stephanieNY

Moscow 10.16.09 - 10.26.09

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  The city

  Your standard Red Square, Russian cathedral, Kremlin pics.

  There are 28 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 10:28

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  The country

  We took a day trip on a bus and toured two medieval cities - Suzdal and Vladimir. The day was cold and gray and drizzly and kind of perfect for a day in the Russian countryside.

  There are 13 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 08:51

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  Modernist architecture

  This semester, we have been studying the early modern Constructivist architecture of Soviet times in Moscow...communal apartment buildings, workers clubs, etc. Many are being ignored and are thus in really bad disrepair.

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  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 09:16

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  Museums

  We went to a few exhibits:
  1. at the Menazh, a giant building near the Kremlin that was recently renovated after a fire that is rumored to be set by the mayor so that he could justify excavating five floors down for parking. We caught the last day of an architecture show here.
  2. the Museum of Architecture. The director gave us a tour of some unfinished exhibits as well as the behind-the-scenes complex of buildings.

  There are 11 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 09:24

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  Underground

  The subway system in Moscow is a-mazing. The stations are gorgeous, circulation is beautifully orchestrated, and a train comes every two minutes on the dot. You also go underground to cross a lot of the streets. The boulevards are so wide (some 20 lanes wide) that crosswalks aren't an option. So you navigate through these underground tunnels that sometimes connect to the Metro stations, and always have walls of little shops.

  There are 11 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 09:51

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  School-time

  We spent time at the MARCHI, the Moscow Institute of Architecture. It was sort of like being back at Avery Hall in New York except that the students were all Russian. For our mid-term, we put together an installation of video and sound at the school and presented it to some professors, students, and other guest critics. Our Russian architecture student friends also showed us around one of the city's microdistricts one day and took us out for vodka one night.

  There are 17 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 10:12

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  Miscellany

  These darn pictures didn't fit into any of the other categories.

  There are 9 images in this gallery.

  Last updated: Sat, 11/07/2009 - 10:20