TALLINN, ESTONIA HISTORY ABANDONED: PALDISKI 52

The area known as Paldiski 52, which is located next to the Hippodroom in Tallinn, Estonia, has a fascinating history. The area was once home to a large Soviet military base, which was established in the 1940s and played an important role in the Soviet Union’s military operations throughout the region.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the military base was largely abandoned, and many of its buildings fell into disrepair. Now, there’s an eerie, haunting vibe.

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TALLINN, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 HISTORY ABANDONED: POINT. S GAS STATION

“𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.”
— 𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏
This gas station “Point.S” was built in the 1970s during the Soviet era, and it served as a refueling station for military vehicles and equipment.
After Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the gas station was privatized and only continued to operate for a few more years. Point.S was forced to shut down in the early 2000s. Since then, the gas station has remained abandoned and has continued to exemplify Soviet architecture.
𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒏, 𝑬𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒂 🇪🇪
30 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: GERASIMOV PALACE

𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘷, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1872, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴) 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 1957, 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 2000𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘷.

http://ghostfunfair.blogspot.com/2015/12/former-palace-of-culture-named-vasily.html
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𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢, 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 🇪🇪
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CHIȘINĂU , MOLDOVA 🇲🇩 : TE IUBESC MOLDOVA

“I Love Moldova 🇲🇩 .”

“A Rose 🌹 by any other name . . .” = “Un trandafir cu orice alt nume . . .”

Old Roman Columns disintegrating in plain view. A graffiti tag from Bust, a Romanian graffiti writer…

Mysterious BNE has left his tag all over the capital city. No one knows who he is, but as someone who travels the world, I can tell you that he is arguably the MOST prolific sticker slapper in the street art universe. I’ve seen them in tons of cities around the globe. BNE is a proponent for clean water 💦 for everyone… I’d say go to his IG, but, he’s taken all of his posts down…? I want to meet this guy so badly!

The back of the Chișinău Water Tower.

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The Waiting is the hardest part.

An unattended dog , quite possibly the Queen’s , walks past a rundown house.

There’s still life inside these walls.

BNE. The sticker below is what I was referring to earlier. The tags that I’m seeing all over the city, are a first for me, I think. I thought he just did stickers.

Another sticker for mayoral candidate, Constantin Codreanu .

I love seeing books in different languages other than English . But, don’t read about that asshole, though. In ANY language.

Moldovans exit a bus 🚌 on Stefan Cel Mare Street .

Cafea cu graffiti mele, te rog .

Locals hang out in front of the opera house on Stefan Cel Mare str.

Politics are a part of the fiber of Moldova 🇲🇩 . Russian Matryoshka dolls for sale at the market in the park next to the opera house.

Kitty on LSD. Because, why not ?

I love it when street art naturally merges with the urban landscape .

FVCK your politics. Serve the people ! “Jack” sticker is from Zacharie Bodson, à Lille, France-based artist.

May2018. Chișinău , Moldova 🇲🇩 .

NEW YORK CITY: RAINY DAYS & SUNDAYS…

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It rained all day. This is in the East Village by Think Coffee. A nice sticker post on the left.

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A man waits for his friend in front of a Fumeroism mural in the East Village.

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West Village off Bleecker Street.

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In midtown Manhattan, passersby…The Primate having a slice in the rain.

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In Chinatown, a wheat paste of ODB by Barcelona, Spain’s COLP ONE.

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Graffiti on a shop gate in the Bowery.

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A new mural in progress by legendary artist CRASH, in Chinatown. 

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The primate reminding this guy to stay within the crosswalk in the West Village.

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Frida. East Village.

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It wouldn’t be New York City without graffiti on a delivery truck…and cool graffiti, at that!

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Might need some repairs before it’s street ready again…

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LOVE ME and hose me, if I catch on fire…

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Chinatown.

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If you were unaware, J Law has a new movie coming out in March. The entire city’s been put on notice. And damn it all, if I don’t want to see it. You win, Red Sparrow marketing, you win. This one is in Chinatown.

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Chilean architect/artist Otto Schade, currently based in London, put up an anti-gun mural in Chinatown.

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Who wants Peking Duck? Chinatown. 

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An old Ai Wei Wei stencil by artist B.D. White, in Soho.

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The Primate of Urban Decay…

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