Thomas Locke Hobbs

Currently: Buenos Aires

 

Another Favela Vertical

Another posh building from the 1950s fallen on hard times. I'm not sure if this precisely fits the definition of a favela as it may simply be caught in a downward spiral of bad up-keep and cheaper rent. I believe the building is popularly known as the "pombal" but i'll have to do more research on this. It's located in a nice area of Bela Vista near the shopping mall Frei Caneca. I wanted to stay and take more pictures but the area immediately surrounding the building, not surprisingly, is dodgy. Quite coincidentally I came across a gorgeous photo spread in the July/Aug. issue of Wallpaper of Ponte City, a 54 story residential tower in downtown Johannesberg that has also fallen on hard times. The magazine doesn't have any of the gorgeous pictures online so I could only find this crappy photo, and this page discussing J-berg landmarks.

Monday, July 04, 2005

Hi. I'm a 32 year-old American currently living in Buenos Aires. Before that I lived in California, Sao Paulo and New York and if you browse through the archives below you can see photos of all those places. I also have an old geocities page with some outdated information but also more photos of Buenos Aires, friends and my 9/11 pictures.

Friends Luc Garcia, Bryan Chin, Vagner Cardoso, Aaron Holsberg, Jesse on the Brink, Overheard in NY, nblinks, Ted Gideonse, David Ruiz. Buenos Aires Good Aires, A Texan in Argentina, Go Where the Taxista Takes You, Line of Sight, Albano Garcia Blog Highlights Portraits [2004, 2005, 2006, 2007], Portugal, Sao Paulo Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Skyline, More Sao Paulo [1, 2, 3, 4], Buenos Aires [1, 2, 3], Mexico City, Curitiba, The Gates, Paris, Morocco [1, 2, 3, 4], NYC Gay Pride [2006, 2007, 2008] Other Stuff My Flickr Stream and Lockezinho my other blog. Archives 2003.06, 2003.07, 2003.08, 2003.09, 2003.10, 2003.11, 2003.12, 2004.01, 2004.02, 2004.03, 2004.04, 2004.05, 2004.06, 2004.07, 2004.08, 2004.09, 2004.10, 2004.11, 2004.12, 2005.01, 2005.02, 2005.03, 2005.04, 2005.05, 2005.06, 2005.07, 2005.08, 2005.09, 2005.10, 2005.11, 2005.12, 2006.01, 2006.02, 2006.03, 2006.04, 2006.05, 2006.06, 2006.07, 2006.08, 2006.09, 2006.10, 2006.11, 2006.12, 2007.01, 2007.02, 2007.03, 2007.04, 2007.05, 2007.06, 2007.07, 2007.08, 2007.09, 2007.10, 2007.11, 2007.12, 2008.01, 2008.02, 2008.03, 2008.04, 2008.05, 2008.06, 2008.07, 2008.08, RSS Feed (let me know if it doesn't work) Contact thobbs at gmail dot com does spelling it out really prevent spam?