Thessaloniki: Through the eyes of. F. Constantinides [photos]

Of Agriculture Σκονδρανη
Walking in the beloved city of Thessaloniki, discover roads, alleyways, and streets like you see it for the first time…
The streets have to tell stories and share secrets with the visitor wants to hear.
Like this and the section Stavros Konstantinidis walked these streets, she looked again and give much thought, listening to the creaks of the time and living history.
Texts of the same and photos of Kostas Kaplani, coated the Cafe Facto in Pavlou Mela 19, for one month from 1 to 30 October with the opening of the exhibition “10 roads like stories” to come tomorrow, Thursday, 6 October at 19:30.
The crossroads of Aristotle, the charm of the Al. Pellet, the famous cross of Pavlos Melas, the iconic but degenerate Vardaris, the bustling Egnatia, the timelessly elegant proxenou Koromila street, the international brand of Tsimiski street , the children’s neighborhood of Heliopolis, the πεζοδρομικό branch of the Ζεύξιδος, the wonderful architectural New Beach, all together produce a unique city, Thessaloniki. These corners of the city chose mr. Konstantinidis to give the report.
Speaking of this report in a Press conference that was about he said: “The road is life. Point of view,” and added, inter alia, that all paths are different in Thessaloniki, greece.
The report has been issued a special booklet with photos that will be exhibited together with the texts that will adorn these photos.
The photos of Kostas Kaplani, according to mr. Konstantinidis is really true and have a meaning. “Each image helps the text. “To see the Vardar and to the Vardaris, as it is today in the mind”.
Also to a question of a journalist how he sees every way and what would be needed in addition to the each and every one of them, mr. Konstantinidis added: “Aristotle constantly pressed. With scooters, with pedestrians squeezed on a daily basis. I managed to give the ground floor the role that they had. It is a degraded pedestrian”.
For the Pavlos Melas said that could increase the public space by widening the sidewalks.
And added that in the Lassanis the municipality did widening the sidewalks and immediately gave another life to the street. “It was something that had to be done,” he said.
But mr. Constantinides said and the reasons that led him to choose the specific roads for the report. “A primary concern, have a feeling these streets” and I would agree with him. This town, these streets are feeling…


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