http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/the-man-from-organ/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/the-man-from-organ/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 05:12:27 +0000 James Vaughan http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2438 Originally developed in the 1930′s as a cheap alternative for small churches that could not afford a pipe organ, the electric organ became a fixture in millions of suburban homes during the 1950′s and 60′s. Along the way this all purpose instrument produced the melancholy soundtrack for countless soap operas, kept the beat at roller [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/the-man-from-organ/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/more-photos-from-vala-centrum/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/more-photos-from-vala-centrum/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:25:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-photos-from-vala-centrum/ I found some more photos of my favorite shopping mall in southern Sweden – Väla Centrum. It was built in 1974 outside of Helsingborg and took its inspiration from American shopping malls at the time – meaning that it didn’t look very Scandinavian or traditional, which I really love. It even had a birdcage with [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/more-photos-from-vala-centrum/feed/ 5 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-6/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-6/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:40:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-6/ Time again for another visit to some various Swedish shopping centers, as they looked back in the golden days of consuming. This time featuring Stockholm and Gothenburg. Do not forget to listen to “Retro Shopping Volume 1″ while looking at the photos for the perfect mood setter.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-6/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/vala-centrum/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/vala-centrum/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:51:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/vala-centrum/ Väla Centrum is a shopping mall located in southern Sweden just outside of Helsingborg. Been planing on writing about it for a long time now but have not been able to find anything useful – until now. This is the mall I grew up with. Many many Friday evenings and Saturdays were spent here when [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/vala-centrum/feed/ 13 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/taby-centrum-1976/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/taby-centrum-1976/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:27:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/taby-centrum-1976/ This is a cut from a educational promotion film that explains some aspects on why Täby Centrum was built. The film is in Swedish and narrated by the architect of the center who explains some particulars about it. If you look closely you will see the Domus sign in the background on the second floor [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/taby-centrum-1976/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-5/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-5/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:05:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-5/ Time for another peek at the past shopping experiences. This time we are leaving Sweden to have a look at some photos from an American shopping center. Since most of the Swedish malls and shopping centers that was built in the 50s, 60s and 70s all took their inspiration from the American malls, I thought [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-5/feed/ 5 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-4/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-4/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:43:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-4/ Time again to visit the yesteryear’s shopping experience. Here are some fresh assorted postcards from two different shopping centers in Sweden, one from Stockholm and the other one from Gothenburg. I have only visited the latter a couple of times, and it is still there – but it looks slightly different today (as many other [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-4/feed/ 5 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-3/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-3/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:10:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-3/ Shopping in Luleå in the northern parts of Sweden was the first indoor shopping mall in Europe. Built in 1955 and designed by the famous architect Ralph Erskine, who wanted to create a mall for people to enjoy and socialize – even with the cold winter climate of northern Sweden. Apparently he got the idea [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-3/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-2/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-2/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:21:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-2/ Time for another visit to yesteryears shopping malls in Sweden, this time focusing on a gem located in the suburbs of Gothenburg in the southwest parts of Sweden. The Frölunda Torg mall was built in 1966 and was by its completion the biggest mall in Europe. It took seven years and 80 million Swedish Krona [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-2/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-1/ http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-1/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:30:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/shopping-spree-part-1/ Postcards from various shopping centers, malls and department stores in Sweden from the 1960s and 1970s. Pay attention to the various plants, swank architecture and lovely colors.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/stores/shopping-spree-part-1/feed/ 4