Un ghid de explorare Vechile harti lasau pete albe si eventual asezau acolo dragoni sau alte dihanii.
It’s also a book for those in love with the eternal and world‑wide South..
It’s a book for the passionate traveler, the city lover and for those interested in the way ‘bad’ cities or city parts manage on their own.
Also showing up are the houses of avant‑garde writers, a sexy swamp, and about dozens of mayors, each allowed a dozen minutes term.
We pay a visit to Victoria, Jana, Marioara, Leana and Geta, a group of ladies from an unjustly maligned neighborhood.
There are Stories about beautiful old and new houses; about historical parks and the industrial heritage; about endless apartment buildings, houses that grow above the streets, about the urban vernacular and the independent cultural centers; about radical visual artists, curators, dancers, architects, designers, doctors, writers, community activists, social entrepreneurs.
There are some peculiar maps in this guide, as well as a lot of stories, photographed and in writing.
We didn’t find any dragons there, but instead some magical Places and remarkable people.
The South of Bucharest, hidden behind Dictator Ceausescu’s pompous boulevard, is a white spot for visitors, but also for most inhabitants from the North.
An explorer’s guide The old maps left white spots and sometimes drew there dragons.
E si o carte pentru cei indragostiti de sudul etern si de pretutindeni.
E o carte pentru calatori, pentru cei ce iubesc orasele si sunt interesati de felul in care se descurca singure si se reinventeaza.
Mai aflam si despre niste zeci de primari, cu cate un mandat de zece minute fiecare.
Mergem in vizita la doamnele Victoria, Jana, Marioara, Leana si Geta din Rahova, dar si, mai spre sud, la casa lui Arghezi.
Povestile sunt despre case frumoase, mai noi sau mai vechi; despre parcuri istorice, monumente si patrimoniu industrial, despre blocuri, case care cresc deasupra strazii, despre case‑vagon cu bolti de vita sau despre centre culturale independente; despre artisti vizuali radicali, curatori, dansatori, arhitecti, designeri, medici, administratori de bloc, scriitori, activisti comunitari, antreprenori sociali.
Ghidul contine harti speciale, povesti scrise sau fotografiate.
Noi n‑am intalnit acolo dragoni, in schimb am gasit Locuri magice si oameni remarcabili.
Sudul Bucurestiului, cel ascuns dupa bulevardul lui Ceausescu, este o pata alba nu doar pentru vizitatori, ci si pentru majoritatea locuitorilor din partea de nord.
Un ghid de explorare Vechile harti lasau pete albe si eventual asezau acolo dragoni sau alte dihanii
