Photo by Vahur in Varnja, 27 June.
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Monday, June 30, 2014
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Fear Factor
As all European, and, especially, Eastern European countries, Estonia is full of Le-Corbusier-insiper concrete buildings. Most people hate those... and problably these have the most inhabitant, by percentage. I, personally, rather like the buildings for the straightforward look, logical room planning, economical and environmentally practical central heating. If placed correctly (the distance between two buildings has correspont to be their double height) and surrounded with a touch of nature (grass, tress, bushes, flower beds, playgrounds), they're ok.
But what I hate, is that in 1990ies people took extreme liberties in fucking up the face of these houses, closing the terraces, balconies and loggias any way came to their mind. Oh, well, there's some vernacular coolness about it, too, but in general - it's ugly. What impressed me on this 9-storey house in Tartu Annelinn (Ann's town), is the last floor grated terraces. I guess there was some reason in those metal bars at some point, but the current level of criminality is so low that I hardly imagine somebody breaking in from there and carrying all the stolen stuff (TV set?) away over the roof... On the other hand, in the mid 1990ies, there was a wave of stealing bikes from 2-3 storey balconies. So maybe I'm just snobbish and the bars have to be there.
By Vahur Afanasjev, Tartu, 2010
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
God Is Watching You!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Anarchy in USSR
Who the f... was this person, who managed to sell anarchy symbol to the Traffic Police (Militia) of Soviet Estonia, as a logo of voluntary/assistan constables. Must have been early 80ies... Discovered by Mare and Vahur in a secondhand in Tallinn.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Gumshoe Blossom
Warm & heat replaced with cold & muggy. Who cares? I got flower-painted rubber shoes & woollen socks, yea! Photo by Aapo Ilves, 19. 08. 2010, Räpina, South Estonia.
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