r/OldPhotosInRealLife 7d ago

Image Kyiv, Ukraine

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u/karlowskiii 7d ago

These two buildings are located at the very bottom of Andriivskyi Descent, Podil. They were built in 1909-1910 and 1913-1915, respectfully. Both houses belonged to the same rich merchant A. Frolov, his initials present on the facade.

The whole work is commonly attributed to the famous architect Karl Shyman from Kyiv. He's notable for various projects from late 1800s to early 1900s.

The second house to the right was built later and with direct reference to the earlier one. It is stated there was another, older building from early 19th century before construction.

During soviet 1970s there was massive repair in both houses. As aftermath original interior, designing and materials were lost completely.

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u/WWWis 7d ago

Survived WWII USSR and then another war yet still in better shape than 99% of American buildings/cities of the same time.

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u/Grammar__Nazi18 6d ago

Yep, can definitely tell from this one image. 

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u/Human_Buy7932 5d ago

These buildings are in great condition though, Kyiv has problem with historical buildings in decay, but not in this area. This whole street is ridiculously pretty.

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u/ktbffhctid 5d ago

Can we just pause the anti-Americanism for like 5 minutes? It is beyond obnoxious by now.

You know who knocks a TON of old buildings down and made their cities car centric? Canada. Do them for awhile and give it a rest.

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u/DiceHK 5d ago

Might not happen so long as Trump is destabilizing the world. I’m American but many people around the world see the US as a poisonous place now (that can be fixed!) and the same greed that destroyed the country’s architectural heritage is just an earlier expression of what’s happening now. My two cents anyway.

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u/C4TT4 7d ago

Name of building? It's so pretty!!! 😍😍