Seeing The Old In Old Town Tbilisi

Sometimes Ye Olde Europe is quaint, lovely and one big gelato shop. In Tbilisi, Georgia, large sections of the old town have resisted redevelopment, gentrification, touristification. What some sections have not resisted is the ravages of time and lack of upkeep. Old is just old.

Heading into a section of ancient housing.

Streets are tight, masonry is crumbling. Newish building propping up old and failing.

Fenced in. Set for redevelopment, keeping out scavengers, delaying the inevitable collapse? Yes.

Fantastical remnant. Peeps built whatever fit into whatever irregular space was allotted. Active. Laundry still hanging, even if the host building is failing.

A small sign of care, a steel buttress, holding back collapse, waiting for a restoration to save the property. Crossing fingers.