View from the Leningrad Zoo

Two-door

2008-12-30T00:03:00.000+03:00

Here's a view of the door to our apartment in St. Petersburg. (The door to the right leads to a power box or something.)

Александровская колонна (Alexander Column)

2008-06-19T08:21:00.001+04:00

Александровская колонна (Alexander Column)
Originally uploaded by tg81

Here's a nice shot of the statue that the Soviets couldn't replace (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Column)

Belaz 66

2008-01-17T03:45:00.001+03:00

Belaz 66
Originally uploaded by KRHamm

Peter and Paul Lamp

2007-11-04T03:56:00.003+03:00

Peter and Paul Lamp
Originally uploaded by baynik80

Another fine shot by Mr. Bay!

Peter and Paul

2007-11-04T03:56:00.001+03:00

Peter and Paul
Originally uploaded by baynik80

Since I'm no longer around to take pics of St. P, I'll have to rely on friends!

Proletarskaya Metro Station

2006-05-28T16:50:00.000+04:00

Proletarskaya Metro Station
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

The Vane

2006-05-22T23:52:00.000+04:00

The Vane
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

Spiker

2006-04-22T23:23:00.000+04:00

Spiker
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

The Garbage Cart

2006-04-10T20:28:00.000+04:00

The Garbage Cart
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

Water, water everywhere...

2006-04-02T23:37:00.000+04:00

Water, water everywhere...
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

Typical flooded courtyard

Jazz Men

2006-03-29T22:21:00.000+04:00

Jazz Men
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

An evening at the Jazz Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg

Ice

2006-03-23T22:43:00.000+03:00

Ice
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Ice Falls

2006-03-23T22:36:00.000+03:00

Ice Falls
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Beware the Ice of March

2006-03-23T21:32:00.000+03:00

Beware the Ice of March
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Veteran's Aid

2006-03-17T22:56:00.000+03:00

Veteran's Aid
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Sitting out the rain

2006-03-16T21:55:00.000+03:00

Sitting out the rain
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Trinity Bridge at night

2005-11-07T00:21:00.000+03:00

Trinity Bridge at night
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Sunlit Factory

2005-11-02T13:39:00.000+03:00

Sunlit Factory
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Sign of the day

2005-11-02T13:04:00.000+03:00

Sign of the day
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

"Konros" Antique Salon

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The never-ending Russian street sale

2005-10-06T22:37:00.000+04:00

The never-ending Russian street sale
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

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Angles

2005-09-05T11:10:00.000+04:00

Angles
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

Sonia stopped on a bridge near our old home to snap this shot.

Our Home

2005-08-09T17:59:00.000+04:00

Our Home
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

A view of our apartment building. Our entrance is in the corner.

Tram Broom

2005-08-01T10:54:00.000+04:00

Tram Broom
Originally uploaded by KRHamm.

Here's a glimpse of modern tech in 2005 Russia: a handmade twig broom in a St. Petersburg streetcar. The bottle behind it contains water used to turn the "broom" into a mop.

2005-07-29T12:04:00.000+04:00

mmm...shaslik with...purple ketchup?

2005-07-10T21:37:00.000+04:00

The sign reads in part: Detsky Sad No. 27 (Kindergarten 27)

2005-07-10T21:33:00.000+04:00

An abandoned toy truck (sans rear wheels) behind the kindergarten.

2005-07-10T21:27:00.000+04:00

Stop or go? What "street" would be complete without traffic lights?

2005-07-10T21:25:00.000+04:00

Teaching the essentials: makeshift "street" painted behind kindergarten used to teach how to cross the street.

2005-06-15T18:25:00.000+04:00

A closer look: "Shoe Repair ->"

2005-06-15T18:24:00.000+04:00

In the "nothing is useless in Russia" department, here we have unusual signage...a car window!

2005-06-11T16:49:00.000+04:00

Art students and their images of the Danish Consulate

2005-06-11T16:45:00.000+04:00

St. Petersburg fly bath

2005-06-11T16:40:00.001+04:00

An interesting collection of birdhouses in Central Park

2005-06-11T16:40:00.000+04:00

Boating in Central Park

2005-06-11T16:38:00.000+04:00

Sunbathing under the watchful eye...

2005-06-10T22:46:00.000+04:00

Babushkas catching some evening rays (ages 89 and 90, respectively)

2005-06-10T22:44:00.000+04:00

Taking a stroll down a forgettable lane...

2005-06-10T22:28:00.000+04:00

Window to the world. A look from an apartment building to the outside courtyard.

2005-06-10T14:42:00.000+04:00

A typical suburban train platform on the northern edge of St. Petersburg [2004-04-16]

2005-06-07T15:46:00.000+04:00

The past cannot be removed...here's a great example of how Soviet-era art lives on. This building was completely repainted & renovated, but the powers that be determined that the monument to the Glory of the Soviet Worker would remian. [2005-05-29]

2005-04-22T13:56:00.000+04:00

Soviet-era handwritten sign above a trolley-bus exit: "Our joy from your visit has no end"

2005-04-18T17:59:00.000+04:00

Getting around the rules... Now that vodka can't be publicly advertised, we get this: "Flagman: 'Real Man's Water'" (hint: don't brush your teeth with it...) [2005-04-15]

2005-04-14T14:05:00.000+04:00

Today's specials... Propped-open garbage bins along a downtown street (near where we used to live). When I walked past here two days ago, three "street people" were filling their bags from the bins.

2005-04-11T10:14:00.000+04:00

Whatever... [2005-04-03]

2005-04-11T10:10:00.000+04:00

No parking [2005-04-09]

2005-04-11T10:09:00.000+04:00

Once...upon a time? [2005-04-09]

2005-04-07T11:03:00.000+04:00

The ever-vigilant Russian "militzia" (police) [2005-04-03]

2005-04-07T10:45:00.000+04:00

"Beauty Salon"

2005-04-06T11:22:00.000+04:00

Grand Hotel Europe as seen from the second floor in Gostiny Dvor [2005-04-03]

2005-04-05T10:23:00.000+04:00

Spring cleaning: street cleaners take to the riverbank

2005-04-04T23:11:00.000+04:00

Ye olde Russian trolley bus (on Nevsky Prospekt) [2005-04-03]

2005-04-04T17:15:00.000+04:00

"Passage" shopping centre on Nevsky, as viewed from the second floor of Gostiny Dvor [2005-04-03]

2005-04-04T17:11:00.000+04:00

Hanging out on Nevksy Prospekt (in front of Gostiny Dvor) [2005-04-03]

2005-04-04T12:19:00.000+04:00

No garbage can? No problem! Stuff that empty pack under a windowsill! [2005-04-03]

2005-04-04T12:03:00.000+04:00

Kaboom! Someone torched an empty car in front of the mission where our local church meets [2005-04-03]

2005-04-04T11:51:00.000+04:00

"Cooool!" Was this kid's reaction. [2005-04-03]

2005-04-01T11:55:00.000+04:00

The maternity hospital where Deena was born [2003-10-25]

2005-03-31T16:55:00.000+04:00

The good 'ole days...of 2001 (That wobbly wagon is actually a modified baby stroller used by a street cleaner as a garbage cart) [2001-07-16]

2005-03-31T16:32:00.000+04:00

Maya trying to enter through the Leningrad Zoo exit [2003-07-05]

2005-03-26T23:43:00.000+03:00

A closer look at St. Isaac's: "My house will be a house of prayer" (Luke 19:46)

2005-03-26T23:40:00.000+03:00

St. Isaac's Cathedral

2005-03-22T10:30:00.000+03:00

The Ice of March (below our office windows)

2005-03-21T17:52:00.000+03:00

Time to paint over the light switches again, they're dirty! (in the local children's clinic) [2003-11-17]

2005-03-21T17:49:00.000+03:00

Exit (sign above a door in the local children's clinic) [2003-11-17]

2005-03-21T17:42:00.000+03:00

Metro girl (this picture was actually taken in order to show Sonia the handbag strap, which was embroidered with an email address) [2003-10-19]

2005-03-07T18:52:00.000+03:00

Maya waiting for the bus (on a cold and snowy March day) to take us home after pre-school

2005-03-05T15:45:00.000+03:00

Man on park bench having a smoke [2005-03-04]

2005-03-05T15:43:00.000+03:00

Looking north along Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt [2005-03-04]

2005-03-03T17:39:00.000+03:00

Lena at a fruit and veggie kiosk (photo taken by my Mom, Elsie Hamm) [2004-10-31]

2005-03-02T17:25:00.000+03:00

The Flower Clock near the Leningrad Zoo (a 5-minute walk from Nina's apartment) [2003-07-05]

2005-02-25T14:26:00.000+03:00

Let sleeping dogs lie... (at Chernoy Rechki metro station) [2003-09-01]

2005-02-24T17:00:00.000+03:00

A plaque on St. Panteleimon church commemorating the victory of the Russian fleet at Gangut on July 27th 1714St. Panteleimon Day. The church was dedicated to the holy martyr Panteleimon in memory of victories by the Russian fleet.

2005-02-24T16:56:00.000+03:00

Another bas-relief on the St. Panteleimon Church

2005-02-24T16:55:00.000+03:00

One of the bas-reliefs on the St. Panteleimon Church

2005-02-24T16:35:00.000+03:00

A view of "Salt Town"

2005-02-24T16:32:00.000+03:00

An angel on top of the Stieglitz Museum

2005-02-24T16:28:00.000+03:00

The spire of St. Panteleimon Church

2005-02-24T16:27:00.000+03:00

St. Panteleimon Church

2005-02-24T16:24:00.000+03:00

Liteny Prospect (looking north)

2005-02-18T17:48:00.000+03:00

The "Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour"

2005-02-18T16:57:00.000+03:00

In Russia, nothing broken is useless (or, drain pipe becomes trash can)

2005-02-13T23:05:00.000+03:00

Sonia and Lena on the way to church (our apartment building is in the rear to the left)

2005-02-13T22:38:00.000+03:00

Riding the metro (subway) early Sunday morning

2005-02-13T22:29:00.000+03:00

A typical street number sign on an apartment building (in this case, a neighbouring building of ours)

2005-02-01T01:48:00.000+03:00

My Monday lunch companions: Ruslan, Dennis and Nikita. As for the lunch itself, let's just say that this was not a banner meal for me: buckwheat again! (the third time in four days!)

2005-02-01T01:39:00.000+03:00

Misha Lukin leading a seminar

2005-02-01T01:36:00.000+03:00

CCLC instructors on stage opening night

2005-02-01T01:28:00.000+03:00

Arriving at the CCLC site after a long train ride (and walk!)

A glimpse from the CCLC!

2005-02-01T01:16:00.000+03:00

It might as well be the Arctic...(The Gulf of Finland)

2005-01-25T17:46:00.000+03:00

City worker posting new advertisements (directly below Nina's apartment)

2005-01-23T14:03:00.000+03:00

Inside "Proletarskaya" metro station

2005-01-22T20:49:00.000+03:00

The water-heating plant near our home (this plant provides hot water for all the homes in our district)

2005-01-22T20:46:00.000+03:00

Waiting for the "electrichka" (regional train) at "Stariya Derevnya" station

2005-01-22T20:44:00.000+03:00

"Tire repair -- 24 hours"

2005-01-21T21:57:00.000+03:00

Beloostrovskaya Ulitsa at night (our office is one block down on the right side)

2005-01-20T10:36:00.000+03:00

Finally! A picture from the Leningrad Zoo! [2004-05-03]

2005-01-20T10:34:00.000+03:00

Man reading outside of apartment [2004-08-01]

A word of explanation:

2005-01-19T11:26:00.000+03:00

Photo captions will contain the date if they were taken earlier than the date they were posted.

Hmm...that's a bit odd-sounding...any suggestions on how to phrase that better?

2005-01-19T10:24:00.000+03:00

Down with the New Year's tree...

2005-01-19T00:12:00.000+03:00

A typical "Kruschev" apartment building [2005-01-17]