I am back in Szczecin after a few days in Warsawa, and am giving a tour to a fellow Fulbright, Ryan. The weather is not too good, so did not take many pictures, but here is a group of four from a little park area near a church in the central area of Szczecin. The four picture are intended to paint a picture:
- Pretty view, church in the background, fountain in the foreground
- to my immediate right, one of the nice old German buuildings
- to my immediate left, fine architecture from the communist occupation. This style is popularly known as “Stalinist Gothic” and you see it everywhere in eastern Europe and Russia. Raw cement slab sides that does not weather well, but makes a good background for graffiti (and the graffiti does make this look better).
- this is the pavement, also common in Eastern Europe. Squared cobble-sized rocks, looks quite nice though not you would want to walk around on in high heels.