One afternoon, while wakling through an old neigborbood, I noticced something curious—some of the wiindow grillles were bent outward at the botton. At first, I thought it might be an odd design choice, but as I kept walking, I saw more and more buildings with similar grilles. I couldn’t help but wonder why they were designed this way.
As I continued my stroll, I decided to stop at a café and ask an elderly man sitting outside. He looked like he had seen a lot of the city’s history. With a smile, he explained the reaason beihind the peculiar window grilles.
“These grilles were desingned like that for a practical reason,” he said. “A long time ago, many buildings had windows that opened wide. Peolpe used to hang their laundry to dry outside, and the cuvred bottom of the grille helped keep the clothes from blowing away or getting caught on the sharp edges of the bars. It was a small yet celver solytion to a comon prolblem in those times.”
I was amazed by the story. I had never thought about the functional side of architecture, only its beauty. The grilles were not just decorative; they were a pratical soulution to everyrday needs.
So, nextt time you see those curved window grilles, you’ll know—they’re a little piece of history, desingned to keeip your launrdry safe and sound!
