with just a touch of sadness.
Uvidime se pozdeji Praha
Saturday, January 7, 2012
December 31, 2011
Our last morning in Prague was sunny and cold, ready to be heading home
with just a touch of sadness.
Uvidime se pozdeji Praha
with just a touch of sadness.
Uvidime se pozdeji Praha
December 30~CUBISM and Other architectural delights
Just opposite the Café Imperial is Legiobanka (24 Na Porici Street).
Built in 1924 by highly original architect Josef Gocar, it is an odd mix of cylindrical shapes and folk art sculpture, the epitome of the new Rondo-Cubism. Today the building still houses a bank and, inside, the original 1920s decor looks like it could be a silent film set.
post WWI statuary
The House of The Black Madonna, another Gocar masterpiece, houses the excellent
Museum of Cubism and the delightful Grand Cafe Orient
The Black Madonna
stairwell
Interior of the Cafe
Irish coffee, the perfect warm drink after sightseeing.
SGRAFFITO~designs etched into a buildings stucco exterior
The Dancing House
This building is an example of deconstructivist architecture, with an unusual shape. It reflects a woman and man (Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair) dancing together.
This building, a Brutalist mass covered in glass that has been likened to a melting ice cube, was originally used as an offshoot of the august, neo-Renaissance National Theater. Completed in 1983, it is perceived by some to be one of Prague’s dreariest and most dissonant examples of Communist-era architecture.
Built in 1924 by highly original architect Josef Gocar, it is an odd mix of cylindrical shapes and folk art sculpture, the epitome of the new Rondo-Cubism. Today the building still houses a bank and, inside, the original 1920s decor looks like it could be a silent film set.
post WWI statuary
The House of The Black Madonna, another Gocar masterpiece, houses the excellent
Museum of Cubism and the delightful Grand Cafe Orient
The Black Madonna
stairwell
Interior of the Cafe
Irish coffee, the perfect warm drink after sightseeing.
SGRAFFITO~designs etched into a buildings stucco exterior
The Dancing House
This building is an example of deconstructivist architecture, with an unusual shape. It reflects a woman and man (Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair) dancing together.
This building, a Brutalist mass covered in glass that has been likened to a melting ice cube, was originally used as an offshoot of the august, neo-Renaissance National Theater. Completed in 1983, it is perceived by some to be one of Prague’s dreariest and most dissonant examples of Communist-era architecture.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Dec 30~MORE RANDOM SHOTS OF THE GOLDEN CITY
Charles Bridge before the crowds arrive
St Vitus Cathedral (Gothic)
Dec 29~RIP PAVEL
Václav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the Czechoslovakian "velvet revolution" and was one of the fathers of the east European pro-democracy movement that led to the fall of the Berlin wall, has died aged 75.
There were candles everywhere we went but the tribute in Wenceslas Square
was the most impressive.
"Truth and love must prevail over lies and hate."
There were candles everywhere we went but the tribute in Wenceslas Square
was the most impressive.
Dec 29~I don't know, they just struck me....
Men's room at the Estate theater
Man hole cover or objet d'art?
retro Pepsi ad
Book store window
Just a beautiful face
interesting..
recycling center
Ironic on so many levels
multi media
Souped up East German Trabant
Politically incorrect masks
children playing!
Man hole cover or objet d'art?
retro Pepsi ad
Book store window
Just a beautiful face
interesting..
recycling center
Ironic on so many levels
multi media
Souped up East German Trabant
Politically incorrect masks
children playing!
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