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From the crooked traffic light to the mantis in a car... In La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos we can see a summary of ten curious images, of complaints or with a message collected this week in The Reader's Mailbox.
Now we are going crooked, as the figure of this traffic light in Plaza de Catalunya and Bergara Street in Barcelona seems to indicate.
I am sharing the photograph of the informational poster placed at the entrance to Calle Sant Pere més Baix, next to Via Laietana, but, on the other hand, it is not at the entrance to the same street by the Arc de Triomphe.
Furthermore, it is only in Catalan, when many electric scooter users are foreigners or from outside Catalonia, it also does not indicate the maximum speed and is located very high, so the informative purpose will be null.
Even so, more signs like this would be needed in busy pedestrian areas such as Portal de l'Àngel, narrow streets of Ciutat Vella or on Avenida de la Catedral, for example, combining it with Urban Guard controls.
The line to sign up for Imserso trips is so long that it attracts the attention of television.
I share this photograph in which a student on the façade cries: "I graduated from high school studying in the park", shortly after last October 24, Library Day, for more than 4 years since the library Manuel Alvar Public School on Azcona Street in Madrid, with a warehouse of 600,000 books, a computer room and an ideal space for studying or simply relaxing by reading a book or the press, is closed.
It remains wasted due to the apathy and lack of coordination between the Ministry of Culture and the Community of Madrid. Intolerable teasing and lack of respect.
The Spanish League Classic is approaching, which will be played this Saturday in Barcelona. The vendors at the street markets, in this case in Tarragona, know this and take it into account, as demonstrated by the photo of the scarves of both teams.
Symphony of colors with the remains of advertising posters. On Avenida del Paral·lel we were able to see, a few days ago, a colorful display made up of the remains of advertising posters that are periodically fixed with glue on the city's advertising columns. The fact that it had recently rained made it easier to see this curious image.
Announcement columns are usually made up of a pedestal or round base made of artificial stone, a modular body with a round section made of galvanized steel sheet and a repulsed top hat made of 2 mm aluminum sheet fixed to the column with rivets. The dictionary defines it as an element of urban furniture with a cylindrical shape used to fix posters.
The Morris column (colonne Morris, Litfaßsäule, Litfaß column) is an element of urban furniture initially Parisian, but also present in many other cities around the world. Cylindrical in shape, it mainly serves as a support for advertising shows and films.
Although its silhouette and general appearance have evolved little since its creation, improvements and new uses have appeared over time. Currently, for example, it can be illuminated at night. It can be rotated for better display of posters, and these are often protected from the elements and vandalism by glass.
The space inside is sometimes used to store cleaning material for public roads, to house toilets or public telephones.
Their invention is attributed to the Berliner Ernst Litfaß who introduced them in December 1854 to fight against wild advertising. However, the Morris columns owe their name to the printer Gabriel Morris, who obtained the concession from him to Paris in 1868.
Morris column, announcing column, advertising column, round advertising column, advertising lollipop, advertising supports are some of the names of this simple and useful artifact that we can see in many cities.
Apparently, in the city of Barcelona there are still more than 300 "free expression lollipops" in which everyone can attach whatever they want without asking permission.
Although it may seem like a lie, neither technology, nor common sense, nor time (well into the 21st century), have been able to move this post in the middle of the road in front of my house in Valldoreix and which, despite having claimed it several times (the last precisely following an accident involving a vehicle that collided with the pole), surprisingly it is still there. And new, because in the last accident when the pole was split in half, instead of removing it and putting it in another place, they put it back in the same place. Incredible but true!
This entire façade of this building protected by Patrimoni at almost the highest level was graffitied continuously, in the Plaza Comercial (Mercado del Born) with Fussina Street in Barcelona.
Despite sending various requests to the City Council, they charge the owners of the property with the responsibility of cleaning the facade, which is continually vandalized. It contrasts with the headline that "the Endreça plan becomes the definitive recipe for the maintenance of the city."
How does an artist close a door? The other day I visited the studio of the Belgian sculptor of Extremaduran origin Juan de la Cruz, which he currently has in Olot. And I saw one of the most original ways to put a lock on a door.
It is simply a matter of using a brush of the appropriate size and we now have a stylishly closed door. And above all with an artistic note that evidently tells us neighbors that an artist lives, works and is the place of creation.
In this photo I show the praying mantis that I found on the windshield of the car when I returned from playing golf at the Llavaneres Club.
