Episodes 247 to 250 in the west end of Haga consist of a mix of listed 1800s houses and Post-Modernism from the 1980s-1990s.
Episode 247: kv Furiren
District: Haga
Photo date: 7 May 2022
In all my sources, this block is the one showcased when conservation in Haga is discussed. If all other blocks were levelled, this one at least would contain examples of all types of houses still remaining after fires and waves of re-development have swept through Haga.
Episode 248: kv Trumslagaren, Kv Matrosen
District: Haga
Photo date: 8 May 2022
Car parks from the 1980s and on can sometimes have surprising decorations, like the one here. But mostly they are just functional, meaning drab. They need good foundations too, of which the older houses in the west end of Haga sadly lacked. So when the latest zoning regulation was made in 1984, it was mostly to replace rotting wooden hulks with modern concrete castings. At least the houses on the hill here were founded on solid rock so they could remain. For now…
Episode 249: kv Kadetten
District: Haga
Photo date: 8 May 2022
Landsvägsgatan was the main western thouroughfare into Gothenburg until the late 1800s when Linnégatan was built. Nowadays it is only a thouroughfare for bikes, which whizz by dangerously and copiously. Watch out! In olden days the street was called Tullgatan because of the toll boom near Järntorget: you had to pay a tax to be able to sell your wares in the city, and you were only allowed to sell wares in specific cities, so the Crown could have its cut.
Episode 250: kv Fanjunkaren
District: Haga
Photo date: 8 May 2022
Zoning regulations for this part of Gothenburg have been made in 1866, 1878, 1893, 1933, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1954, 1967 and 1984.
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