Photos of the Day for September 16, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Braslau 2016 (IV/V):  Zakopane-style houses, Sadovaja Street. Архітэктурная спадчына Браслава 2016 г. (IV/V):  Дамы ў закапанскім стылю, вул. Садовая.  

Photo of the Day for September 14, 2016

Braslau architectural patrimony 2016 (II/V):  vernacular architecture. Архітэктурная спадчына Браслава 2016 г. (II/V):  народнае дойлідства.   End-19th century brick building, Ljeninskaja Street (formerly Grand (Vjalikaja) Street, then Pilsudski Street) 79.  From its style and material, this building was most likely Jewish-owned until World War II. Тыповая местачковая камяніца ў добрым стане з прыканца 19-га ст.,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 14, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 13, 2016

Braslau architectural patrimony 2016 (I/V).  Braslau should be proud of its neglected but nevertheless outstanding example of a Polish-era “civil-servants’ quarter” (in Belarusian:  калонія ўраднікаў; in Polish:  kolonia urzędników), designed in the mid-1920s in the emerging functionalist style by renowned Polish architect Juliusz Kłos. The photos of the day for September 29, 2015 surveyed this… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 13, 2016