Claudine Burgess, A Sea Change View (PLACES 2023)

It didn’t feel like home anymore; my view changed when I returned home after five years due to Covid restrictions last September 2022 to the Belgium Coastline Oostende, known as the Queen of Beaches. I was amazed and shocked to see how once a city known for its Belle époque architecture and the Sea promenade was filled with 1885 grand villas, mansions, and grand hotels surrounded by dunes, all to have been demolished and replaced by apartment blocks.

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