City hall of Rotterdam - Reflection

Two buildings captured at once. I pointed my camera to the glass façade of the Police station, to see if I can make something out of it. The three, square openings of the building suddenly seemed to enter a dialogue with the three robust, neoclassical arches of the stone façade of the City Hall of Rotterdam right behind me. A silent dialogue that even the most eloquent speakers could not describe. I believe I almost overheard a part of it. It went like:

“so here we stand, across each other, having nothing in common. When I came here in the 80’s , I noticed how beautifully curved your arched windows were, whereas mine were all the same repetitive squares and these tiles on my skin, not even sure why they chose this color. And almost nobody takes a picture of me, while you are kind of popular in the media”

“I stand here a century old, one of the first remarkable buildings of this city, even survived the bombs of the second World War. But I need to thank you, because thanks to you, I realized how beautiful I am, because now I can see my reflection in your mirror.”

“that is right, that means that your reflected façade is partially mine as well… and it is not true that we have nothing in common. We share the same street. Passers-by can walk here and cars park between us. We can look at them at the same time without them even noticing…”