TALLINN, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: WOODEN ARCHITECTURE

21dec21 Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME

Veetorn, you brutal beauty, at the end of my street
Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪
1dec21

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: BRUTAL NEOCLASSICAL PROTESTANT

ⱽᵉᵉᵗᵒʳⁿ ᴿᵉˢⁱᵈᵉⁿᵗⁱᵃˡ
ᴳᵉⁿʳᵉ: ᴮʳᵘᵗᵃˡⁱˢᵗ, ˢᵒᵛⁱᵉᵗ ᵃʳᶜʰⁱᵗᵉᶜᵗᵘʳᵉ, ᶠᵒʳᵐᵉʳ ᵁˢˢᴿ
ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ: ¹⁹⁶⁹
ᴬʳᶜʰⁱᵗᵉᶜᵗ: ᴴᵉⁿⁿᵒ ˢᵉᵖᵐᵃⁿ
ᴬˡᵗᵉʳⁿᵃᵗⁱᵛᵉ ⁿᵃᵐᵉ: ᵂᵃᵗᵉʳ ᵀᵒʷᵉʳ ᴿᵉˢⁱᵈᵉⁿᵗⁱᵃˡ
ᴸᵒᶜᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ: ᴺᵃʳᵛᵃ, ᴱˢᵗᵒⁿⁱᵃ
“…𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1668 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦: 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2012 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘷𝘢 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 ‘𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴’ 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭…” 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭.𝘤𝘰.𝘶𝘬/𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦/𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘯-𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘴-𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴-𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟬. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟵 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗜. 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗜, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱.
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𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮, 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 🇪🇪
𝟭𝗼𝗰𝘁𝟮𝟭

Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪 October 2021

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: DAILY LIFE

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙, 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙 𝙊𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖.
𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒
Alexander’s Church (Estonian: Aleksandri Suurkirik) is a church of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Narva, Estonia. Narva Church’s original cornerstone was laid in summer 1881. It was congregated after Emperor Alexander II in fall 1883, after his assassination earlier in spring. Alexander ll was the Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination. His most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. The church was consecrated on 9 June 1884. It was given cathedral status on 19 September 2000. (notes from wiki)
I find old wooden buildings in old Soviet republics so striking because it makes you think in awe of how they survived wars and occupations. Or did they? Maybe they came to be after those times. But, it doesn’t look like it.
Panoramic view. Narva is a quiet town. There are many opportunities to get ‘people-less’ shots.

Narva, Estonia 🇪🇪 September 2021

NEW YORK CITY (MANHATTAN,) NEW YORK: MAIL IT IN

U.S. Post Office, Manhattan
Manhattan

15may2021

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (ARCHITECTURE): GIMBEL’S BRIDGE

Gimbel’s Bridge
Manhattan, New York
A three-story copper skybridge
Built 1925
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January 2021

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: AN ARCHITECT SOUL

𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔
𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀 𝒹𝑜𝓃𝑒
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟫𝟢𝟤
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𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓉
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽
𝐿𝑜𝓇𝒹 & 𝒯𝒶𝓎𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟪𝟩𝟢
.
𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽

𝑀𝑒𝓉 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒞𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀 𝒯𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇
𝐵𝓊𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝟣𝟫𝟢𝟫
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𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣
𝐹𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓉
𝒩𝒴𝒞 🗽

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

The “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI” Building
featured on @ledzeppelin ‘s iconic album cover.
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96 and 98 East 8th Street / St. Mark’s Place (Manhattan)
NYC 🗽
January 2021
*also the steps at this location were used for the Rolling Stones’ “Waiting On a Friend” video. Mick Jagger sitting right on them…

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: ANOTHER TIME , 𝓊𝓃’𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓉𝒶

𝓊𝓃’𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝓋𝑜𝓁𝓉𝒶 𝒩𝒴𝒞 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝓊𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟣

Classic piece by Faile Art still up in Chelsea, Manhattan

ORLANDO, FLORIDA STREET ART: YOU MATTER

Pulse Tribute Mural by Andrew Spear

Koi by Ric One

𝒞𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝐿𝓊𝓀𝑒 𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝟣𝟪, 𝟣𝟪𝟫𝟤

Tyler Durden by Danny Rock

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯. 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗛. 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘆𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯. (culturetrip)

EST. 1972

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