(photograph © Kiwidutch)
I’m sitting in bed, fairly immobile with my foot in plaster so new photos from around and about my home city are not happening any time soon.
However I do have some photos in my stash from walking adventures around The Hague earlier on in the year, so this post is about a small series of those photos.
There are some figures in The Hague that many the locals will recognise but might be less well known to visitors.
They are not situated in the centre of town or near any prominent tourist attraction, and are on a busy road, well above people’s eye-line and set back just a little so if you are just looking straight in front of you out of the car or tram window then you might not even realise that they are there.
I’m a detail fanatic and love looking up at the decorations on old buildings when I’m a passenger in a car or on a tram.
Sadly many of the oldest buildings on this street and in this neighbourhood were rather dilapidated and run down and so were in recent years demolished to make way for newer, more modern houses and shops.
If you find yourself on the Loosduinseweg, between the intersections of the Asmanweg and the Gaslaan, heading towards Loosduinen, then you will have on your left hand side a tram track that runs though a narrow avenue of trees and which divides the road and the traffic heading in the opposite direction and on your right hand side, a large block of Flats that sport some small business premises out the front.
The Flats take up a good proportion of the area between the Asmanweg and the Gaslaan and more or less in the centre, there are two columns, that mark a small parking and drop off area that comes off the Loosduinseweg and service the flats.
My statues are a jaunty couple seated upon these columns and if you are not looking for them, are dwarfed by the flats behind them.
They are a figures of a man and a woman, 1930′s style (I think) and they are casually posed, nonchalantly looking down at the traffic that passes by on the busy road.
Perched up high, it’s not so easy to get photos from different angles, but I’ve done my best.
I love them… take a look and see if you do too…
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
Hello.
I love this post. It was so interesting to read Your thoughts from Your old cit. Those photos from Loosduinseweg-statues are charming. You know that I love art in its many forms and these are great.
Happy New Year to You and Yours. I wish next year to see more of Your splendid and interesting photos.
Comment by sartenada — December 31, 2010 @ 8:07 am |
Sartenada, I will be most happy to bring you more posts like these. Happy New Year and I hope that you have a wonderful 2011 !, Happy Blogging!!!
Comment by kiwidutch — December 31, 2010 @ 5:14 pm |
The artist behind these statues is smiling right now because someone GOT IT! Someone actually took the time to stop for a moment and see past all the minutia to find a hidden gem like this. You do this all the time and I love reading about your finds!
I hope your foot heals quickly and you are out and about searching for and capturing more hidden treasures! Happy New Year!
Comment by milkayphoto — December 31, 2010 @ 7:24 pm |
Thanks Tracy,
Just one more week to wait before we find out if the pins can come out. Clearly even if they do, I won’t be walking properly just yet, but I’m hoping that minus the nuts and bolts will be more comfortable and if I can loose the plaster too, then that just will just MAKE my day! First new x-rays and then literally one step at a time. (well, one hop… but you get the idea LOL.)
I LOVE “discovering” stuff around my city, and there are so many things that I haven’t yet discovered but hope to get to one day in the future. It’s as if statues and artworks like these are “hiding in plain sight” and it’s for us to open our eyes to “seeing” them though the busyness of everyday life and bustle.
I’ll search though my photos and try and post a few more “finds”.
Comment by kiwidutch — December 31, 2010 @ 7:41 pm |