last night i saw the greetings.fi website last night for the first time – its tag line is “postikortteja todellisesta helsingistä” (postcards from the real helsinki). lots of funny/depressing/cold pictures from the alternate helsinki – drunks, snow, ice and so on. there is a big article about it in todays helsinki sanomat (see all the things i find when i do take the time to read the newspaper!). thanks to thomas who told me about the site last night.

when i was choosing my current thesis project i thought about doing some sort of study of the kaisaniemenlahti / kaisaniemenranta area here in helsinki. i always thought it was such a lovely area but underused. the ranta (shore) is behind the (kasvitieteellinen puutarha) gardens and can seem like a very very dark and uninviting place. i was going to do some basic buildings to put them in there and just do a survey of an imaginary project for the area. in the end i chose a different project subject (coming this autumn). so reading in todays helsingin sanomat i saw there is a proposal to add 20ish floating homes to the area along with a new bridge that goes over the train tracks and a possible new ferry.

(image taken from the hs website)

1. kelluvia asuntoja 6kpl (6 x floating dwellings)
2. asuntolaivoja 16kpl (16 x apartment boats)
3. asunto-, toimisto- tai ravintoloalaivoja 5kpl (5 x living, office or restraunt boats)
4. mahdollinen kevyen liikenteen lautta (possible light traffic ferry)
5. kelluva ravintolapavilijonnki (floating restraunt pavillion)
6. suunniteltu kevyen liikenteen silta (proposed/designed light traffic bridge)

here is the article (in finnish) – hopefully there will be an english translation of the article in tomorrows english language section of their website.

update: article in english

new apple centre opening on erottajankatu 1-3 on the 18th of may. more info here: officeline.fi kotisivut.

uusi myymälä on selkeästi nykyistä suurempi, “ palvelukonseptin vieminen seuraavalle tasolle edellyttää lisää neliöitä. rrottajankadun myymälässä tulee olemaan esillä entistä laajempi valikoima “lifestyle” -tuotteita sisältäen luonnollisesti kaikki applen keskeiset tuotteet. tämän lisäksi tulemme panostamaan vahvasti palveluun – apuun ja neuvontaan hankintavaiheessa sekä aftersales tukeen. haluamme jatkossakin olla suomen ylivoimaisesti paras apple -kauppias” jatkaa alopaeus.

a new place to go drool over apples subtle bling.

somewhere along the line my media player has stopped displaying the video part to my irish tv streams. listening to television is a strange experience. slightly off putting.