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[porphyry]

I watch a group called Russia Abandoned, which posts pictures of spectacular architecture in the former Societ Union that has fallen into ruins. This link:


http://community.livejournal.com/ru_abandoned/398697.html

documents a palace in Kishinev (no idea it was a government or private building since I can't read Russian) that was especially beautiful. But what is truly outrageous is that one grafitto on it proclaims '50 Cent.' I can hardly articulate the ira at seeing modernity destroying beauty--the indignity of even having to know what that means.

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[malkhos.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I do as well, even to the point of knowing how one ought to properly pronounce it, but I will spare you the horror.

[haiut.livejournal.com]

ouch ..

according to the comments, it was a government building (or at least, in gov't use) since 1940s, but no info about actual "birthdate" .. it looks more like early 20th century building, rather than soviet-era one.