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13 Posts published in this tag

Buildings That I Love, Part Five: the Stalinist Triumvirate at Soviet Square

Published on November 22, 2015

Previous entries in my “Buildings That I love” series have focused exclusively on the Kyrgyz capital’s Soviet Modernist…

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Buildings That I Love, Part Four: Experimental 18-Story Apartment Building

Published on June 15, 2015

Welcome to the fourth installment of Buildings That I Love, an ongoing exploration of Bishkek’s architectural curiosities. You…

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There and Back Again: Burana Tower

Published on June 4, 2015

The Kyrgyz are historically a semi-nomadic people, and they’ve left behind few permanent traces of their two-thousand-year existence…

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When in Arslanbob

Published on June 4, 2015

Dear friends: on Monday, I wrote a detailed report of my visit to Arslanbob, but I somehow managed…

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Buildings That I Love, Part Three: Presidential Palace

Published on May 10, 2015

No architectural tour of Bishkek is complete without a visit to the Presidential Palace, the glorious seven-story pièce…

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For the Motherland: Victory Day in Bishkek

Published on May 9, 2015

Note: this post doesn’t contain any photos, aside from the one above (which was taken with my old…

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Buildings That I Love, Part Two: Naryn Restaurant (Abandoned)

Published on May 2, 2015

Welcome to the second installment of Buildings That I Love, an ongoing series in which I introduce some…

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Buildings That I Love, Part One: Bishkek Wedding Palace

Published on April 30, 2015

This post is the first in a series of short missives exploring the history and architecture of some…

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