Structure

Posted by Irina.
www.irinapaints.com

Window View

Posted by Irina.
www.irinapictures.blogspot.com

Cables

Electricity was always a rather difficult subject for my understanding. Cables connection? Resistance? Poles?

Posted by Irina.
www.irinapictures.blogspot.com

Flags & Turrets

Posted by Artem
www.artemtarasov.com

Windows

 Andersen's "The Brave Tin Soldier" fairy tale came to my mind when I saw this building at Leo Tolstoy's street.

Posted by Irina.
www.irinapictures.blogspot.com

Rooster

Rooster, rooster, please crow for the spring.

Posted by Irina.
www.irinapictures.blogspot.com

Details

Cast-iron fence is places around the 19th century building of public library at B.Tolmachevsky sidestreet. 

Posted by Irina.

Details

 Today few details of the city architecture from the past. At Basmannaya street.

At Prechistenka street.

 Ostozhnka's side streets.

At Prechistenka.

Posted by Irina.

Geometry

I liked the geometry of the front view in my car window, when I waited for my client to arrive to the meeting in Sokolniki park.

Posted by Irina.

Tiles in Details

First I caught the sight of this old soviet tile on the shabby wall. (it celebrates 55 years of October 1917 revolution)
Then I noticed the wall itself, rather outstanding, in a way.
And when at home I googled the place and found out that the wall belongs to "Matrosskaya Tishina" ("Sailor's Silence" if to be precise in translation) prison.
Wow.

Sometimes it seems to me that we are still in Soviet era.

Google map.

Posted by Irina.

Details

Decorative details on the building of Italian Embassy in Moscow.

Google map.

Posted by Irina.

Soviet Symbolics

Soviet symbolics still can be seen as the part of the decoration in Yauza Concert Hall.

Doors

"Zone, private club. Your entry can be denied without explanation of the reason."

Looks like a rather welcoming place..
It's night club with dancing and restaurant behind these doors, here. 

Doorknobs

These cafe doorknobs caught my attention. It is always pleasure to find fine details in new buildings decoration, to change the opinion that modern architecture ignores decorative details. 

City of Contrasts

When I was a school girl and learned English, we had several topics to study in our English class. "London - city of contrasts" and "New York - city of contrasts" were among them. They were about rich cities where poor proletariat was suffering and struggling for the lives and piece of bread in luxury world of bourgeoisie.

I thought about my school time yesterday, when I took an excursion to GUM, our oldest and most famous shopping mall, located on the other side of Red square from Kremlin.

And then I saw it, in the middle of GUM passage. The Christmas tree decorated with the winter bird house made of milk carton from 70-ties (then it was the only milk opportunity we had in the shops) - in front of the luxury shop glass window. 

Geometry

In case the new followers of this blog start thinking that Moscow is the city of parks and churches, I post today another facet of city's individuality.

I spotted this geometry unexpectedly, while driving slowly along the Leninskaya Sloboda street (yes, Lenin is still with us, in street names, monuments and underground decorations).

Google map for Luis.

Posted by Irina.

Mosaics

These rosettes (diameter about 40cm, 16") show us the churches which were destroyed by revolution in the Ordinka district. I saw them as decoration of the boring rectangular building of phone station at Ordinka street and I decided to join them in one post.

Goggle map.

Posted by Irina.

House in Kotelniki District

Yesterday I happened to be near one of seven Stalin's skyscrapers and want to show you some details. The building was constructed in 1951 and its recognizable architecture aimed to show the power and force of Soviet state.
This one was the apartment building, where Soviet cultural and science elite was living.   

The details on the sunlit side of the building

The front view of the building from the river tour few days ago is here. 

Google map.

Moscow Daily Photo has new follower and I want to ask you to visit her blog, it is amazing. Bogusia Czuprynska and her blog.
I promise to share with you more jems, our followers are so talented.

Posted by Irina.

Khokhlovsky pereulok

"OPEN" is written on pink background, signaling that shop of hand-made souvenirs/clothes is ready and waiting for the buyers. 

Google map.

Posted by Irina.

Decoration

Scared? When I saw these two kids at the entrance to the subway station "Rimskaya" (Roman), I was scared too.  

But there is no reason to fear.  The info from Wiki explains it all:

It is new station and was constructed in 1995. Italian architects J.P. Imbrigi and A. Quatrocci were in charge of the station decoration. The theme was "Roman attractions". The sculpture portrays infants Romulus and Remus - the founders of Rome.

 Posted by Irina.