Nov 052009
For today, a photograph from the Roman Square, (Piaţa Romană in Romanian) which I mentioned in the She Wolf post last week. The Roman Square is a major traffic intersection in downtown Bucharest. Set around 1900, the square has a circular shape and a big roundabout. Three major boulevards intersect here. What you see in the picture is the southeast corner. The square is served by a subway station and is a major transport hub for buses and taxis. The huge Coca Cola bottle pouring into a glass stuck to the side of the building has been there for more than two years (if I remember correctly). I took the picture at the beginning of September. It will be some time before we see a sky so blue again.
Great urban photo of that square! The coca-cola bottle and glass caught my attention immediately. Cheers!
Roman Square, American Coca-Cola, German Raiffeisen Bank, English Vodafone. Is there anything Romanian?
I see a strange pile with something like flowers at the center of the roundabout, anything interesting?
AB: What can I say? We live in the age of globalization. Besides, before 1990 almost all products were Romanian but I wouldn't got back to that
Vogon Poet: Nothing there, just an futile attempt by the city hall to make the city look "greener"
That is after giving permission to companies to build in parks therefore reducing the insufficient green space that Bucharest has.
of course the coca cola is always eye catching! ^0^
that's a unique advert…
You can practically feel the hustle and bustle of this square. Great photo!