Fasadprojektet del 492: kvarteret Yxningen

Documenting architectural decorations in Gothenburg, an ongoing project. This episode is from Fredriksdal in Krokslätt. Narration: Welcome to city block Yxningen. We start at the address Ingatorpsgatan 3. It was built in 1960 by the builder Torsten Hellström. Högsätersgatan 9. Villa Hvilhem was built in 1908, including the tower and turret. Yxningen is a 74-m-deep lake in Östergötland. Högsätersgatan 7 is a prefab from 1964. Högsätersgatan 5 is a recent build, looks like the 1980s. Högsätersgatan 3 was originally called Maunton Hill, for some reason. It was built in 1909 but was completely remodelled in 1958. Högsätersgatan 1 is another recent structure. Grågåsgatan 12. Subdistrict Fredriksdal is the southernmost part of district Krokslätt. Grågåsgatan 14. It was laid out on the hinterland of some of the farms along Mölndalsån to the east. Hammarliden 4 was built in 1970. Hammarliden 6. Hammarliden 8. The owners of Frediksdal and Burås quickly sold off small plots to prospective home-owners. Hammarliden 10. While Fridkulla’s owners held on to their land until the 1950s. Hammarliden 12. Hammarliden 8 to 12 were built in the late 1960s. Hammarliden 14 was built in 1928. Hammarliden 16. This quaint 1910 house only had running water installed in 1961. Ingatorpsgatan 5 was built in 1960 from designs by Rudolf Hall. We stop to smell the flowers in part 493 and the city block called Vindommen.