Wall to Wall Walls
I particularly like that as buildings have subsided and certainly are no longer plumb, the new buildings stand square and proud next to the old saggy buildings.
I was going to call this post row-houses initially, but it didn't feel quite right. The houses that will be in this post aren't really row-houses in the way that Sweden has done rowhouses over the years. The ones I saw in new developments growing up were rows 'pon rows of identical houses, sharing walls. This post isn't really about them. This is about the houses that have been built to abut over time. Squishing a new dwelling in between existing ones.
I particularly like that as buildings have subsided and certainly are no longer plumb, the new buildings stand square and proud next to the old saggy buildings. Spine straight. Shoulders back. Great posture.
This is probably the most extreme example of that that I spotted:
The clear delineation between properties by changing roofs, or wall colours makes for a bright and colourful neighbourhood. I love that.
These photos were taken in Malmö, Oskarshamn, Karlshamn, and Lund.
This one reminds me of one of those stubborn-house-owner-refuses-to-sell-up-to-a-apartment-block-developer houses. I love those stubborn folks - there's a good documentary about one of them. Check it out!
