In a historic quarter of Piraeus, where old residential blocks descend from Kastella and Profitis Ilias toward the city’s dense interior, a handful of aging houses remain as vestiges of an earlier urban landscape. At the corner of Miltiadou and Tzavella streets, a neoclassical residence stands out for its balustrades, exposed stonework, ornate iron railings and marble-carved supports. Once suggestive of prosperity and neighborhood grandeur, it now survives as a ruin, enclosed by metal sheeting, cracked, damaged and neglected. Together, these surviving homes stand as fragile reminders of Piraeus’ layered past today. [Nikos Vatopoulos]