The "Humboldt" shopping center, a place to remember

The exercise of architecture is the most delicious of labors. It is also, along with agriculture, the most necessary for man.

Philip Johnson

Greetings community # it is a pleasure to be with you again to share with you about design and architecture that is in my state. As I have mentioned in previous posts this is a coastal area and the primary source of economic income is fishing and agriculture.
A few years ago there was little construction but with the passage of time has been building shopping centers, hotels, inns, among others.
On this occasion I want to share with you a shopping center that is located in the center of the city. This is known as the Humboldt shopping center.

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It is worth mentioning that this mall brings back fond memories to my mind and takes me back to many years ago when my child was little because there was a commercial establishment dedicated to photography where we went monthly with the little one to take his birthday picture and we did it religiously. After taking his picture we would go up to the food department to taste the different gastronomy that was in the place. Many times to vary a little and pamper my palate I tried typical foods from other countries. It was a spectacular place where many families met to spend some quality time. I told them that in place of photography was always full of people to take pictures of their little ones and thus preserve even in the carriage of time all those unforgettable moments of joy and happiness.

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I confess that at this very moment when I write these lines my heart is filled with nostalgia to see how time has passed and many times without realizing it, that made me remember a famous song by Juan Gabriel which says that time passes and does not forgive, certainly that is why it is best to make the most of our time and live to the fullest because life is an adventure and should be lived as such. But why does it bring so much nostalgia and sadness in my mind and heart to talk about this commercial establishment? Simply because in my country we have gone through a very strong economic crisis and many commercial establishments were forced to close their doors, among them is this one, which in its time was very prosperous and visited by many since there were local uncommon in the city.

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The Humboldt shopping center has three floors, first floor, on the third floor was the food fair, where by the way I loved to go because they prepared a baked empanadas with sesame and spinach cream, it was a delicacy, on the second floor there were clothing stores, the photography establishment that I mentioned, telephone stores, among others. On the second floor was computer sales, telephone accessories, I remember a very peculiar store on the second floor dedicated to the sale of intimate apparel, on the first floor there was a store well known in the city as imperial manicure where you could find all kinds of nuts, there always bought nuts because my son loves them.

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Now, this is the part that saddens me the most because currently this majestic and imposing shopping center that once was wonderful today there are only glimpses of that, because for some time they closed their doors and there were only two commercial establishments on the first floor, one of household appliances and the other selling candy but they were also forced to close, today there is nothing left in that place and even I could not take internal capture of the premises because it is closed. It was a day of great nostalgia when I went to see this wonderful desolate place and the guard told me that it was closed.

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I agree with the words of Mother Teresa of Calcutta who says that sometimes the most beautiful and lovely things in life cannot be touched or seen but must be felt in the heart, so my heart is remembering the beautiful moments of those adventures I enjoyed as a family in this wonderful mall and I will be emphatic when I say that for me more than a structure of walls and cement is an emotional attachment because it makes me remember when my son was still a little one month old and how he grew up visiting this place month after month.

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Until the next adventure to continue enjoying the monuments and design in every work of art.

Architecture is the reach of truth."

Louis I. Khan

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                  All images are my own, dividers courtesy of @kattycrochet.

                                                           
             Todas las imágenes son de mi autoría, divisores cortesía de @kattycrochet.