I'm going through my color negatives and scanning the best and throwing away the rest. It's a tedious job best done in the winter. These images date from 1990 and were shot in Castellammare del Golfo before it was transformed into a tourist center. At that time it still had a uniqueness but sadly, with this transformation it has lost it's soul. The place is full of cafe's, restaurants, trendy shops and souvenir sellers that deal in made in China items. The sound of trolleys being toted by tourists is everywhere but this could be anywhere in any touristy place. There is no longer that quality that set it apart and made it different. Those of us born there return and try to hold on to our memories and attempt to ignore the situation in an pathetic attempt of denial. Fortunately my block is still OK but on my street there are many air B&Bs and so called residences that are being created out of the old buildings. It's the new economy and the way of the future. However what is a future without traces of it's past? At any rate, the food is still sublime.
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