Cases angleses / Common houses
Antigament, quasi tot Sabadell era així. però bona part de les anomenades "cases anglèses" han desaparescut. Aquest sector del c/ Covadonga continua igual.
Foto presa amb una càmara reflex Ihagee Exakta VX IIa produida entre 1958 i 1960 a la RDA.
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In Sabadell, my hometown, this kind of housing was known as "english houses" (cases anglèses). It's quite apt, considering that Sabadell was known in the XIX Century as the Catalan Manchester, due to it's textile industry.
Picture taken with my Ihagee Exakta VX IIa, made between 1958 and 1960 in the GDR.
Cases angleses / Common houses
Antigament, quasi tot Sabadell era així. però bona part de les anomenades "cases anglèses" han desaparescut. Aquest sector del c/ Covadonga continua igual.
Foto presa amb una càmara reflex Ihagee Exakta VX IIa produida entre 1958 i 1960 a la RDA.
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In Sabadell, my hometown, this kind of housing was known as "english houses" (cases anglèses). It's quite apt, considering that Sabadell was known in the XIX Century as the Catalan Manchester, due to it's textile industry.
Picture taken with my Ihagee Exakta VX IIa, made between 1958 and 1960 in the GDR.