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on October 8, 2017September 17, 2018 with 17 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

Tamaz at the Dry Bridge Market, Tbilisi

The marshrutka taking us back to Tbilisi was in markedly worse shape than the one that had brought us to Kazbegi the day before. With tablets of children’s Dramamine dissolving ...

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on September 27, 2017November 27, 2017 with 3 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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The Derzhprom in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and the Origin of the Soviet Skyscraper

Among the buildings that represent the Soviet style of architecture, the most famous are of the Stalinist style. Moscow’s Seven Sisters, built in the 1940s and 1950s, are perhaps the ...

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on August 6, 2017November 27, 2017 with 10 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Soviet Hotel (in Ukraine)

Or, The Soviet Hotel: Wifi is a privilege, not a right. David and I typically stay far away from hotels on our travels. Our normal gripes about them include high ...

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on August 1, 2017August 11, 2018 with 23 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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The Soviet Architecture Nerd’s Guide to Tbilisi, Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia is hallowed ground for those initiated into the cult of Soviet Modernist architecture. One building in particular, the former Ministry of Highways, has a solid spot within the ...

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on July 4, 2017November 27, 2017 with 4 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Reflections on Returning to Riga, Latvia

After visiting on our honeymoon, Riga became one of David and my favorite cities. Compared to the other Baltic capitals, Riga seemed more lived-in than Tallinn, and more lively ...

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on June 25, 2017November 27, 2017 with 2 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

two years of concrete and kitsch

It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this blogging gig for two years now. Having just re-upped concrete and kitsch's Bluehost account for another year of blogging indentured servitude, I ...

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on June 19, 2017June 21, 2019 with 6 comments by Nick @ concrete and kitsch

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Kitsch Mecca: The Monthly Kyiv Antique Market

Updated 21 June, 2019: The market currently is operating on a month-to-month basis. Vendors decide the date of the subsequent market the day of the current market. The venue has ...

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