Thursday 5 March 2009

Evening Light in Josefstadt


Sun-Kissed Crown
Palais Damian
Lange Gasse

Frank Bau- und Kunstglaserei
Florianigasse

Florianigasse Facade
Reflected in Frank's shop window

Glamuri
Kurioses & Krimskrams
Unusual Knickknacks & Bric-à-Brac
Florianigasse

Glamuri
Wares in one of the shop windows

Doll's Florist Shop
Lange Gasse
Trees of Schönborn Park
reflected in the store window.

My first encounter with this innovative florist
was quite accidental.
I was driving through Lange Gasse
on a late November night,
when I noticed
an upside down Christmas tree
in their store window.
The creativity displayed in those windows
has drawn me back there again and again.

Bowfront
Buchfeldgasse/Josefstädter Strasse

Reflection
The house reflected in the shop window
of a flower shop on Josefstädter Strasse
was the birthplace and family home of
Nobel Laureate Karl von Frisch (1886 - 1982),
who pioneered studies in bee communication and foraging.

Swiss poet Gottfried Keller spent
"the happiest days" of his life there in 1874 ,
as guest of von Frisch's mother, Marie von Frisch.

La Delizia Ristorante
White rose and well-loved Fiat 500
Florianigasse 19

Theater in der Josefstadt
Billboard outside Vienna's oldest theater
Josefstädter Strasse

Die Alte Löwen-Apotheke
The Old Lion Pharmacy
Joefstädter Strasse/Piaristengasse

The Lion-Apothecary was founded in 1782
in a building across the street
from its present location.

Piaristenkirche Maria Treu
Piarist Church of Mary the Faithful
Jodok-Fink-Platz
View from Maria-Treu-Gasse

Photographed on the evening of
Saturday, April 5, 2008,
in the 8th District
(Josefstadt)
Vienna


7 comments:

  1. The Crown and the Menagerie were my favorites...how'd you guess??? Lovely shots all round!
    Sandi

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  2. the first 4 are my favs
    the gold color just pops
    amazing

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  3. Love love love all the TYPE!!!!
    exquisite!

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  4. The architecture in the streets speak of times gone by, but refreshing to me all the same. Thanks, Merisi.

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  5. WOW absolutely gorgeous photography all over this blog, incredible shots of life and architecture and coffee...lol

    really enjoy it..thanks.

    you make vienna seem a LOT more appealing than it ever was to me...i now will have it on my list of cities to visit in Europe.

    http://havetravelled.blogspot.com
    http://nevertravelled.blogspot.com

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  6. haha a 2 year can do beter than that

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