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Well, yesterday a crew from the Municipality of Athens finally got around to clearing up the debris off the public sidewalk and added a chain-link fence to prevent more avalanching.
I felt it necessary to give the proper authorities credit and blog about it since it only took 2 weeks, which is really an accomplishment by Greek standards. (No, I'm not kidding).
A painting on a still-standing wall caught my attention and made me wonder what glories this house must have seen to have a hand-painted drawing of what Athens used to look like in its halls.
I pass a lot of these old, stately Athenian manors on my way and back to work. I wish I could find out more about their histories. I wish more of them would be preserved and used as offices or homes rather than brothels and junkie hide-outs. My father, who grew up in the heart of Athens, had loads of stories about downtown Athenian homes and families... I miss those stories.
And him.
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