The memory posts I did made me try to re-imagine how my father's building looked like back when I was a toddler. I redrew it. I did one picture that shows how it looked like before my dad did the expansion, around 1960. The other one after the renovation and expansion. Sometime around 1970. This 4+1 story building was demolished in 1991 and a new 11 story structure was erected in its place.
My impressions of the building circa 1960...
... and how it became around 1970
Few things to notice:
the car in the first picture, this was my father Peugeot 403, model 1958, that he had. It survived the years till around 1974!
The three trees: The Akadinia on the left. The one that saved my life. The palm tree that never bore dates and the pine tree that was cut in 1977 to build a protected garage.
The bird cage on the roof of the 1970 picture.
The stairs that appear from the stairwell window.
The drabzeen, i.e. the railings, around the building and in the stairwell.
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