Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Concrete and lush







In Sthlm there are several places where 60's concrete meets cottages from the previous turn of the century. I love the beautiful anachronism and dream of one day having my own house under a bridge.

Last time I was at the mill Skanskvarn I was told about the ghost Linda that murdered her husband by throwing a sack of flour on him. The neighbors starved her to death in the top floor of the mill where you still hear her song...

Below Skanskvarn right by the water is Sundsta, pale yellow, wooden apartment houses from the previous turn of the century in a wild, overgrown garden. I pass it every time I go jogging and think: Mmm...

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