During the past 50 years Skövde has changed a lot, and this becomes very clear when you look at old photographs – sometimes it even feels as if you are in an entirely different city! A town has to change to develop, and sometimes that means that some buildings must be torn down to leave space for new ones. When it comes to Skövde, after working with this series and looking at an infinite number of old pictures, I think that way too many houses were allowed to decay and become a victim for the excavators.
Anna Warner
Stand on Rådhusgatan, between Torggatan and Långgatan, and look to the south towards Hertig Johans Square. The picture shows what Norra Storgatan looked like in 1902. 1903 it received the name Rådhusgatan.
Three buildings in this picture still remain today. The first one is the so called “Landinska huset” that was built in 1882-1884 next to the square, the second one is the Town Hall that was built in 1775-1776 and the third house is the house where we find Artorama today, that was built in 1882.