Photos of Arbat Street where house number 41 was being demolished earlier in the week.
Sun is shining, souvenirs are for sale, tourists and Muscovites are casually strolling…
and there’s only the faint sound of construction work behind the fence, decorated with plants and already tagged with graffiti. Yep, things are back to “normal” after the dust settled from the demolition, and media storm. Now we wait and see what will happen next.
Arbat Street around 5:30pm, August 16, 2012
Guitar player entertains the passersby
The demolition is making room for a “Multifunctional Complex”
Construction details
“WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE”
Plant decorations… for a disguise?
In the market for a souvenir… or some expensive housing with a parking garage for 72?
Only a portion of the facade remains
Construction site hidden behind the fence
The iconic Melnikov House, literally just around the corner…
More articles from this week:
Радио Голос России / trud.ru / Независимая Газета
