DOORS ON VIA GARIBALDI

I know that I should just show the old door in close up but this is such a good example of town planning laws that I had to use it. A car was parked right in front so that I could not get a straight shot. Woe.

The door on the right is old, obviously. The one on the left is new but you can see that it is almost identical to the old one. If you need to replace a door or a window in this area, you can't have anything you want. You could not have a bright red door with a nice shiny brass knocker or a stained glass inset. No. You have to have one exactly like the one that was there before. The arch above the new door was obviously crumbling and has been omitted. It is beyond reason, of course, that anyone should have to replace ancient stonework. Pity, that. It is not like the local council to be reasonable, either. It does have the same kind of iron fanlight above the door. The entire building has been spiffed up but the bars on the window are rusty and original as is the balcony above. It would appear that all of the exterior pipes and wires have been hidden during the spiffing. It has been converted into three apartments, obviously, while the old one remains with one occupant.

Via Garibaldi is a very pleasant street inside the walls. As I was taking the pics a woman on a red bicycle arrived, opened the new door and shoved her bike inside. She had a long loaf of bread and other goodies in her basket. Nice.

Later addition: Since some liked the idea of the woman with the red bike, here she is. I see I wasn't in time to catch her basket with the morning shopping in it. Woman with red bike.