Another Monument Being Taken Down

[TC Nole OX]

 

[mnole03]

Thing looks like trash. anyway.

 

[GOHOX69]

People generally hate Russia. Always have.

 

[GES4]

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I've been there. Nobody goes there. It is a waste of a park and covered in graffiti anyway and required a full time contingent of guards to prevent further vandalism. The library in the background is pretty cool though. There are so many of these awful Russian-built monuments throughout Eastern Europe. I look forward to the dismantlement of all of them. Except for the kickass giant Russian soldier statue in Berlin.

 

[GES4]

I've been there. Nobody goes there. It is a waste of a park and covered in graffiti anyway and required a full time contingent of guards to prevent further vandalism. The library in the background is pretty cool though. There are so many of these awful Russian-built monuments throughout Eastern Europe. I look forward to the dismantlement of all of them. Except for the kickass giant Russian soldier statue in Berlin.

Pic for reference of the latter.

 

[cfbfan23]

Cement features prominently in almost all Russian architecture, post WWII. They can't get enough of the concrete.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

I've been there. Nobody goes there. It is a waste of a park and covered in graffiti anyway and required a full time contingent of guards to prevent further vandalism. The library in the background is pretty cool though. There are so many of these awful Russian-built monuments throughout Eastern Europe. I look forward to the dismantlement of all of them. Except for the kickass giant Russian soldier statue in Berlin.

Why do you like the latter?

The Soviet war memorials in Germany are often hit with vandalism.

 

[NDallasRuss]

History, not hate!!

 

[GES4]

Why do you like the latter?

The Soviet war memorials in Germany are often hit with vandalism.

It is imposing and stark and the sculpture itself is cool. In the abstract, with no historical context. And the location is ripe with history.

The Riga monument is objectively awful and ugly.

 

[Tenacious E]

Cement features prominently in almost all Russian architecture, post WWII. They can't get enough of the concrete.

That's a lot of brutalist architecture, the name of which I learned on a tour last month.

Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia

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[NDallasRuss]

That's a lot of brutalist architecture, the name of which I learned on a tour last month.

Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lots of good examples in DC.

The 15 Brutalist Buildings Every D.C. Resident Should Know

Brutalism is considered one of the least visually appealing architectural styles due to its blocky, cold concrete shapes. Because of that, it is also one of the most contentious. While architects l...

dc.curbed.com

 

[h-hawk]