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Post by Jaga on Aug 25, 2013 5:17:10 GMT -7
I was in St. Petersburg subway and it was very beautiful, a bit pompous and grandiose. I would say, the style was similar to the Library of Congress. Here are more pictures from Moscow subway:   wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/5,114871,14487776,Brytyjska_fotoreporterka_agencji_Reutera_i_moskiewskie.html?i=0 the metro stations looks very elegant and are clean but....not very people-friendly and practical. |
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Aug 25, 2013 10:01:18 GMT -7
Be careful of 'below the streets'.
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Post by JustJohn or JJ on Aug 25, 2013 10:14:47 GMT -7
Now if your lost down in the MTA for so long, and you find a way out, you might be a little daft and commit a horrible thing.
Thomas C. Dula (June 22, 1845 – May 1, 1868)[1][2] was a former Confederate soldier, who was tried, convicted, and hanged for the murder of his fiancée, Laura Foster. The trial and hanging received national publicity from newspapers such as The New York Times, thus turning Dula's story into a folk legend. While the murder happened in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the trial, conviction, and execution took place in Statesville. There was considerable controversy surrounding his conviction and execution. In subsequent years, a folk song was written (entitled “Tom Dooley”, based on the pronunciation in the local dialect), and many oral traditions were passed down, regarding the sensational occurrences surrounding the murder of Foster, and Dula's subsequent execution.[1][3] The Kingston Trio recorded a hit version of the murder ballad in 1958.[4] Dula is possibly the ancestor of comedienne Kym Whitley
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Post by Eric on Aug 25, 2013 13:57:47 GMT -7
Metro stations in the former USSR are certainly extraordinarily beautiful. When I was a tour guide in St. Petersburg I loved taking foreign students into the Metro stations just so they could see how beautiful they are. They were never disappointed!  |
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Post by Jaga on Aug 25, 2013 22:22:22 GMT -7
Metro stations and some railway stations are beautiful in Russia. But their beauty is a bit too grandiose. It is as like they built it to show Russia's splendor for the outside world rather than for Russian/soviet citizens. I remember whenever I walked on the halls of Library of Congress, it reminded me metro, railway stations in Russia...
Two years ago when I was in Warsaw airport it was very clean and new but it lacked personality, it was not comfortable and people friendly, just like these metro stations in Russia.
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