CDP Theme day ~ Beauty of decay 4/4 Petőfi Hotel

For this theme , we knew that we have to feature this important but decaying landmark of the town.
Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the  restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

You might think, well, that roof doesn't look so bad or the signage is still kind of standing. Talking about the sign, its gorgeous, isn't it? To show you how much beauty is left of this building, we have posted 3 more photos prior to the theme day (scroll down this blog) for you to take in the details and background story of this yet-to-happen restoration.

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ps. as its the weekend, I'll visit your blogs later , got to prep. for guests :)

Beauty of decay 3/4 Petőfi Hotel

 

Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the  restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

At that time, the building was 107 years old. Seven years on, after some initial works of stripping, the project came to a halt several years ago. There were problems with the project manager, so we heard.

Because of the long delays, the building now looks worse than before! However, if you look closer, we believe you will find beauty in the decay ;)  We're posting a series of 4 photos to show you some remaining details.

#News April 22, 2013 - the works is back on under a new management. source

Beauty of decay 2/4 Petőfi Hotel

Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the  restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

At that time, the building was 107 years old. Seven years on, after some initial works of stripping, the project came to a halt several years ago. There were problems with the project manager, so we heard.

Because of the long delays, the building now looks worse than before! However, if you look closer, we believe you will find beauty in the decay ;)  We're posting a series of 4 photos to show you some remaining details.

#News April 22, 2013 - the works is back on under a new management. source

Beauty of decay 1/4 - Petőfi Hotel

Back of hotel,  refurbishment underway Oct 26, 2008

Since 2006, this blog has been documenting the  restoration works of this former hotel. We even took a "before" photo in anticipation of the planned restoration.

At that time, the building was 107 years old. Seven years on, after some initial works of stripping, the project came to a halt several years ago. There were problems with the project manager, so we heard.

Because of the long delays, the building now looks worse than before! However, if you look closer, we believe you will find beauty in the decay ;)  We're posting a series of 4 photos to show you some remaining details.

#News April 22, 2013 - the works is back on under a new management. source

Busó-walk / Busójárás

Happened on 22 February.
It's a pity we didn't make it back ; but the video taken from facebook showed how fun the Busójárás was! :)

Yarn storming

How "knit" is this?!  A couple of trees at Kiss Balint Street were being adorned with knitted or crocheted yarn.

Considered a type of street art / graffiti, "yarn storming was initially almost exclusively about reclaiming and personalizing sterile or cold public places" ~ Wiki

Internation Free Hug day

Despite the photo being rubbish, I am (re)posting 'cos today is International Free Hug Day.

I posted on the same event before but with a different photo here

Theme day: Festival of the Belly Button

When I first make the big move here in 2005, I received my first digital point 'n shoot camera, a gift to document my new life in a new country.

It was also the early years of photo sharing on the internet; so, enthusiastically I joined many photo sharing sites. In the beginning, many of my photos was just point and shoot (duh!), without considering the proportion etc.


Over time, I learned more on photo compositions and editing from others. By 2006, my first digital camera retired when I upgraded to semi-dslr; which am still currently using.

For this theme day, I submit 2 shots of the rail tracks, both taken just within months. The noticeable difference for me was that in the later shot, I got more comfortable with photo editing programmes, and experimented a lot more.

Originally posted on March 2007

Originally posted on Jan 2007

For the rest of entries please visit http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/festival-of-belly-button.html

Best wishes

July 24th was their 5th Anniversary! I have no idea why this photo has been sitting in my archive for this long...
Anyway, that was my first sighting of newly weds on carriage ride and I understand that this is a tradition of the Roma people.

River Tisza

A scene as you enter and exit the town, a part of  River Tisza .

Sharing

A statue that also functions as bird bath!
What I love are the details and almost monotone of this shot :)

You can see the top of the statue in this link :-
http://szentesdailyphoto.blogspot.hu/2006/03/rendezvous.html

Antikvárium @ Pólya Street

Not too long ago, we discovered this antikvárium (Hungarian for second-hand book shop). If not mistaken, this is the only surviving one in town. As you can see the place is cramped which gave me a headache initially but I found 2 books within minutes of browsing! *satisfied*
The owner is a friendly chap (who keeps talking!). He told us that he prefers to trade for collections of pooms and classics. Erm... hopefully, he'll continue to carry other catergories for our sakes ;)

*recycled post from my other photoblog.