On my bicycle this afternoon, I passed this building and my attention was attracted by the balconies; mostly used by people to store their bicycles and stuff, instead of making it into a nice place to sit and relax...
I corrected the perspective and the color a bit in Photoplus X8 to give it a bit more "power", and a bit of a more oldfahioned look. A bit more "romance" with a warmer color..
here is a screenshot of the original photo:
The use of the balconies as closets goes on and on as can be seen here:
There are 4 of these buildings next to where I live, and they are rather big.
On some balconies people park even scooters or motorcycles..
And this is true for all four of them.