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A new addition to “reflections” series: the two tower buildings erected at the entrance to Romexpo complex and the House of the Free Press reflected in Herăstrău lake. To see all the reflection photos click here.
… in Herăstrău Park. Not as big as the name would have you believe but most likely perceived as huge by the little ones.
Today’s photos show the decaying statues adorning the facade of the former Bank of Romanian Credit. I guess I don’t have to say that the statues are in great need for a face-lift.
November 10th, 2010.
Right before leaving Bucharest last August I managed to photograph the graffiti wall on Arthur Verona street. Usually there are cars parked by the curb and it took the miracle of a very quiet Sunday in order to be able to shoot the wall unobstructed. The graffiti wall has been around for a few years. Every year the graffiti changes, usually with the occasion of the “Street Delivery” event, when the street “opens to the people”, turning pedestrian for a few days. This year’s graffiti is an image of today’s Bucharest, showing many of the features that define the city at this moment in time. The representation is dark in my opinion but the particular shown are true nonetheless. I like looking at the little details, for example the cable poles with their hanging wires (which I talked about in this posting) or the “Gigi pleacă!” (“Gigi, leave!”) message written on a wall. Bucharest was full of writings like that last year; they refer to the manager of a football team which the fans wanted out of the picture.
Today’s posting ends a long period of time that has gone by without any daily photos. This time I do have an excuse – other than not having time or being lazy 
– and that is that I’ve been away from Bucharest since the beginning of August. I miss home a lot and I’m looking forward to returning at the end of December. As you probably guessed already today’s photo is from my archives. This year I’ve missed the entire fall season in my city. I took the photo last year (2010) around mid-November in Cișmigiu Park.
Or if you prefer, the street seen from a balcony.
Today is Theme Day at the City Daily Photo community, a monthly event that happens the first day of every month, when all participating blogs will post a picture that relates to the theme day’s description. Today’s theme is: Postcard-Worthy. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
For today’s theme I picked a shot taken in the Macca-Vilacrosse Covered Passage, which is located in the Old Town area and is one of the most popular places for going out with friends in Bucharest.
Today at exactly 01:27:48 PM the thermometer located at the intersection of Dimitrie Cantermir and Mărăşeşti boulevards (an area also known as “Budapesta” because of the restaurant with the same name which, during the communist regime, used to be located on one of the corners of the intersection) the termomether was showing …. hmm … -5 degrees Celsius!
And since I mentioned Cocor Shopping Center yesterday, here’s a nightshot of it and its huge advertising screens.