We found this abandoned dance hall, part of a riverside restaurant, on the banks of the Elbe river after the last big flood.
The hall is in Hohenwarthe near Magdeburg, Germany, Saxony-Anhalt. Maybe not only the water (from the 2013 flood) destroyed the beautiful architecture (built around 1900 I believe) but also the hate of the communism, who ruled this region for 40 years. In East Germany the joy to dance was called decadent…
I like to play on my guitar: this ol’ house …
related:
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/this-old-house-about-getting-older/
Lovely.
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So fitting, Frizz for this abandoned place.
Happy Sunday! 🙂
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oh yes, that’s very forlorn! z
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hi Lisa, strolling through Berlin at midnight, I noticed a graffiti painter, working with bright colors under the light of a big big lamp. Your work in my mind I asked her, where she came from. Venezuela she said:
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I can never understand the thinking that sees dancing as decadent.
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This is a very moving post. Thanks for sharing it. The music is a good fit!
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There must have been some wonderful nights in this beautiful old place…
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Hey, Frizz- let’s dance! 🙂 I can’t remember when I was decadent last.
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Very evocative, and its hard to imagine dancing being seen in a negative light, yet here in Scotland the Wee Free Church, many years ago now, thought the same thing. They didn’t even allow music in church, only the human voice 🙂
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The music is a moving backdrop to the sights of the ravaged building. Great sound.
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Reblogged this on FLOOD SAVVY and commented:
If the sights of a flood ravaged building had a musical backdrop, this could be the song.
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thank you for reblog;
water can make happy –
and sometimes very sad …
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