Peeling Restaurant
November 21st, 2011 § 66 Comments
Another example of one man’s trash being another’s treasure.
If this building stood in most modern cities today, it wouldn’t be standing for long. The peeling facade and age alone would probably earn it a date with a wrecking ball. I can tell you that here in Toronto we love to tear down buildings of character and replace them with tall, glass, hollow condo towers or some other mundane building project the city terms “revitalization.” This building, however, stands proudly in Rome. Sure it could use a paint job, but it’s still charming enough that crowds of afternoon patrons prevented us from procuring a seat on the patio for a little vino to go with the view.
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That’s what I loved about my visit to Rome a few years ago: the city wasn’t afraid to be old, but at the same time, it didn’t seem to make a big deal of the fact that it’s old.
In America, when something is old, we keep it because it’s historic, and we want desperately to have old things around us, so long as they look pretty.
I’d prefer this kind of building to most boring, modern buildings. this just has a lot of story to it!
This stunner HAS to be in Italy right? We have the same problem holding on to anything worthwhile here in Sydney. Developers care for money only at the cost of all else.I believe in saving for the future. This is exactly why traveling through Australia and the USA is the same and the Uk and Europe is the same. USA,Canada and Australia will develop at all costs.
good one
awsome
i agree. love the character in older buildings! thanks for the reminder of my recent trip to italy!
the correct address is Piazza Giuditta Tavani Arquati. And yes, it’s Trastevere!
oh no! maybe it’s just piazza santa maria in trastevere! by the way, love roma! bye!
Roma è tutta bella!
what an awesome place to enjoy a meal.
Oh, Europe… (sigh)
As an European, I really miss these kind of views! So beautiful – The Old World Charm!
Wow, what a charming a beautiful building.
If I ever make it there, I’ll look out for this. It’s my kind of beauty.
Sure there must be some great photo opportunitites in Toronto too? I’ll go a-searching on your blog. Cheers!
Great photo! I know where that building is.
I think it’s great how just how it is
I love this picture! It looks like many buildings that I see or pass by everyday. But, only at the hand of a photographer such building can turn out to be an interesting object. Nice one!
mistery building…
more mystery…
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The colour of the building looks somewhat orange to me, so “peeling” is somewhat appropriate.
Love it..Even better facades are in any coastal Italian beach town. Nice shot.
I think there is a law, or a regulation at least, about new buildings in Rome (or probably all around Italy), that takes care of the spirit of the neighborhood, meaning, you cannot have a huge concrete/glass/steel buildings in the middle of this kind of neighborhood. Of course, you have blocks of concrete apartment buildings, but away from city center.
To me amazing thing about Rome is the fact that even though it is a big city with big history, tourists, power, traffic jams etc, as soon as you go behind a big building, you go into a small little street, small little square, you find intimate places that seem to be in a small town, rather than a big city; like you go through a secret door in the garden wall and end up in another world
I totally agree – Italy is wonderful that way. They do shabby chic like no one else in the world!
What an awesome shot, I love the building and the lines in the photo
Great post
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I know that building. I was only in Rome for 4-5 days, but I remember (and have photos of) that building. It’s fantastic.
Thank you all so much for liking this post and for the fantastic comments. I love Italy and buildings like this one are one of the reasons why. It has character. It has history. It has culture. I can’t wait to go back. I hope you all enjoy the rest of the shots on here.
It may be peeling, but that’s still a vibrant color, with a nice-looking cafe.
It is .. It looks old .. yet still have that “come and enjoy the food” attraction ..
Great shot! Rome has a lot of character compared to Toronto that’s for sure!
Old and ancient buildings have their own unique features that are priceless for the whole humankind. We should protect and be proud of these buildings.
Awesome photo!
The classic & the current, perfect!
Nice Bldg!
nice photo.. for me, repainting the building isn’t necessary cause i love the vintage’y and rustic looks of it.. makes it more interesting.. would love to go back to italy someday…
Ah yes, I would love to revisit Italy someday!
Lovely..perfect in it’s peelingness
If you love this go to Venice… every street is like this…
Great title for this post– it sounded like Peking, or some other place, so when I clicked through I was surprised. Lovely. Thanks.
One of the great, unintended favors that communism did for Budapest was to retain its beautiful old buildings. Some became run down and required structural work, but most seemed to need only a bit of cleaning and minor sprucing up. I love things that show their age (as long as they’re not falling into actual disrepair). During the mid-1990s, it made me think of what Paris must have looked like 50-75 years ago: gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
I agree. Thanks!
Great picture! Thank you for sharing!
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I appreciate the pic … then again, I love Rome and Italy in general. Well done from a first-time visitor.
Oh, I think it would suffer from a paint job. It’s really beautiful in its peeling state.
lovely
Lots of cities in the US have that disease too. Charlotte NC is a former home, and there is NO historic district there. Just a bunch of plaques that announce what used to be there….:-(
Really good picture. Nice little peice. It’s a pity it wasn’t longer.
Wow….you just brought back major feelings of Rome…I get sick, just from its beauty…just strange…
I know this is Rome, but it makes me want to go back to Florence. Thanks for transporting me back in time!
Lorna
Love this picture and the building. Europe has so many of those buildings, and they’re beautiful. They’re visual, physical proof of history, they have so much character and so many stories behind them. I miss those buildings very much now that I’m no longer in Europe. Thanks for sharing and congrats on being freshly pressed!
Thanks! I can’t wait to go back!
As soon as I saw this photo, I thought, “Yeah…that building wouldn’t last very long here in Toronto” and then I read your description of the photo. Clearly, you thought the same thing! lol!
It’s a beautiful photo…so glad you posted it and congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
Thank you so much! And I agree with you about how long it would last in Toronto.
Just dreaming going there
You will never regret it if you do, I promise.
Makes me think of a number of places in Greece, particularly round the harbour in Chania. Ah, the warmth, the food. Thanks for the happy memories jogger
Sta Maria in Trastevere. I lived a couple blocks away from here. I miss it too much.
Thank you so much for the name! I couldn’t remember that.
What an aging beauty:)
It’s nice that they have umbrellas to prevent the paint chips from falling in the food.
Haha! Nice!
I, on the other hand appreciate structures like this. So they say, with age comes beauty.
I completely agree.
Love it! seen lots of places like this in Italy and I think its beautiful!
I love it! There is a restaurant called Maccheroni which used be a lovely peeling yellow, bug they have painted it and it doesn’t look so interesting any more.