It makes me wonder if the architecture was changed by moving of the ground it
sits upon. Like it was rolling at one time.

Great color and texture. So much to look at here - beautifully composed!

Fantastic shot! Nice composition, colours and texture...

Very gritty and captivating scene.

A Charm !!!!!!!!! Exactly !!!!

What a place! I've just spent a long time looking at all the elements-so intriguing, so good

You have to chose between the Asian side & the Galata Tower's (which is not on the Asian side but down Beyoglu, up Galata bridge on the European side ;) Anyway it's super fenced with great colors & old feel ! You ask for my Istanbul ? Here is an idea of it ;) Kiss kiss, my dear.

so much color and artistic decoration with the bricks and fences but at the same time abandoned, lost and seemingly forgotten. i think it doesn't really matter where it was, places like that can be found all over the world. thanks for sharing this extraordinary image.

excellent

Was there an architect involved? I love decay in this way.
On a separate note your comment on Phil David Morris's fab photo – Living well is the best revenge – it's been one of my motivators for years. I feel there may be many who feel the same way too on Aminus

Wonderful painterly distressed façade

A decline which was once very beautiful ... El Paso Weather wreaks havoc even in the ... A ug friend Bettina!
Adela

Great composition, the trreatment is awesome, Bravo !!!!

Fabulous colours and textures, in this decaying building, it looks as if there is considerable subsidence

Wonderful find...Great details.

a perfect place for a pic and a wonderful find ... great composition

The decay is beautiful exposed in this shot,love all the details..it has this frontier that
reminds of a stronghold!

Great details and colors ! Nice shot ! Well done !

I can imagine how good it must have looked with the red bricks contrasted against the white walls.

Amazing shot - this place has a very cinematic look to it - with textures and colours more vivid than in real life.

WOW! A wonderful composition as usual! Dramatic and interesting with the eye catching colors and textures! Well framed and captured!!!!!

Wonderful colours and textures in this shot Bettina! One can definitely see that time has forced them to take more agressive security steps..... ;-)

Awesome scene and textures. That was one of my favorite things about visiting Istanbul - just wandering neighborhoods and taking in the beautiful buildings, textures and sights. One of my favorite photography memories was just hanging out in one square for a few hours and watching all the different activity going on there.

This has so much variety and emotion in it! Like Istanbul, it seems to speak in many languages and act in many ways. This is almost like a piece that has been there for ages, where, as the years pass, different people walk by and add their own little "piece" to it...and you have conveyed it to us for our enjoyment. A very evocative scene Bettina. Fantastic!

Wonderful textures and colours here. Lovely composition. Nice shot, Bettina. :)

Very rich in details, structures, different colors, the original ones and those deposited by the time.
Very moving picture...

Character and flavor- yes! Security- NO. This looks like a place you can get in with a kick to the door. I would love to see this building at the time of conception, I love the brick work and the wrought iron guard. Nice shot.

lots of atmosphere and local history in this house, i'm sure! very appealing frame and colours!

I like the lopside look, neat pic.

very odd. what a great picture

Your photography makes even run down areas of town look pristine to me. What a great capture. It's clear, sharp and so focused. I like it.

Great tone color, texture and so many things for the eye to see.

What a visual treat this is. I love everything about it! I keep coming back to it and find something new to enjoy every time. BTW, getting close to being done with the remodel and hope to be picking up the camera with gusto soon.

It certainly is interesting! Those textures and colors are quite nice.

full of fantastic character! Grand shot!

How beautiful is decay, rendered in crumbling stucco, boarded up Victorian windows, rusting wrought iron and faded brick. Perhaps the sign announces its condemnation. I love the touch of bright weeds and the yellow graffito scrawl.

No trepassing!!!! Nice view with huge colours!
have a nice day.

One can never pass these scenes without doing a snap, why?...are we responding to coffee table photo-books we have all seen and enjoyed. Or is it that these scenes speak to us on a deeper level in that they clearly show a passage of time and human 'workings' that we can relate to?....dunno...