http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/stockholm-street-scenes-then-and-now/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/stockholm-street-scenes-then-and-now/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:16:03 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2818 Time for some more nostalgia, this time from Stockholm, Sweden. I always find it amazing how quickly things can change, usually it’s for the better – but anyone who reads this blog knows that’s not true at all. Depicted are a bunch of street scenes from the capital of Sweden, taken between 1945 and 1978. [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/stockholm-street-scenes-then-and-now/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:49:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-swedish-postcards/ More retro Swedish postcard goodness for all of you to enjoy. There were a large number of postcards produced from the late 1940s to early 1980s here in Sweden. The future looked optimistic, new buildings were popping all around the country and of course it had to be depicted on a postcard to that you [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/more-swedish-postcards/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:12:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/ Here are a bunch of old postcards depicting normal everyday life street scenes in Sweden in the 1960s. Progress has taken its toll on all of these places and I very much doubt they look like this today. Although, I do love the colors and how everything looked so casually organized and clean back then.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swedish-street-scenes-in-the-60s/feed/ 13 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/retro-stockholm/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/retro-stockholm/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:34:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/retro-stockholm/ Since it is summer and very warm outside I am feeling kind of lazy. But I thought I would post two summer inspired photos depicting how Stockholm looked back in the late 1960s / early 1970s. It looks pretty much the same today, except the color of the train station which has been replaced. Enjoy!]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/retro-stockholm/feed/ 6 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/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