Fugly Buildings...

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Well take the Stalinist Gothic 'Hotel International' in Prague - done in that cream-cake Fifties architecture that the skyscrapers in Moscow have been built in.

If that was turned into apartments, people would go nuts to try and get one - I would if I had the money! (actually, if I had the money I'd get a place in Prague full stop)
 

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That one is in Dejvice district, formerly called Hotel Moscow, now Royal Crown International Plaza... whadda paradox

Wouldn't you like to visit this one, instead:



or this one:



 
plan_D said:
No matter the name, the first one is a still as ugly as sin.

Do you mean the Dancing Building? I'd disagree. It makes the place really fresh, you should see the whole block of the houses there. Well, it was a big debate here about it and the building itself went a bit controversal but I like it.
 
I've been inside the cafe of that building - it's by the Vatlava River. My girlfriend at the time loved it.

We stayed at the Corinthia - not a pretty building, but we weren't looking at the architecture of it when we were there....
 
Just making sure. You might be one of those ones that just sit there watching TV and racking up bills with the mini bar...and building pillow forts. Yes, there are really people out there like Homer Simpson.
 
The Dancing Building sure is ugly, but it's also undeniably cool... 8)

I'm not gonna try to bore you all with pictures of the thousands of ugly buildings in L.A., so rather I'll post up pictures of NON-fulgy buildings...
 
OK, I'll bore you with "non-fugly" city then:






We'll begin our virtual sightseeing tour with a couple of overall panorama pics:


Prague Castle called Hradcany" [Hrudchunee] with the Lesser Town and the Charles Bridge


The same seen from the opposite river coast...


Hradcany along with the Lesser Town seen from the Charles Bridge




Gothic Charles Bridge with Baroque sculptures




The Lesser Town from Hradcany


Sv. Vit (St. Vithus) Cathedral of Hradcany


National Theater


Charles University (Universitas Carolina) is the fourth oldest university (Bologna, Sorbonna, Oxford, Prague)


The Prague Orloj [Orloi] - Clocwork - on the Old Town Square


Tynsky chram [Teenskee khraam] - The Thinus's Palace on the Old Town Square


Jewish Town - The Old New Synagogue - the oldest synagogue in Europe


Jewish Town - Old Jewish Cemetery with tombstones from the 14th and 15th century


Vaclavske namesti [Vaatslavske naamiestiee] - St. Venceslav's Square - the main boulevard of Prague. The guy on the horse is King Vaclav, the patron of the Czechlands. In the back building of the Prague Main Museum - in 1968 during the invasion of Soviets it was mistaken by the government settle and suffered heavily from the Russian tanks...


Prague Zizkov Tower


Historical Czech Tramway


The Dancing Building (not ugly I think... )

Praha - Interesting place to live in, isn't it? If you want to come, I surely recommend it. It will enrich both yourself and Czech economy.

PS: And I'm not talking about the nightlife here...

Show your place!
 
Hello SeaNorris!

Yo, I've been to Liverpool - it's quite a while - a very nice city though! What I liked the best was The Beatles Museum and The Merseyside Museum. 8)
 
Yes, I know - but still very nice. Only pitty that we hadn't as much time as we needed so the Merseyside was just a quickie...

Here some pics from my England Tour Album (It was in 1996, I think ):



 

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