Buildings in Athens

Some buildings I found of interest.  Two were rotated by blogger, unasked for by me.  Does anyone else have this difficulty with blogger, that it can't upload pictures correctly?  I deleted one picture, and you can identify the other picture that is rotated fairly easily. 

Nicely rebuilt house, eaves and concrete walls, but the window coverings are dinghy and in need of paint. 

Roofing.  I spend a lot of time in Portugal and in Athens trying to get the right picture of roofs, and this was my first roofing picture, and in the end, one of the best pictures I took of roofing.  

Rotated window.  Notice the graffiti on the right, and the new paint tint starting just above the window frame.  

Interesting choice of window shades.  Not all windows are even still there.  

Another decrepit building, but it appears to still be in use, though some repairs are beginning to take place, given the wooden catch-bin at the bottom of the second story.  

Buildings in Miratejo and Almada

Decaying buildings are almost always more interesting than brand new construction, sadly.  These buildings are from around Miratejo. 

This little building is someone's home, and a business of some kind.  In the hotter evening, I've seen them bring out the barbeque and cook dinner. 

Little utility building with graffiti squeezed in between church school on the left and apartments on the right. 

Part of the Almada shopping mall.  

Apartment building life.  Balconies, some enclosed, some not; laundry hanging, television antennae, graffiti, slow decay, traffic, fully functional and occupied. 

Abandoned building on the road to the beach.  Vines taking over.  

Not well maintained, but it is in active use.  Cheap repairs on the roof, walls in need of patching and new paint.  This and the next house are in Trafariense where we had driven to eat at a particular restaurant operated by friends of my parents from many years back. 

Roof caving but still in full operation with trash bins out and laundry hanging.  Hope that laundry smells fresh and not of garbage.