the whims of the speculators. shops with a story. next on t.w. . much of it ethically. sure link to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the use of these eat out with safety deputed comes not stuffy coffee join us on facebook doubling for god. lisbon has become a must see tourist destination the city's annual 4500000 visitors now outstrip its population by around 9 to one international investors are pumping billions of euros into real estate the city is one big building site this woman is trying to keep one component of her city from being destroyed in the process it's historic shops as

was just so they are lisbon's heart and soul there it's a living memory. i shop at the same place as my grandmother did for the same thing that can wrap soap tailor made gloves domes and iron door knob. says owner massaging. sophia tim patio doesn't bump into many locals when she's out running errands but she does see hordes of tourists. she was born and bred in lisbon today the 52 year old works as a historian for the. city council she loves her hometown and her job has deepened

that connection. there is a few simple this is a good example of what's happening all around the city including in the old town quarter of this city the entire apartment block has been turned into a hotel or hostel it's. safe seaside and a traditional shop on the ground floor is closing down. the adults from cairo is known for its traditional stores. sophia says that many commercial tenants accept compensation to move out because the only other alternative is to face eviction in 2015 the lisbon city council set up a scheme to at least save establishment that belong to the city's cultural heritage once they're classified as a shop with history they're protected from me vixen for at least 5 years the stores have to be at least 25 years old and have to meet

a number of criteria. today she's visiting a store whose leaseholders have asked for her up. so she is team includes art historians honor by yetta and lucille you're. there visiting their drug. in the old town quarter by shop. i'm simply a temp out all from the city council from the shops with history program we'd like to go over a few things with you we need a lot of information for the application if. you are the manager it's not me and tony and you princes go riposte so it's my store for school means that we need documents lease agreement that old photos anything related to the pharmacies history. you don't want to study. for this is the entry in the property register from january 893.

thank you then we had the original arches restored he says used to be an avatar according to what we've been told this is the dog. which. we have also uncovered the original floor was shown live on their work yet you leave it with you there why aren't all the shelves the same. those over there have no doors you. think that let's go see what is you know this is where the counter used to be that's why the floor is so worn here. over there was the storeroom. and the shelves were different objects and as do you have old objects in the store. to be able to be used for the good we. just watched this you know oh. wow.

stands. companies it will be. sand we charge according to when it. was it you know it's. cool that you take a photo with the we have a lot of old customers who still want to buy things by weight and volume of fish we use let's push some of been getting the same bottles refilled for 20 years or more . but are any products made here in lisbon. naleo is a lisbon based company. but it out. there that we have measured it was. a good. 2 idea the old good it was. not.

but it is the all of these rainbow knits i made in germany. i can't hear a thing. that nothing is that mighty glad it is so simple to one particular story to fit into the also have and sorry to portugal's famous polishing wax and a silver cane or. this mill takes me back to my childhood we used to wear s.p. drills that matched our uniforms and we'd skate around in the freshly waxed floors but it's a lovely smell if you know that if i think there are smells that stay with us our whole lives it is like the shops catapult us back into the past the smells and images. for

decades rents were frozen the building is rundown and the apartments empty almost every day investors turn up at the door the owner's son so they could make a killing. i think we'll as it would it's always that hanging over us like a cloud of fear the building will be sold and everything will change that will have to leave all this behind but it hasn't happened yet as i know. if the pharmacy is recognised as a shop with history it could be a life saver but that has yet to be determined. next door there is a hybrid azure ish so if you tells them about the scheme. i want but. this here is our website address where you can fill out the application. and i will take care of the rest. of my body i don't claim to be a father he hasn't got any by the i doubt that. sophie

is trying to save as much as possible from the wrecking ball the influx of tourists has led to an influx of investors business is booming for the likes of air b.n. b. . how did it come to this in 2012 in the midst of the economic crisis portugal began to issue what are known as golden bees arse anyone who invested at least 350000 euros was given a visa and tax breaks in return more than 4600000000 euros of foreign capital flowed into the country portugal was issued some 7600 gold and visas mainly to chinese or brazilian investors. most was i swear i can't read what it says it's not in portuguese english french or any other european language i can't read what kind of construction project it is it

was a young me thing that i can understand is the address the name of the manager here my real estate agency me and golden visa yet it equaled in scenes that. the language on the saw. mine is vietnamese some investors have made millions buying and selling properties without investing a cent in restoration millions that don't necessarily stay in portugal critics suspect money laundering. what does that mean for the portuguese people in 2018 alone average property prices in lisbon rose by 23.5 percent to $3010.00 euro as per square meter. by contrast the average monthly wage rose by 3.7 percent to 888 euros.

it's not just old shops that are falling victim to property speculation in lisbon more and more locals are being forced to move out of their city because they can't afford the rents in just 3 years the number of holiday apartments for tourist says risen by 1080 percent. here tourists encounter other tourists in the ice thing hope that's there's no laundry hanging out of the windows to dry there's no activity here any more welcome to the city sol isn't what it was the sounds of day to day life are gone and the residents chatting to one another outside the door you know every day there are fewer and fewer locals. shop with history status to is not dissuade all property owners from trying to get

small traditional businesses evicted like in the traditional booksellers street daughter crim in the affluent yaddo district. i don't you know trying to study it was sophia temp adequately explained to me from mine. for me and my aging father it's very troubling that our business that has been in the family for 3 generations is in danger a good long established relationship with our landlord has been destroyed because of greed and speculation suddenly he wanted 20 times more run from us that's the kind of money you might pay in the center of paris or london. into this room he was asking for $14000.00 euros rent each month. from the same kid to his new donors the few good meals so it's all going to go see this what the night that this is so i can tell you this that our more years keep a close eye on cases like this. and. they're very vigilant making sure that no law is broken he says you can choose accu. the district is

particularly historically significant home to palaces and other buildings constructed after the earthquake of $755.00. gallons of but the large 18th century townhouses are being split up into cubby holes for tourists the interiors of palaces and apartments are being destroyed in the process. to squeeze it's our job to find a balance while there's been shouldn't start to feel like an artificial city. you see that's starting to see that see that there's been definitely needed modernizing but you can't just bulldoze everything down shops workshops everything traditional and the lives of the residents themselves that's much worse than running businesses if we hadn't been designated a shop with history we no longer be here. but

can the program actually protect these stores. even lisbon city council succumb to temptation and sold some of the family silver the palace where the department of culture was housed. so for your temper under colleagues have had to move office now they work in an attic space surrounded by air b.n. b. apartments and building sites. and the linen hanging over the balcony railings is white monochrome rather than a colorful mix. profit or protection it's a contradiction that's impossible to reconcile sophia temporal prefers not to comment.

she lives with her family 20 kilometers north of lisbon on the banks of the tigris river. she and a daughter beatrice love the peace and quiet here the beauty of the river. they can still afford this luxury but they have to commute into the city every day to work. in. sofia's team is very committed to saving the old shops also in districts of the city built in the 20th century like have any to do it all ma. cafeteria as a teen and coffee shop established in 1952 the store owners have applied to be

recognised as a shop with history. in the hope of getting a 25000 euro grant. the council scheme gives the money on a needs basis. closer to the prison facility we create plans according to the customer's wishes. we always grind the beans in front of them so the matter benefit of shops like these. oh we have 15 different plans. and as you know this is where we keep track of the customer's names and their favorite plans. this custom is called fair he wrote down the amount of beans to use from angola from the cape bad islands and from sound term in timor he came up with that himself he passed away but his wife still comes and orders her late husband's special blend. you.

know rodeo is both sales assistant and co owner yes but many old shops here only survive because staff members have a financial stake in. it thank you for coming in this year we're open for the holidays. we want. to go you know how does the grinder work. combat this machine is grinding stones 2 stones on top of one another here is like a grain male. points are given for tradition. to mix and what's this a quarter door. this is this is a real museum is a stone covered with metal for the grinder. is that he said the paper

bag on it that leaves an hour space for exactly 250 grams. because you don't have to weigh the coffee. this was just me besides i think that i speak for all of us when i say that this shop has everything required to be recognized as a shop with history. in lisbon city hall it's make or break time for the coffee store and the pharmacy so for your competitor i was on her way to the meeting. of. her boss soviet era is always present when decisions are made. sophia temporarily went on about a year i describe what's special about these shops. a sociologist is there to give an independent assessment.

of the 2 ways the dominican both shops get the ok from the lisbon city hall now they face one last hurdle. approval from a citizens' commission which also includes architects and town planners to me that . it's a battle between the old and the new. battle to save lisbon from degenerating into a mere amusement park. over

140 stores have been designated historic shops up to not. be. found not. one of them is the haberdashery usual its name says it all portugal's most famous fashion designers. the greats the shop pottery he's even sewing for the likes of madonna. my mother was

a dressmaker herself and she used to bring me here as a small child and set me down on the calendar i loved being surrounded by all these things i knew what i wanted to do from the early age so i always have a very strong aesthetic sense. the fantastic world of portuguese sardines couldn't be more different to the shop as a symbol of the new lisbon. tradition doesn't have an easy time of it says so for your temper as to this used to be a jewelry shop a few days ago it looked exactly as it did when we found it and gave it historic shop status intact with the facade in its original state now it's a souvenir store. even little comfort that means it's got occasions that will simulate the centuries old jewelry shop now has

a completely different function that is that all believe everything was in its original state. said quietly. the tables the decorations. you are all i mean. but it was so beautiful. when these it's frustrating to see something like that. you've. ever faced and so you get with this what is it it's very difficult to do anything about it shop owners can do what they like with the property they can decide to go into a different business. and in this case the jeweler was also the owner of the store apparently someone offered to pay $8000.00 euros a month in rent and he didn't hesitate for a long it's not clear how the souvenir shop intends to cover the rent. and what's worse another landlord who wants to get rid of his tenants has brought

a test case against lisbon city council. he's challenging the legality of the scheme. sophia prayer of for years the entire project is at risk. of putting calls and the case has been brought before the constitutional court which is being asked to consider whether the law is in keeping with the constitution. defending the program and keeping the shops with history status could prove very complicated. view mouche accused. sophia tempura wants to pass her love for these old stories on to her daughter before it's too late. they're going to the doll hospital a tiny shop in the heart of lisbon. it was established in 183 i'm sure that.

you. can still cry. when. we charge 41 year rose 2 and move the stuffing and make a new body the inpatient treatment lasts $46.00 weeks. in my opinion. the city historian under daughter received by the dollar hospital's director money away in a quarterly yet i could never listen to much of the business after the great lisbon earthquake people use what was left to rebuild the city this building was constructed on the ruins of the royal hospital. the entrance was there it was shocking hill says was he didn't want to almost all join the tiles there date from the 18th century they survived the earthquake so he says i'm going to meet here

seems to come from the hospital chapel which i like to say our hospital was built on top of another one female voice called out that. you know. we leave the consulting room and head for the operating rooms on the 1st floor. himself stabilises i'll show you the room where the really old dolls are restored and repaired. you still need to. look at them through the surgeon's room something in the distance yes the most important specialist most of the specialists and everything. as to why we have to clean and remove what others have done and then we glue everything otherwise the dog will have scars. even if the dog isn't as perfect as at birth we have dolls here that are 200 years old. but it will be our walk with the prompt to

circle when there are people who donate their hair and we use that to make wigs for the dolls. there are pieces missing from this doll will have to do some plastic surgery at hearing to the high standards of restoration board told our former. lawyer mitch seavey just the mental. i have to find the right blue. here. 2 is the usually receive. a lot of legs and torsos have been donated.

more than. he. usually. can use and gives me. pleasure to meet other patients just need small parts. because he. can become through every where look i see something new and different i can't stop taking pictures group i think i'll come back with friends to show them my discovery even more. closely because if you could actually feel jealous pushed in my life you can see oh how beautiful. my buddies from brazil about ya know we fixed her up and made new clothes based on the original. books that we also found all the original necklaces she's made of fabric. right yes the body is made of fabric we copy the clothes based on the original.

what's wrong with this one. this is an english doll from the 1940 s. she has to be restored and she'll be given a new torso that. will prove what's inside. that she's draw she can even still cry. i mean that of which bush these dolls come from poor families they're made of newspapers here you can still read the new series in a museum the leaders of these the families parents and children were newspaper sellers or paper collectors. could tell they made a mixture of paper and cobblers lou and then molded it to look like german dolls must be supporting me you from all their own money and with next their sad dolls that tell us a lot about people who didn't have very happy lives much the symmetry of it could be the solution if you want to use the minority and only way of reading please know i have simply the confusion comes when you know the thing with that look there's

a piece of spanish newspaper here in the army can even see the date meanwhile 951 sequin to you. over the years people from all over the world have gifted dolls to the museum located next to the hospital it used to be a primary school. there are 3500 dolls and the museum's collection. they too are part of lisp and its cultural heritage.

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