Saturday, February 8, 2014

In the Courtyard

























Chekhovskaya Metro Station



named for the writer Anton Chekhov.

Tsvetnoy Bulvar Metro Station



Trubnaya Metro Station







opened in August of 2007.  The artwork is by Zurab Tsereteli and depict images of historic Russian cities.

Walking Back to the Metro

Sunset

and Ostankino Tower.

Architecture





The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center is located in the Bakhmetyevsky Bus Garage, a world famous Constructivist masterpiece designed in 1926 by Konstantin Melnikov and Vladimir Shukhov.  

Bathroom


These bathrooms were unlike many in Moscow.  They were handicap accessible and child friendly.  They were clean and had state of the art toilets, perhaps even a bit complicated. . .