Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Fading and resurging Chynów in monochrome and colour

Below: an abandoned farmhouse on the unpaved track that leads down to Grobice from Jakubowizna. I have scrambled up a pile of soil to get this angle. The klimat fits my mood. Love that sky!


Below: I zoom in from the same vantage point. "Yes, we shall gather at the river..."

Below: "Are you men from the bank?" Foreclosed dust-bowl farm, Oklahoma, 1935 vibe. One of the XII  Canonical Prospects of Jakubowizna. From the Eastern Canon.


Below:  once a roadside bar. Long since closed. One day in late 2007, the DK50 bypass opened and truck-drivers no longer wanted to stop here. Dead tree adds to klimat.


Below: another, grander former roadside bar with lodgings. Again, long since closed. The old DK50, as it runs through Chynów today is quiet – and much safer. 


Below: further on up the road. The viaduct that carries the road coming into Chynów from Sułkowice and the north, crossing over the DK50 bypass.


Below: from the embankment, I turn slightly to my left and zoom in on the agricultural scenes below. Orchards and arable. Well-tended, well invested.


Schumpeterian destruction: the economy giveth, the economy taketh away. My observations of Chynów right now are of a town that's rapidly growing. New shops, new houses, new infrastructure. People happier, friendlier. Long may the line on the graph point upward.

This time last year:
Imminent? I don't think so
[Biggest UFO/UAP-related news this year – correlation between pre-Sputnik transients and major UFO flaps and nuclear tests]

This time two years ago:
Dawn tourism – the sights without the crowds

This time three years ago:
Bike ride to the past

This time five years ago:

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