ago:

Look,everyone, a McEagle!

I just have to laugh. Thanks, whoever posted this.

VernonTrent said 1271 days ago:

looks like the mcd in porto ;)

VernonTrent said 1271 days ago:

http://www.xoverip.info/pb/index.php?showimage=257

:-)))

reality said 1271 days ago:

perfect!

urbangriffin said 1271 days ago:

Well, if I'm willing to make a rather long-winded and purely speculative interpretation of this photograph, then I will be able to find it relevant, and with impact. Without that, it scores rather low on both. I think, deep down, I will go the way of the interpretation, which is rather seductive, although my ratings won't follow. :)

bslomovic said 1270 days ago:

Brilliant take on this theme. Love it!

feelingdave said 1270 days ago:

Love this. What a powerful statement.

zorilla said 1270 days ago:

If the theme was nutritional and/or dental decay you'd score top marks, but this is a fabulous example of urban rebirth

digitalpeace said 1270 days ago:

Thank you very much for the feedback. As Vernon has spotted, and taken a beautiful photo of it, this is the former Imperial cafe in Porto, Portugal, current Imperial McDonald's. For me this represents urban decay par excellence since a beautiful old art-nouveau cafe that used to one of Porto's landmarks is now invaded by the kitsch taste of the global corporate capital. I don't mean to say that neither McDonald's nor the kitsch are not part of the urban structures, they are urban phenomena on the contrary. But decay, in my opinion, is not only rust and decomposition, it can also be the shiny invading signs of the corporate.

Roger said 1270 days ago:

How appropriate - cultural imperialism is responsible the decay of cities around the world.

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