The Mission District in San Francisco is one of the most colourful neighbourhoods of this shining city on the hills. Its walls are the painted stories of the (for now) mostly Latin American population. Are the pictures on these walls fading now gentrification takes over? Only time will tell if La Mission’s history will soon […]more…
america magazine #2 2017
The summer edition of America Magazine – an Elvis special – hit the stores including four articles by journeylism.nl which are now available online in the publication section of journeylism.nl in September. The topics of the four articles are American Songbook – Michael Jackson, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, The Mission District in San Francisco and Las Vegas’ […]more…
tales from the wall
Where was Scott McKenzie when he wrote ’If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear flowers in your hair.’ Was he laying in a park in Haight Ashbury, did he hang, totally stoned, somewhere in Amsterdam, or was he perhaps sitting on the pavement in The Mission District? The Mission District is, put […]more…
graffititown
Valparaiso, how absurd you are, with your rumpled hair, never, you had time, to dress, life, has always, taken you by surprise. Pablo Neruda, deceased, poet, Noble price winner, citizen and centre of a brand new conspiracy theory, succeeded to catch Valparaiso in just 22 words. Far less than the number of colors the city […]more…